Badische Schupfnudeln (spaetzle)

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 750 g potatoes
• 60 g flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt, to taste
• 1 egg
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg, freshly scraped or ground,or as desired
• 1 tablespoon chopped parsley
• 50 g lard

Recipe

• 1 boil the potatoes in their jackets for 25-30 minutes.
• 2 peel the potatoes and put them on a lightly floured board.
• 3 mash them with a rolling pin.
• 4 (you can also use a potato masher).
• 5 add flour, egg, parsley, salt and nutmeg.
• 6 knead well to form a smooth dough.
• 7 roll out the dough to about 1 cm thick or to the thickness of your thumb.
• 8 cut flattened dough into thin strips of 5 cm long.
• 9 gently roll out the strips or stretch them until the ends taper.
• 10 leave aside for 15 minutes.
• 11 (alternatively, you can immediately toss the noodles into boiling water. remove them when they rise to the surface).
• 12 heat lard in a pan and fry the noodles till golden brown.
• 13 serve with roast lamb, racks of lamb, sauerkraut or any cabbage dish.