Montafon for at home: Kässpätzle

Bavaria has its Weißwurst, Vienna has its Schnitzel and the Montafon has its Kässpätzle. The small pastry dumplings with the tasty cheese are something like our staple food. And therefore ideal for creating a long-distance atmosphere in your home. We have the recipe for you to follow:

Ingredients for the spaetzle dough:

200 g. Flour
2 eggs
1 pinch of salt
Nutmeg
White pepper
a little water

other ingredients:
150 g. grated mountain cheese
50 g. Sour cheese
2 onions
some flour
50 g. Butter

Preparation

Peel the onions and cut them into thin rings. Season with salt and dry with kitchen paper after 5 minutes. Dust the onion rings with flour and fry in hot butter until golden brown. Put the onions to one side and drain on kitchen paper.

To make the spaetzle dough, put the flour, spices, eggs and a little water in a bowl and mix the mixture with a wooden spoon. You should get a very compact, tough dough (add a little more water if necessary). Press the dough through the spaetzle sieve into a large pan of boiling salted water and bring to the boil once. Then skim the spaetzle with a slotted spoon and immediately mix in a pan with the grated mountain cheese and crumbled sour cheese. The wooden spoon should pull nice "threads" when mixing - then you have done everything right!

Arrange the spaetzle on a plate, garnish with the onions and season with fresh pepper. A crisp lettuce or potato salad is the best fresh accompaniment.

Our tip: Try some apple sauce with the Kässpätzle, your host family likes it best.

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