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Spinach Spaetzle (Austrian Pasta) with Cheese Sauce

QimiQ Benefits

  • Creamy indulgent taste with less fat
  • Enhances the natural taste of added ingredients

Minutes

25

Difficulty

easy

Spinach Spaetzle (Austrian Pasta) with Cheese Sauce
Spinach Spaetzle (Austrian Pasta) with Cheese Sauce

Ingredients

For 4 portions

  • For the spinach spaetzle

  • 250g

    QimiQ Classic, unchilled

  • 2

    Egg(s)

  • 150g

    Spinach

  • Salt

  • Ground nutmeg

  • 500g

    Flour, coarse grain

  • For the cheese sauce

  • 250g

    QimiQ Classic, chilled

  • 1

    Onion(s), finely chopped

  • g

    Butter, to fry

  • 150ml

    Vegetable stock

  • 100g

    Blue veined cheese, finely diced

  • 0.5

    Apple, grated

  • Salt and pepper

Preparation

  1. For the spinach spaetzle: whisk the unchilled QimiQ Classic smooth.
  2. Add the egg, spinach and seasoning. Add the flour and whisk smooth. Allow to rest for approx. 15 minutes.
  3. For the cheese sauce: fry the onion in butter until soft. Add the milk, vegetable stock and cheese and bring to the boil. Refine with the cold QimiQ Classic.
  4. Add the grated apple and season to taste with the salt and pepper.
  5. Bring salted water with a shot of olive oil to the boil. Push the spaetzle batter through a spaetzle sieve (or allow to drop from a teaspoon) into the boiling water. As soon as the spaetzle rise to the surface, remove with a draining spoon.
  6. Serve the spinach spaetzle with the cheese sauce.
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