Spaetzle & Cheese (German Mac & Cheese)

By Joan_Z

You can purchase a Box of Spaetzle and skip making the noodles

Ingredients

• Noodles
• 2 cups flour
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup of milk
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 pinch nutmeg
• 1 white onion
• Sauce
• 1 cup whole milk
• 1 1/2 tablespoons flour
• 2 cups shredded Monterey Jack cheese
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 garlic salt

Preparation

Step 1

Boil about a gallon of water in a large pot on high heat.

Combine flour, eggs, salt, milk, butter, and nutmeg in a large freezer bag. Knead together ingredients while they are in the bag until dough forms.

Cut a corner off of the bottom of your freezer bag so that there is a very tiny hole the thickness of your noodles.

When your water begins to boil, squeeze strands of dough through the hole in your bag so that they are about 1 1/2-inches long.

Repeat step 4 until all of your dough is in the boiling water. Boil noodles for two minutes.

Prepare cheese sauce by heating up 1 cup of whole milk in a saucepan on medium heat.

Whisk in 1 1/2 tablespoons of flour when milk begins to steam. Continue whisking for 3 minutes.

Add in cheese, salt, and garlic salt to your saucepan. Stir together and remove from heat.

Strain your boiled spaetzle in a colander.

Transfer spaetzle to a medium pan and saute your in butter on medium heat until the noodles begin to brown.

Chop your onion and sear in a separate pan in olive oil on medium heat until onion becomes crispy.

Add cheese sauce into your pan of spaetzle. Cook on low heat for 1 minute.

Top with crispy onions.