Classic cheese spaetzle

AUTHOR
Melissa Olsen
DIFFICULTY
very easy
RATING
2.7 3
COOK TIME
40 mins
TOTAL TIME
40 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 300 g + 1 tablespoon of flour
  • 4 Eggs (size M)
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 7-10 Tbsp grated nutmeg
  • 75 ml Mineral water
  • 150 g Mountain cheese
  • 1 TABLESPOON Oil
  • 3 Onions
  • 20 g Butter
  • 2 stem(s) Parsley
  • 7-10 Tbsp Grease

Directions

  1. 1

    Mix 300 g flour, eggs, 1 teaspoon salt, nutmeg and mineral water to a smooth, thick dough. Let dough rest for about 1 hour

  2. 2

    Grate cheese. Bring plenty of salt water and oil to the boil. Little by little, put a part of the spaetzle dough on the moistened "spaetzle board" and scrape fine strips into the boiling salt water with a long pallet. Bring to the boil until the spaetzle rise. Lift out the spaetzle with a skimmer and rinse briefly in a sieve under cold water. Drain and keep warm. Process the remaining dough in the same way

  3. 3

    Mix the spaetzle and cheese and place in a greased casserole dish. Bake in a preheated oven (electric cooker: 200 °C/ convection oven: 175 °C/ gas: see manufacturer) for 10-15 minutes. Peel onions, cut them into thin rings and turn them in 1 tbsp. flour. Tap off excess flour. Heat butter in a pan. Fry the onions until golden brown. Wash and roughly chop the parsley. Remove the spaetzle from the oven and spread onion rings on top. Sprinkle with parsley

  4. 4

    Waiting time approx. 1 hour

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
570 kcal
CARBS
59 g
FATS
24 g
PROTEINS
26 g