Norpro Spaetzle Maker
by Norpro
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: NorproBrand: Norpro
Model: 3128
Product features:
- Designed to make authentic egg dumplings
- 13 inches long
- Stainless-steel and plastic construction
- Batter/dough recipes included
- Hand wash in warm, soapy water
Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Norpro Spaetzle Maker
Customer Review: what a perfect purchase
Summary: 5 Stars
My family has become crazy for spaetzle since trying it at a local Hungarian restaurant. I bought this item hoping I could reproduce what I had tasted in the restaurant and it totally delivered, beyond my expectations. I used one of the recipes on the box--the dough was very wet and loose, which was perfect. It plopped right into the plastic container, I put a mitt on one hand to protect it from the steam, and starting making spaetzle over boiling salted water--literally in about three minutes I had perfect spaetzle. It took longer for the water to boil than to make the dough and then make the spaetzle. I can't say that at all about the other homemade pastas I have made.
This spaetzle plane cleaned up quick and easy. I just love it. I can't wait to experiment with as many recipes as I can find.
ETA: I think the first recipe on the box has an editing error--it says that the dough made will be very stiff and elastic, and in fact, it's not. There's too much water in it for that, for one thing, and for another, the last thing you want to have to force through the holes of the plane over boiling water is a stiff dough. The liquid in the recipe will make the dough more like an overly thick pancake dough--it takes very little pressure to push it through the holes. Italian pasta, which has little or no water in it, is very thick and elastic--but not this dough.
Description of Norpro Spaetzle Maker
Stainless steel grater with a plastic hopper this device quickly cuts through spaetzle batter into little dumplings. The hopper slides along cutting the surface while each pass of the hopper, the perforated devise drips dozens of perfectly formed dumplings right into your pot of simmering water.Whether you call that German-by-way-of-Genoa hybrid of dumpling and pasta spaetzle, spatzle, spatzen, or just "that dough stuff you drop into boiling broth," the folks at Norpro have fashioned a reasonably efficient way to prepare it. With their stainless-steel spaetzle maker--essentially a bottomless mining-car basket that runs along a flat cheese grater with bigger holes--cooks can load their favorite combo of egg/flour/milk (recipes for two spaetzle doughs are included) into the basket. By running the "mining car" along the rails of the stainless-steel grater, the batter is extruded into the waiting pot of boiling water or stock. At least, that's the theory: while the plastic basket is bottomless, it's also topless, meaning that, depending on the consistency of the batter, you may need to push it through the grater by hand--a bit daunting over a boiling pot. The grater base is also attached to a plastic handle via plastic tabs; one wishes for one-piece construction, though no doubt an all-stainless-steel fabrication would involve dropping a different kind of dough. --Tony Mason
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