Kasespatzle Garlic Dumplings With Emmentaler Recipes

GERMAN SPAETZLE DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Mix together flour, salt, white pepper, and nutmeg. Beat eggs well, and add alternately with the milk to the dry ingredients. Mix until smooth.
• Press dough through spaetzle maker, or a large holed sieve or metal grater.
• Drop a few at a time into simmering liquid. Cook 5 to 8 minutes. Drain well.
• Saute cooked spaetzle in butter or margarine. Sprinkle chopped fresh parsley on top, and serve.

KAESE SPAETZLE

Steps:

• Sift together flour, nutmeg, salt and pepper. Beat eggs in a medium bowl. Alternately mix in milk and the flour mixture until smooth. Let stand for 30 minutes.
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Press batter through a spaetzle press into the water. You may also use a potato ricer, colander, or a cheese grater. When the spaetzle has floated to the top of the water, remove it to a bowl with a slotted spoon. Mix in 1 cup of the cheese.
• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion, and cook until golden. Stir in spaetzle and remaining cheese until well blended. Remove from heat, and serve immediately.

KASESPATZLE (GARLIC DUMPLINGS WITH EMMENTALER)

Steps:

• Heat oven to 450 degrees.
• Halve heads of garlic crosswise with a knife and brush with olive oil; wrap in foil. Roast until soft, 1 hour. Let cool and squeeze roasted garlic cloves from their skins into a bowl; mash with a fork to a paste.
• Add milk, parsley, basil, melted butter, salt, and eggs, and stir until smooth.
• Put flour into a large bowl, forming a well in the center. Slowly pour in the garlic milk mixture, stirring with a fork to form a smooth batter.
• Bring a 5 quart saucepan of salted water to boil over high heat. Working in batches, scrape batter through the holes of a pierced spatula or spatzle maker into water. Cook until dumplings rise to the surface, about 1 minute.
• Using a slotted spoon, transfer dumplings to a baking sheet. Heat 4 tbsp unsalted butter in a 12" ovenproof skillet over high heat. Add dumplings; cook, stirring, until lightly browned, 6-8 minutes.
• Meanwhile, heat broiler; put rack 5" from heating element.
• Sprinkle dumplings with emmentaler cheese; broil until melted, about 2 minutes.