Spaetzle

Name: Spaetzle
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 4 min
Total time: 9 min
Yield: 4 cups
Ingredients: 2 eggs, lightly beaten; 1 1/2 cups flour, sifted; 1/2 cup milk; 1 teaspoon salt; 1/4 teaspoon baking powder

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Recipe by Sageca

Home made German dumplings. If you can find a Spaetzle maker, it makes the job easier.. The chef in the family, my son, tells me that they are better, if you melt some butter and sauté a chopped onion, then you add your cooked spaetzles, let them absorb the flavour and serve. He is right.

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READY IN: 9mins

YIELD: 4 cups

UNITS: US

INGREDIENTS

Nutrition

2

eggs, lightly beaten
1 ¹⁄₂

cups flour, sifted
¹⁄₂

cup milk
1

teaspoon salt
¹⁄₄

teaspoon baking powder

DIRECTIONS

Bring a large saucepan of salted water to a boil.
Reduce heat and maintain water to a simmer.
In medium bowl, combine all the ingredients into a batter.
Place a colander over the pan of water. Pour about ¼ of the batter in the colander and press through the holes into the water with a spatula.
When dumplings begin to float, cover pan and simmer about 5 minutes until they appear to swell and are fluffy.
Remove dumplings and repeat with remaining batter.
Tips.
They freeze very well.

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