Spatzli — Egg Noodles

Ingredients

• •3 cup flour, unbleached
• •1 teaspoon salt
• •1/4 teaspoon nutmeg (optional)
• •4 eggs; large, beaten
• •1/2 cup (or more) water
• •1/4 cup butter

Directions

1. 1Sift flour, salt and nutmeg together in a bowl.
2. 2Pour eggs and 1/4 cup water into middle of flour mixture, beat with a wooden spoon. Add enough water to make the dough slightly sticky, yet keeping it elastic and stiff.
3. 3Using a spaetzle machine or a colander with medium holes, press the noodles into a large pot full of boiling salted water.
4. 4Cook noodles in he water about 5 minutes or until they rise to the surface.
5. 5Lift noodles out and drain on paper towels.
6. 6Brown noodles in melted butter over low heat, and serve with a main dish. Or, don’t bother browning them, and serve in/with soup, or with stew.