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Norpro Spaetzle Maker
Measures: 12.75" x 4.25" x 2.5" / 32.5cm x 11cm x 6cm, Care and Cleaning: Hand Wash OnlySpaetzle, traditional German dumplings, can be used in either savory or sweet dishes, or as a wonderful substitute for pasta, rice, or potatoes.Enjoy your favorite old world dish with this modern and functional Spaetzle maker. Made of heavy duty stainless steel and food safe plastic, it is designed to be durable and long lasting.Classically designed to create perfect sized, authentic German Spaetzle, it is also easy to use! Simply place the spaetzle maker over a pot and add your dough to the slider basket. Slide your dough over the holes and the dumplings fall into the boiling water. Fast and easy!Includes an authentic recipe and is ideal for any home chef.
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19 Reddit comments about Norpro Spaetzle Maker:

u/blueshiftlabs · 90 pointsr/recipes

I'll save you a ton of scrolling through long-winded stories and baby pictures:

Ingredients


  • 4 eggs
  • 1/3 cup milk
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 4 Tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 1 Teaspoon white pepper
  • 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

    Instructions


  1. In a medium bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, and salt. Add in the flour and stir until well combined.
  2. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over high heat. Place your spaetzle maker over the top, then pour half of the batter into the cup of the device. Quickly slide the cup back and forth to allow the batter to drop through. Repeat with second half of batter, working quickly, until all the batter is cooking in the pot.
  3. Set the spaetzle maker aside and give the dumplings a good stir in the pot. Let them cook for 1 to 2 minutes, until floating on the surface. Remove with a slotted spoon and place in a large bowl. Toss with butter and spices. Serve warm.

u/vernazza · 7 pointsr/hungary

Hey, I have a saved comment for this! Here you go:

> Famous, traditional dishes
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> beef stew: what Hungarians call 'pörkölt', this is what's incorrectly known as 'goulash' abroad.
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beef and potato soup, aka. what Hungarians consider real 'goulash'.
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> chicken paprikash: the chicken variation of the above stew, with added sour cream.
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The iconic side dish for Hungarian stews is egg noodle dumplings, called 'nokedli' or spaetzle in German-speaking areas. Specialty stores and shops throughout Central Europe sell spaetzle makers. A potato ricer with adjustable discs might work as well. Pick the one with the large holes and use a knife to cut them if they don't separate into small pieces on their own.
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> If you don't have either, all you need is a teaspoon dipped in hot water, a pot and a fair amount of patience to individually spoon each noodle into the boiling salted water. They are done when they float to the top (do it in small batches).
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> Somló trifle: a scrumptious walnut-chocolate sponge cake dessert, but very time consuming to make. Most Hungarians eat it at confectioneries because of this, but if you're a hardcore cook, prove they are wrong to do that!
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Dobos torte: another labor intensive, but delicious and traditional cake of caramel, cocoa and walnuts.
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> Lesser-known dishes
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> catfish paprikash: another variety of the two recipes up top. Best served with dill-cottage cheese 'nokedli' (adjust the above recipe).
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pork fillet Bakonyi-style: pork in creamy mushroom sauce
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> sirloin Temesvári-style: with yellow wax or green beans (yellow is preferable)
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tripe stew: tastes great if you're an adventurous eater!
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> fruit soup: if you're not weirded out by tripe already, this is a sweet soup with whipping cream, fruits and cloves and it's not a dessert. Yes, we do eat and like it!
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bean goulash: substituting the potatoes for pinto beans in the goulash recipes transforms it into a very different, but equally fantastic soup.
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> drunkard's soup: the perfect hangover cure or something that warms you up in the winter - sauerkraut soup with root vegetables, pork and sausage.
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lecsó: pepper-heavy ratatouille, feel free to make it more filling with adding rice or beaten eggs. Use spicy Hungarian sausage (sub for chorizo or other air-dried, smoked, paprika-heavy sausage). Do not use bell peppers for this or any other Hungarian recipe ever, the sweetness will ruin it.
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> főzelék, vegetable stew or pottage is also very traditional and simple, though in my experience the creamy consistency of some of the recipes can be off-putting for many foreigners (maybe don't start with the green pea one). However the spinach or lentil one will not be alien to the fans of Indian cuisine.
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sweet dumplings of different varieties are favorites of all children.
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> Cookbooks, recipes
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> For a general Hungarian cookbook, use Zsuzsa's Cookbook. Written by a Hungarian grandma living in Canada, her recipes are already adjusted for what's available in North America. Her site is antiquated, click on the names of the categories, not the images. She also cooks a fair amount of non-Hungarian food, you can spot which is traditional by the Hungarian name written after the English ones.
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> Zserbo.com's focus is lesser-known, but commonly eaten Hungarian dishes as well as regional specialties that even Hungarians can be unfamiliar with. Updates are infrequent, but there's a solid number of recipes up already.
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> Among cookbooks this and this are solid, English-language cookbooks with both classics and everyday recipes.
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> This one is a super and very traditional Jewish-Hungarian cookbook by a famous family of restaurateurs who also run the best traditional restaurant of the country. Also available as an e-book if you'd like to save on shipping fees.
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> Cooking tips, ingredients
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> Hungarian paprika is not the same as what's sold as that in North America (ground bell pepper). Ours is a much more flavorful pepper variety grown for exclusively spice use. You can order from here, they ship from Hungary and carry the real deal! Or if you'd prefer domestic shipping, this business with shops in Wisconsin and Illinois comes recommended.
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> Most of the recipes suggest using oil to fry the onions. If you do that, make sure you're not doing it with some harsh olive oil, but sunflower, canola or something equally neutral tasting. However it's lard that really brings out the best flavours from the paprika, you should go for that. Make sure to only mix in the paprika powder when the pot is off the flame, otherwise it'll burn within 10-15 seconds and becomes bitter.
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> Some of these recipes suggest bell pepper, which is odd as we never use it in Hungary. Use something mildly hot instead (Hungarian wax pepper or closest equivalent), it has moderate heat, so account for that and the guests' tastes as well.
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> Celery root (celeriac) and kohlrabi are somewhat important and widely used ingredients in Hungarian soups, not sure if you have them available. Their roles are similar to bay leaf, rounding the other flavors out. They are put in whole (well, a quarter or a half to be precise depending on the size, you need maybe 150-200g sized bit each) and are removed after cooking. You can omit them if you don't have them available, but it's best to include them.

