German Dumplings

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While watching this recipe being prepared on TV, I couldn't decide what it was supposed to end up being but it did inspire me to prepare my basic spaetzle, noodle, pasta recipe. I put 1 cup flour & 1/2 t salt in a large bowl, making a center well, add 1 slightly beaten egg, slowly working the flour/salt mixture & egg together adding up to 2 T water as needed ... either roll out & cut to make noodles or press through holes in a colander into boiling water to make spaetzle ... when cooked, finish off by keeping warm in a buttered pan or serve with gravy/sauce from main meat dish. As far as I know, that's a universal recipe for what Sunny was attempting to prepare under the guise of spaetzle. I suppose milk could be used in place of water but why baking powder is included in her recipe is peculiar since that is an ingredient used to make a dough rise when baking. I think Sunny's only exposure to Germany was from a military base and that is not very broadening.

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This recipe has absolutely no resemblance to German spaetzle. To begin with, spaetzle is considered a noodle rather than a dumpling and is made with just flour, eggs, water & salt. Depending what they are to be served with, nutmeg or dill can be included. No self respecting German would ever consider cooking with cayenne pepper. Baking powder or milk are completely unnecessary. As far as cooking the spaetzle, the simplest way is to push the dough through either a potato ricer or a large holed colander - no reason to be punching holes in pie pans.