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German Cheese Noodles Recipe
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Käsespätzle

Course Main Course
Cuisine German
Keyword german spätzle with cheese
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Servings 8 people

Equipment

Ingredients

Dough

  • 300 g flour
  • 100 ml milk
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 25 g butter melted

Frying

  • 10 g butter for frying
  • 1 onion chopped
  • 60 g Edam Cheese or any mild cheese
  • 40 g Remoudou Limburger, or any Herve cheese
  • 100 g Bergkäse or Gruyere
  • 200 ml cream optional, you can use milk to create an extra creamy texture

Garnish

  • 4 tbsp fried onions

Instructions

Prepare the dough

  • The easiest way to make the dough for German Cheese Noodles is to use a kneading machine. Spätzle dough is rather sticky and will stick to your fingers otherwise. So take the large bowl from your kneading machine and mix together flour, milk, and eggs until smooth.
  • Add one pinch of salt and melted butter and mix the whole thing again. I mix them around 5 minutes to make sure they are all combined.

Make German Noodles

  • Take a large pot (I am using 5,5 l pot because is very large and my Spätzlehobel fits on the top of it well) and pour at least 3 l water in it. Add salt and bring the water to a boil.
  • Put an empty mixing bowl right next to the pot with boiling water. There you will place your dumplings as soon as they are ready.
  • Before placing the dough in the Spätzlehobel remember that the dough is very sticky and this is the most challenging part for me. For this task, I recommend using a dough scraper.
  • Cook until they rise to the surface (it takes 1-2 minutes). Drain well by using skimmer spoon and place them into the second bowl.
  • From this amount of dough you will need to repeat this process 4-5 times, depending on how much dough you can use at once in your Spätzlehobel.
  • If you would like to freeze them, now is the time to set them aside. It's better to freeze German Spätzle without the cheese sauce.

Make Cheese Spätzle

  • Take a large pan, melt the butter and fry the onion until translucent on the medium heat.
  • Grate the cheese and mix them together. If you don't like strong-tasting cheeses you can make your German Cheese Noodles with any cheese you like. This recipe comes from Allgäu, so some of the cheeses I use come from the German Alps.
  • Add cooked Spätzle and wait until they turn golden brown. Lower the heat, add cream and cheese and sauté for another 3-4 minutes.

Serving

  • Serve immediately with fried onion on the top.

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