Woah, it has been a while... Apologies!
Well needless to say I have been one busy bee! After we got engaged, (which was all the way back in May), things just got nuts!... in a good way tho :) Greg had finished law school and we had about 2 weeks together before he was off studying for the bar! So we tried to see all our friends AND just have fun/relax together :) I can't even comprehend that it is already August, and that August is half over! Greg has taken the bar (now we just wait for the results), my sister in law gave birth to my beautiful niece Ava, and I have switched jobs! However, one thing DID NOT change... cooking and eating yummy food!!!!
Greg and I found our love for German over a year ago (maybe two?) and have made up for that lost time easily with how much we have eaten it! I however wanted to take it a step further and MAKE some German food! I had made Spaetzle before but I really wanted to make the Kasespaetzle, which is cheese spaetzle. My friend Jenny turned me on to this. We went to Suppenkuche in SF and shared the cheese spaetzle... I have NOT stopped thinking about that... every German place we try I need to get the Kasespaeztle as my meal or at least a side :) There is a number of good German restaurants in the city but only Suppenkuche has impressed me with their cheese spaetzle. Friday, I decided to re-create it.. or attempt to!
It is actually really easy, the only part that can be frustrating is making the spaetzle... this is why I just splurged and bought a spaetzle maker. It is like $10 and well worth it! I have seen some youtube videos where people make it without the maker but I am just not that good ha! I also love to make spaetzle so having this tool is useful!
The dough is super simple, you most likely have all the ingredients in your house right now!
Spaetzle Dough:
2 cups flours, 1 teaspoon salt, 1/8 teaspoon pepper, 4 eggs, 1/2 cup fat free milk.
Beat eggs. Mix all dry ingredients in a small bowl. Alternatley add the dry ingredients and milk into the egg bowl. Dough should be thicker than pancake batter. Once dough is mixed, let it sit for 30 minutes for the gluten to relax.
At this point I would put a pot of water on the stove to boil and start the onions.... add butter to a skillet, slice the onion and let it simmer for about 20-30 mins until caramelized. Once these are almost done, the batter will be ready as well.
Put the spaetzle maker ontop of the pot of boiling water... Fill the spaetzle maker with some of the dough. (I also recommend adding pam or olive oil to the spaetzle maker so the dough doesn't stick). Slide it back and forth and the dough will fall through into the boiling pot of water! It takes about 10 seconds for the dough to cook. You will see it sink and float. Remove spaetzle each time with a slotted spoon and put in a bowl. Repeat until batter is done!
Once spaetzle is done, add it to the onions and mix. Add 2 cups of shredded swiss cheese. I would be picky with the cheese since this could make or break it. I used really good swiss cheese, Emmentaler and Gruyere :) You can add more or less, whatever you like! Then serve as a main dish or as a side dish!!! SO GOOD! Greg, my Fiance, had 3 servings and this was a side dish ;) hahah!
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