Have you ever wondered what spaetzle was? You no longer have to wonder: spaetzle is a German type of noodle, similar to lentil. Spaetzle is such a durable food that it can be eaten with any type of meat and requires a minimal amount of sauce. This is why spaetzle is growing in popularity all over the world from Berlin to Boston.
The easiest and best way that a spaetzle maker works is by a sliding motion. You have a contraption that looks like a long cheese grater with a safe handle on the end that you can hang onto. There is also a sliding ‘bowl’ that moves across the grater, of which the contents will be cut apart. When the spaetzle maker is used to cut apart the noodles, make sure that you scrap it over a boiling pot of water so that the spaetzle noodles fall directly into water without you having to get another bowl dirty trying to move it from one part of your kitchen to another.
A good spaetzle maker will also come with a recipe for good dumpling dough that can be used for making homemade spaetzle. All you really need is half a cup of butter, milk and water respectively, 2 eggs, 2 ½ cups of flour and ¼ teaspoon of salt. After you mix all of the ingredients together and cook them up, you should have a delicious concoction that even the Germans would be jealous of. Once the spaetzle maker has cut up the noodles and they have boiled in the pot for a few minutes, take it out and put them onto a dry paper towel to dry off. After you have done that, place them into a bowl and combine it with almost any type of sauce imaginable. Any sauce will work because the noodles are so versatile. Then just add any type of meat to the noodles for your enjoyment. Beef, pork, chicken, veal, lamb, turkey, and even emu can go well with spaetzle any day of the week. If you don’t believe me, ask the Germans. They eat it almost every day.
As you can see, a spaetzle maker can be one of the best investments you make into your kitchen if you like to entertain people with different dishes from all around the world. If it can work for the Germans for hundreds of years, then it can definitely work for you.