Authentic Austrian Spaetzle [HOW TO COOK AUSTRIAN SPAETZLE!!]

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil reduces saturated fat while adding flavor.

cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: processed cheese

Nutritional yeast provides a cheesy flavor with fewer calories.

In a large bowl, combine eggs, milk, salt, and pepper. Add flour a 1/2 cup at a time. Stir with a wooden spoon until smooth. Let rest 10-20 minutes. The dough should be like pancake batter – thin with more milk if necessary.

Meanwhile, saute onion in butter until golden. Set aside.

Preheat oven to 350. Drop nocken through the holes in a sieve into simmering water. Cook until the nocken float.

Remove the nocken from the water with a strainer. Place in a buttered casserole or oven-safe pan.

Sprinkle with grated cheese and caramelized onion. Bake for 15-20 minutes. Serve out of pan.

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