Knoepfle- Oder Spaetzleteig (Basic Spaetzle Dough)
500 g Flour (4 1/2 cups less 1 -Tbsp) 5 Eggs 1 c Water Salt Combine all ingredients and stir until the batter is smooth. One part at a time, force through a spaetzle shaver and let...
Ingredients
- 500g flour (4 1/2 cups less 1
- 1cup water
Directions
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500 g Flour (4 1/2 cups less 1 -Tbsp) 5 Eggs 1 c Water Salt Combine all ingredients and stir until the batter is smooth
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One part at a time, force through a spaetzle shaver and let drop straight into boiling water
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As soon as the spaetzle rise to the surface, remove them with a slotted spoon and rinse in warm water
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In olden days, the spaetzle dough was forced through a three- legged sieve, by means of stirring
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This resulted in the so- called 'Knoepfle' (little buttons)
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Another method - more common in the Wuertemberg area - is to put the dough on a wooden board and scraping off small slivers of dough, which
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From: D'SCHWAEBISCH' KUCHE' by Aegidius Kolb and Leonhard Lidel, Allgaeuer Zeitungsverlag, Kempten
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Translation/Conversion: Karin Brewer) Posted by: Karin Brewer, Cooking Echo, 8/92