Both Zserbo.com and Zsuzsa's Cookbook have simple recipes along with averagely complicated ones, but obviously they assume typical kitchen skills. If you don't know what roux is, or how brown sauteed onions should look like, you should watch some basic tutorial videos on YouTube, there are plenty.

One commonly used thickening ingredient in Hungarian recipes (mostly for soups and 'főzelék', which is a thick vegetable stew) is roux, either in itself or with paprika mixed in it. In the latter case, only mix in the paprika once the roux is nearly done, for the last 10-20 seconds or so, otherwise the spice will burn and turn bitter. And it should be done over low flame from the beginning.

Hungarian recipes greatly prefer lard over oil for cooking, so if you have that available, use that. If you don't, do search out sunflower or rapeseed oil, don't use olive.

As far as paprika brands go, almost everything pre-packaged will be crap, and I doubt the few good ones go for exports, because they are usually from smaller companies. However do go to a gourmet/import food deli for the best chances. If you fail, unsmoked Spanish paprika (pimentón dulce) is quite close in flavor and should be easier to find.

The most basic recipe I can think of is lecsó. But since it's not much more than (ideally flavorful) veggies cooked together, you will find it almost identical to peperonata. The only difference is that we use Hungarian wax peppers instead of the too sweet bell peppers, and which you can further flavor it by adding beaten eggs and/or sausages.

The second easiest ones are any of the soups. Goulash soup is quite easy, as are others, pick any one here.

Meat stews take a while to cook, especially if you're using pork or beef instead of chicken, but the cooking process itself is simple as well. Foreigners incorrectly believe 'goulash' is a meat stew, but we actually call that 'pörkölt'.

Good luck!

u/tihoni · 7 pointsr/kitchener

My recommendation is to get one of these for $10 next time you're on Amazon.

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00004UE89/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_695RBb5STV29C

Spätzle recipe is very simple, and nothing in a plastic bag comes even close to fresh, homemade ones. By the time the water comes to boil, you will have whipped up a batch. Grate them into boiling water, scoop up when they surface, and that's it. Enjoy!

Oh, and for the rest of you who have no clue what we're talking about, please order Käsespätzle or Paprikash with a side of spätzle next time you're deciding where to dine out!

u/Bryek · 6 pointsr/Cooking

There is no slider to push the spaetzle through the holes.... The dough would just sit on top of this thing.

u/[deleted] · 3 pointsr/slowcooking

Protip: make the water in which you boil the Spätzle briny with salt. Also you can get Spätzle from Cost Plus. As awesome and handy as having a Spätzle press might seem, only get one if you have disgusting amounts of free cupboard/ closet space in or around your kitchen. It takes up a lot of space and will spend a lot of time gathering dust.
I love mine, but I don't know if buying it was my wisest decision.

