Spaetzle

Ingredients

• Wheat flour

  Whole-grain

  3 cup or 360g

• Egg

  Whole, fresh eggs

  1 ¹¹⁄₁₆ large or 84g

• Lowfat milk

  Fluid, 1% milkfat, with added vitamin a and vitamin d

  ½ cup or 122g

• Water

  Plain, clean water

  ¾ cup or 178g

• Salt

  Table

  1 tsp or 6g

Directions

1. Heat water in a big pot for cooking.
2. Meanwhile mix flour, eggs, milk, water and salt together with a blender. Let rest 5 to 10 minutes and mix briefly.
3. Add salt to the boiling water.
4. Add the dough directly into the boiling water quickly using a holed colander or a spaetzle maker.
5. When the spaetzle float, they are ready; it takes about 2 or 3 minutes.
6. Can turn into kasespaetzle by making a rue and adding Swiss and Gouda. Then bake.
7. You can prepare colorful spaetzle if you add to the dough:. for red some tomato concentrate;. for yellow 1 teaspoon turmeric powder;. for green 1/2 cup mashed spinach;. for orange 1 cup of mashed cooked squash or carrots; reduce the water to about 1/2 cup. And so on….