Oktober Fest Day 2: Spaetlze-German Pancake Egg Noodles

My family went to a German restaurant last week.  For the most part the food was really good-except they didn't serve Spaetzle.  To me that's like going to a Mexican restaurant w/ out tortillas. 

Spaetzle is a homemade egg noodle and it's yummy!  Here's how I make it:

Mix :
1 2/3 cups flour
3 eggs
1 t salt


Slowly add 5 oz. warm water.  
This will form a really thick gooey dough.

 Traditionally, the noodles are formed with a small board and a scrapper.  (I've also seen people to use colanders to make the noodles) You can just use any small cutting board and a plastic scrapper like the green one in the picture.

Spread a layer of dough on the board and scrap small strips into a pot of salted boiling water. When they rise to the top, they are cooked.  Remove them and place into a colander. Repeat until all the noodles are cooked.

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(I always double the recipe-but we are pigs.)
We eat this with Rouladen, Saurbraten, and they make great noodles for chicken-noodle soup.

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