EDIT: Apparently mine is a restaurant sized press. I'd recommend one like this, or this

u/d3rtus · 2 pointsr/FoodPorn

Your spaetzle is nice and long. Mine usually end up 'short'. I'm roughly using 2 cups flour, 2 eggs, 1 cup milk, salt, and using a Norpro. How do you make yours?

u/mr_canoehead · 2 pointsr/food

It's so easy, made some a few days ago. I use a spaetzle maker.

u/juperson · 2 pointsr/recipes

1/4 lb beef liver

1 small onion

1/2 tsp black pepper

1 tsp allspice

1/2 tsp clove

2 eggs

3 cups flour

1 cup milk (add ONLY IF using spaetzle maker)

Grind liver and onion in a blender. Add spices and eggs to the blender and blend. Measure the flour into a mixing bowl then pour the blended mixture onto the flour and mix.

If SCRAPING DUMPLINGS: Add 1-3 tsp of water to make a stiff dough. Remove dough from the mixer and kneed until you have a stiff dough, return the dough to the bowl and push the dough to the edge of the bowl. Scrape dumplings with sharp knife into boiling water (add 1 Tbsp of oil to water to prevent sticking). When dumplings rise to the top of the water remove with a slotted spoon into strainer then spread onto a cookie sheet to cool. Spray with Pam and DO NOT LET THEM DRY OUT. Refrigerate or freeze. I freeze in gallon size ziplock bags.

About 30 minutes before serving time heat bacon grease over med. heat in a large nonstick skillet and toss kneflies in grease to reheat, salt to taste. Cover and stir often to prevent browning and sticking. Serve with turkey or beef gravy.

If using Spaetzle Maker: Do not add water but remember to add the milk.

My spaetzle maker looks like this one

u/Thyrsus24 · 1 pointr/Cooking

I got a spaetzle maker on amazon http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00004UE89?pc_redir=1405865560&robot_redir=1 and it made all the difference! Perfect delicious spaetzle every time (I think the package had a recipe on it I've been using even)

u/MannyCoon · 1 pointr/food

I don't like single-use kitchen tools, but I've used my mom's spaetzle grater and it's so worth it!

u/Pepper-Fox · 1 pointr/food

Some crumpled bacon is also wonderful in spaetzle ;) I got a special tool just for making it http://www.amazon.com/Norpro-3128-Spaetzle-Maker/dp/B00004UE89 I also find that browning the spaetzle a tad in a skillet after boiling it makes it even tastier.

u/Michaelpi · 1 pointr/Cooking

This is one of the best dish's in Germany, bake it with some cheese and its also very tasty.

you can totally buy a maker in the states, on amazon prime too!

http://www.amazon.com/Norpro-3128-Spaetzle-Maker/dp/B00004UE89/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1415033337&sr=8-1&keywords=spetzel

u/tletnes · 1 pointr/whatisthisthing
u/Rumbottlespelunker · 1 pointr/food

check these out. They work great, but are a bit tough to clean.

u/sharriston · 1 pointr/EatCheapAndHealthy

Amazon has one that works pretty well. Spaetzel maker

u/tr1ppn · 1 pointr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

Trying again without links:

So, I decided that I don't feel like spending more time on this, and I got most of them, so let's roll with it.
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Riddle 1

Wine

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So this is kind of a stretch, but hear me out. Over the weekend, I let the "German" in me out, and I cooked a wonderful meal consisting of schnitzel (pork shoulder blade, fried to perfection) and a side of spaetzle (German dumplings). That evening, I also bought a bottle of Roscato (a sweet red wine from Italy) to have with dinner, and it was DELICIOUS. While making the meal and drinking the wine, I mentioned to my wife how great it would be to have a spaetzle maker. She agreed, so it's on the WL.

