How to make Spaetzle with Spinach

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast adds a cheesy flavor with fewer calories.

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil provides healthy fats and is often cheaper.

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil.

Puree fresh spinach with ½ cup water. Pour this into a mixing bowl.

Add all-purpose flour, semolina flour, pressed garlic, egg and salt. Mix until well combined. The mixture should be thicker rather than thinner.

Use a flat cheese grater or spaetzli maker to make the dumplings/spaetzle. Hold it over a pot of boiling water and with a spatula push the batter through the holes.

Once done, give them a mix and let them boil for about 2-3 minutes (at this stage they should be floating on the surface) before turning off the heat and draining the water. Keep them in a closed container or pot until ready to serve.

For the cheese & bacon sauce: Throw the bacon in a skillet/frying pan and fry until crispy.

Pour in half and half and simmer until it thickens, stirring constantly. Turn off the heat and stir in grated cheese.

Pour the sauce over spaetzle and mix.

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