Käsespätzle
The cheese noodles of Swabia and the Allgäu — soft egg dumplings pressed straight into boiling water, layered with melting mountain cheese and topped with deep-golden fried onions.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 400 g plain flour
- 4 eggs
- 150 ml water
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 pinch nutmeg, freshly grated
- 50 g butter
- 3 medium onions, thinly sliced
- 150 g Emmental, grated
- 100 g Gruyère, grated
- to taste black pepper, ground
- 2 tbsp chives, chopped
Nutrition (estimated)
medium confidenceRecipe total: 2357 kcal · P 74.7g · C 356.6g · F 67.9g
Estimated from 10 of 11 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
Steps
Steps
- 1Beat the flour, eggs, salt, nutmeg and water with a wooden spoon for 5 minutes, until the batter is thick, smooth and elastic and bubbles appear; it should drip slowly off the spoon. Rest it for 15 minutes.
- 2Melt 30 g of the butter in a frying pan over medium heat and fry the onions for 15–20 minutes, stirring, until deep golden and crisp at the edges. Drain on kitchen paper.
- 3Heat the oven to 180°C and bring a large pan of salted water to the boil.
- 4Press the batter through a spätzle maker or a colander with large holes straight into the simmering water, in 3 batches. The spätzle are done when they float, after 1–2 minutes.
- 5Lift each batch out with a slotted spoon, drain briefly and layer in a buttered ovenproof dish with the two cheeses and some pepper, finishing with cheese.
- 6Dot with the remaining butter and bake for 10 minutes, until the cheese has melted and bubbles.
- 7Top with the fried onions and chives and serve hot.
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Questions and answers
How long does Käsespätzle take to make?
About 60 minutes: 20 min prep and 40 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Käsespätzle?
11 ingredients: plain flour, eggs, water, salt, nutmeg, butter, onions, Emmental, Gruyère, black pepper, chives.
How many servings does this Käsespätzle recipe make?
4 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Käsespätzle?
About 589 kcal, with 18.7 g protein, 89.2 g carbohydrate and 17 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
Which diets does this Käsespätzle recipe suit?
It is vegetarian.
What cuisine is Käsespätzle?
Käsespätzle comes from German cuisine.
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