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Riddle 2

A doormat (though based on theme it should really be a broom, but that doesn't make sense in your riddle)

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So on Thursday I bought myself a new-to-me 2011 Subaru Legacy. It's pretty cool minus the issues with the key, but besides the $100 I had to spend to "fix" it, it's grand. I noticed when checking out the car that it had gray Jetta floor mats. Note that my car has black leather interior, and is a Subaru, not a VW Jetta. I found these, they have good reviews, so I put them on my WL as something to get for my new car so I can get rid of those awful floor mats.
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Riddle 3

A hat

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There are two things every good baseball/softball/wiffleball player needs. A good hat, and a good pair of sunglasses. I always wear a hat (thanks a lot, male pattern baldness), so I've got plenty of those (need to get a new one, but Amazon doesn't have the one I want). What I don't have is a good pair of sunglasses for playing ball outside. My aviators are scratched, and, well, wearing aviators to play sports doesn't exactly work well. These are sitting on my WL for that day where I finally go "DAMMIT I NEED SUNGLASSES TO GO WITH MY HAT."
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Riddle 4

A book

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So this one is REALLY lame compared to my other stories. For this, it's an ACTUAL BOOK (how lame). I work in IT, and one of the most BASIC qualifications for most jobs is CompTIA A+ certification. I know that with a brief refresher I could pass the test pretty easily, but I don't want to take any risks, and would rather study up and blow it out of the water. I need this book in order to help me do that.
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Riddle 5

This one I'm not sure about, but I can't take any more time to figure it out (thanks a lot, work). A trunk? that seems to make the most sense based on the theme here....

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This one is a real stretch. When I went through this the first time, I thought that you were looking for "A car" (boot//trunk//place to store stuff or even hide in), but then when I looked at the theme of everything, I decided that was wrong. I changed my mind and went with a trunk. To combine those two things, here's the LEGO version of a car, which has a trunk, and also has a little suitcase on the top of it, as it is meant for camping and camping activities - a great place to hide away from everything!
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Bonus

A cape!

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What better way to exemplify the answer of "A cape" to a riddle than with a legit superhero. I actually bought this little batman for a friend of mine, and after putting it together, thought I should have one myself. He has two faces, a cape, the bat helmet, and a batarang. This character is simply awesome in the movie, and looks pretty damn awesome to boot! (Get it? Boot? From the last riddle? ^(I get it ... it's not funny...))
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No WL Additions were made for this, I improvised and managed to connect everything to something already on my WL. Thanks for the contest!!!

u/AeroGold · 1 pointr/food

You can get a spaetzle maker for cheap at a lot of ethnic stores (my mom got one in Chinatown of all places). And its pretty damn easy to make: recipe I use a lot.

If you don't want to buy the spaetzle maker, you can also use a good a metal colander over a pot of water. The recipe I linked to above also has a "How to Make Spaetzle" demo video.

It's very delicious and very cheap/easy to make. The only downside is waiting about 20-30mins after mixing the ingredients before you cook. Good luck!

u/godless-life · 1 pointr/germany

You can buy them on Amazon, though rather expensive. They do have a Spätzle Maker from Amazon Basics as well, which seems to be good value for money: https://www.amazon.com/Norpro-3128-Spaetzle-Maker/dp/B00004UE89/

The recipe is simply flour, eggs and lukewarm water. I add salt, pepper and chili flakes as well... Can post 'my' recipe if you care? It's actually super super simple to make, and done in a heartbeat.

u/taylormitchell20 · 0 pointsr/ketorecipes

>Spaetzle
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>Ingredients
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>1 C Carbalose Flour
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>2 Eggs
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>6 T Heavy Cream
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6 T Water
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½ t Salt
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¼ t Pepper
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⅛ t Guar Gum
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⅛ t Xanthan Gum
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⅛ t Grated Nutmeg
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2 Drops Liquid Sucralose
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Instructions
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>Bring a pot of water to simmer.
Put flour & spices together and stir.
Beat eggs then add water, heavy cream, & Sucralose and add to flour.
Batter should be of a medium thick consistency.
Using an old fashioned large holed grater, put about ½ C batter on top, and with grater over the water, run your index finger gently over the dough and let it drop into the water. It will sink and almost immediately float. Cook about 2 minutes.
Remove with a small strainer or spider.
Repeat until finished.
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>4 Servings
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>171 Calories, 9.8g Protein, 12.7g Carbs, 4.8g Fiber, 7.9g Net Carbs

Somewhat higher in carbs than I'd like for a side dish, but if you plan the rest of the day, 8g of carbs is manageable. I think so at least. Plus, it's totally worth it for this pasta.

Oh yeah, if you don't mind a one use tool, I highly suggest getting a Spaetzle Grater. It will be much easier than the cheese grater method described in the original recipe.