Recipes · German · Pasta

Spätzle

One serving has 360 kcal and 12 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of selenium (61%), riboflavin (47%), thiamin (45%), folate (32%), choline (29%) and niacin (26%). Ready in 25 minutes.

Spätzle
Photo: Kobako, CC BY-SA 2.5 · source
  • Preparation: 15 min
  • Cooking: 10 min
  • Makes: 1 serving (131 g)
  • Difficulty: Easy
  • Diets: Vegetarian
  • Contains: dairy, egg, gluten

Ingredients

  • 60 g Flour, all-purpose
  • 40 g Eggs, whole, raw
  • 20 g Milk, whole
  • 0.1 g Nutmeg
  • 0.5 g Salt
  • 10 g Butter, unsalted

Method

  1. Beat the flour, eggs, milk, nutmeg and salt together into a thick, elastic batter; let it rest for 10 minutes.
  2. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil.
  3. Press the batter through a spätzle press, or scrape small strips off a board with a knife, directly into the boiling water.
  4. Cook for 2-3 minutes until the spätzle float to the surface, then lift out with a slotted spoon.
  5. Toss the hot spätzle with the butter and serve.

Nutrition per serving

NutrientPer servingShare of a day's need
Energy360 kcal17%
Carbohydrates47.1 g
Water56.9 mL
Fiber1.6 g6%
Protein11.9 g25%
Tryptophan0.15 g
Threonine0.42 g
Isoleucine0.52 g
Leucine0.93 g
Lysine0.56 g
Methionine0.28 g
Cystine0.24 g
Phenylalanine0.62 g
Tyrosine0.42 g
Valine0.64 g
Histidine0.28 g
Fat13.2 g
Monounsaturated4 g
Polyunsaturated1.4 g
Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA)0.02 g
Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA)0 g
Omega-61.1 g
Saturated6.8 g
Trans-Fats0.02 g
Cholesterol172 mg
Calcium56.7 mg6%
Copper0.12 mg13%
Iron3.5 mg19%
Magnesium20.4 mg7%
Manganese0.43 mg24%
Phosphorus163 mg23%
Potassium149 mg3%
Selenium33.5 µg61%
Sodium262 mg
Zinc1 mg13%
Thiamin (vitamin B1)0.5 mg45%
Riboflavin (vitamin B2)0.52 mg47%
Niacin (vitamin B3)3.6 mg26%
Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)0.96 mg19%
Pyridoxine (vitamin B6)0.1 mg8%
Folate (vitamin B9)130 µg32%
Cobalamin (vitamin B12)0.46 µg19%
Choline122 mg29%
Vitamin A142 µg20%
Vitamin C0 mg0%
Vitamin D (D2 + D3)43 IU7%
Vitamin E0.8 mg5%
Vitamin K1.1 µg1%

Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.

Climate footprint

0.2 kg CO2e a serving: lower than most main dishes on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.

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