Kasespaetzle (cheese Spaetzle)

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup flour
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• nutmeg (optional)
• 1 onion, sliced very thin
• oil
• butter
• 1/2 lb gruyere or 1/2 lb swiss cheese

Recipe

• 1 prepare spaetzel: combine the dry ingredients (add a bit of nutmeg to taste if doing it for german cooking, omit if for hungarian)
• 2 add the milk and egg and mix together into a batter of sorts.
• 3 meanwhile, have a wide pan of water with salt boiling.
• 4 take the batter and put it into a spaetzle maker, or i used a french fry basket, and rubbed it with the bottom of a spatula to break it up.
• 5 when the spaetzle float, remove with a slotted spoon and put them into a colander.
• 6 fry onion in a little oil until very brown and crispy.set aside.
• 7 in heavy (preferably non-stick) skillet, heat spaetzle in a little butter.
• 8 grate cheese and toss into spaetzle.
• 9 when cheese melts, transfer to large bowl and sprinkle with onion.
• 10 serve hot.