Kaese Spaetzle Cheese Spaetzle Food

KAESE SPAETZLE (CHEESE SPAETZLE)

Steps:

• Combine flour and salt.
• Create well in flour mixture.
• Add beaten eggs and water.
• Mix together and add water until batter is SLIGHTLY sticky.
• Using Spaetzle machine press noodles into large pot of lightly boiling salted water. (If you don't have a spaetzle machine you can drop strings of the dough into the water).
• When the noodles float to the top of the water take them out and drain on paper towels.
• Repeat the last two steps until all of your dough is used up.
• Brown your noodles in butter until they just begin to brown around the edges.
• Place your noodles in a casserole with cheeses.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 20-30 minutes until cheeses are fully melted.
• Stir and serve.
• Enjoy!

KäSESPäTZLE (GERMAN CHEESE SPAETZLE)

Steps:

• Peel the onion and cut it into thin rings. Heat approximately 2 tablespoons of butter in a medium-sized frying pan. Add the onions and sauté them on medium heat until brown. Stir regularly. Make sure to watch them closely towards the end as they can go from browned to burned quite quickly. If you are unsure, turn down the heat and fry the onions slower.
• Melt the other 2 tablespoons of butter in a large frying pan and add the spaetzle. When the spaetzle are warm, sprinkle a little bit of grated cheese on top and stir. Sprinkle some more cheese on and stir again. Repeat until you have used up all the cheese. Now stir regularly until the cheese has fully melted.
• Add salt and pepper to taste. Garnish the cheesy spaetzle with crispy onions and freshly chopped parsley. Käsespätzle tastes great with a fresh green salad.

SWISS CHEESE SPAETZLE

Steps:

• Fill a large pot of salted water to a boil.
• Meanwhile, heat up a nonstick frying pan over medium heat. Add the onion and bacon. Cook until the onion is slightly golden.
• For the pasta, mix together eggs, flour, milk and nutmeg. The dough will be quite runny.
• Put the pasta dough onto a wooden board, now scrape with a knife little dumplings about the size of a couple of peas and let each dumpling fall into the boiling water. You can also use what is called a Spätzle machine which is like a giant garlic press or push it through a colander.
• Once the dumplings float on the water, take them out as they are done.
• Add the Spätzle dumplings and the cheese to the frying pan and fry for a couple of minutes.
• Season with salt and pepper and sprinkle some parsley on top.

GERMAN KAESE SPAETZLE FOR 1 OR 2

Steps:

• Combine dry ingredients in small bowl and set aside.
• In a medium-sized bowl, beat egg well.
• Alternate adding dry mixture and milk until batter is smooth.
• Let batter stand 30 minutes.
• Boil a pot of lightly salted water.
• Extrude batter either through a spaetzle maker or course cheese grater.
• Let boil until spaetzle rise to the top. Remove with a slotted spoon and put in strainer or on paper towels to dry.
• Add grated cheese as desired and stir together. Serve immediately.

AUSTRIAN KAESESPAETZLE (CHEESE SPAETZLE)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 250 degrees F. and place a smaller casserole dish (approximately 11 X 7) in the oven to warm before adding the spaetzle. Place a large pot on the stove and add 2 quarts salted water. Bring to a boil. Meanwhile, in a mixing bowl, add the flour eggs, milk and 2 pinches salt and stir vigorously until thoroughly incorporated. The dough should be runny but stable. Set aside and let dough rest.
• Grate cheeses and mix them together. Set aside.
• Pour the olive oil in a large pan and heat. Add the sliced onion, 2 pinches salt and the freshly ground pepper. Cook until the onions are nicely browned and soft. Set aside.
• Place the spaetzle maker or colander over the boiling pot of salted water. Pour in about 1/3 of the dough and move the speatzle maker back and forth, or push the dough through the colander with a spreader. Stir the spaetzle regularly to prevent sticking. Simmer gently until the spaetzle floats on the top of the water. It's done at this point. Remove with a medium size handled sieve, let the water drain out and place into the pre-heated casserole dish. Sprinkle 1/3 of the cheese and the onions on top of the spaetzle and repeat this step two more times until there are three layers of spaetzle, onions and cheese in the casserole dish. Sprinkle the parsley on top and let rest for 15 minutes until the cheese has melted.
• Serve with a green salad and a cold beer.

KASESPAETZLE (CHEESE SPAETZLE)

Steps:

• Prepare spaetzel: Combine the dry ingredients (add a bit of nutmeg to taste if doing it for German Cooking, omit if for Hungarian)
• Add the milk and egg and mix together into a batter of sorts.
• Meanwhile, have a wide pan of water with salt boiling.
• Take the batter and put it into a spaetzle maker, or I used a French fry basket, and rubbed it with the bottom of a spatula to break it up.
• When the Spaetzle float, remove with a slotted spoon and put them into a colander.
• Fry onion in a little oil until very brown and crispy.Set aside.
• In heavy (preferably non-stick) skillet, heat spaetzle in a little butter.
• Grate cheese and toss into spaetzle.
• When cheese melts, transfer to large bowl and sprinkle with onion.
• Serve hot.