• Designed to make authentic egg dumplings
• 13 inches long
• Stainless-steel and plastic construction
• Batter/dough recipes included
• Hand wash in warm, soapy water

Whether you call that German-by-way-of-Genoa hybrid of dumpling and pasta spaetzle, spatzle, spatzen, or just "that dough stuff you drop into boiling broth," the folks at Norpro have fashioned a reasonably efficient way to prepare it. With their stainless-steel spaetzle maker--essentially a bottomless mining-car basket that runs along a flat cheese grater with bigger holes--cooks can load their favorite combo of egg/flour/milk (recipes for two spaetzle doughs are included) into the basket. By running the "mining car" along the rails of the stainless-steel grater, the batter is extruded into the waiting pot of boiling water or stock. At least, that's the theory: while the plastic basket is bottomless, it's also topless, meaning that, depending on the consistency of the batter, you may need to push it through the grater by hand--a bit daunting over a boiling pot. The grater base is also attached to a plastic handle via plastic tabs; one wishes for one-piece construction, though no doubt an all-stainless-steel fabrication would involve dropping a different kind of dough. --Tony Mason

Customer Rating:
Summary: Fast and easy...I'm talking about spaetzle!
Comment: Thanks to this spaetzle maker, I have finally been able to completely imitate my mom and grandma's chicken noodle soup! It was so easy to do (it comes with 2 recipes and I prefer recipe #2) and I felt like some la ti da cook when I ladled the finished product into bowls. Plus, you can't beat the price! This is a great gift for someone who likes to cook or doesn't have a lot of time to cook because the spaetzle is done faster than any boxed pasta and the mess and clean up is a cinch compared to normal pasta machines.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: spaetzle maker
Comment: A friend from Germany showed me how to make spaetzle with almost identical product.
Easy to Clean and fun to use

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Spaetzle
Comment: I made Spaezle many times in my life. I work as a chef and I used it in the Restaurant. You can make Spaetzle fast and they looked nice.
Great product!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: handy tool
Comment: this tool is great, easy to use, and easy to clean, I love making these dumplings for a dish called Chicken Paprikas

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Delicious noodles made faster and easier than from a box.
Comment: Excellent product. Bought them for friends and family too. This is the easy way to make Hungarian noodles.

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