Customer Reviews

Norpro Spaetzle Maker

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A decade or so ago I toured through Europe and while in Germany I was introduced to Spaetzle. It was love at first bite. I live in a small town in California and spaetzle is not easy to come by. I bought an instant package of spaetzle, and followed the directions (pour contents of box into boiling water...) and it was terrible. Finally I decided to shop around for a Spaetzle maker and the only one I could find cost a fortune and was incredibly big and awkward, I imagined scraping my knuckles off and gave up my dreams of having fresh spaetzle. Imagine my surprise and delight when I found this simple spaetzle maker here on Amazon.com and at such a friendly price. I ordered it right before the holidays and it arrived in time for Christmas dinner. We eat our Christmas feast early in the afternoon and for a light dinner I love to make turkey soup from leftover Christmas turkey. For a twist I decided to add some fresh spaetzle and it was a wonderful success. The maker came with two simple recipes and after a couple attempts, I mastered the spaetzle maker. Since then we eat spaetle often with gravy's, soups, and tons of other dishes. This is a great deal for such a wonderful tool that will inhance you meals.

We eat spaetzle all the time--it's a local specialty where we live. Traditionally, the noodles are served with a garnish of browned bread crumbs. They are very good with stew, pot roast and venison. They are also made into Kaesepatzle, which is the German version of macaroni and cheese. Toss the spaetzle in a bechamel (white) sauce made with swiss or cheddar cheese. Top with sauted browned onions.

To make them, you have to get just the right touch with the very soft dough and hold a wooden board over a pot of boiling water, and cut strips off and shove them into the pot. They float, they're done. This is a messy job. Plus, your mom has to know how to make them and show you. If you don't have the advantage of generations of spaetzle making history, then you need a spaetzle maker.

The little maker is a lot easier and the price is right. It comes with some good dough recipes (I add a bit of nutmeg to mine.)

I saw Emeril Lagasse use this spaetzle maker and I knew I needed it immediately. My mom used to make spaetzle and drop the dumplings by hand into the boiling beef stew and it was so time consuming but we loved to eat them. It was worth the wait. But alas, this tool doesn't make spaetzle as big as my mom's but the receipe that is included with this tool is just as good. I had fun using it and plan to order 2 more as Christmas presents.

this gadget is by far the easiest (and least messy)way to make spaetzle I have ever tried - but dry it well, I didn't and mine rusted pretty badly. My grandma would have loved this gizmo.

What a wonderful tool...

Easy to use, quick and doesn't use up lots of space.
Definitely the way to make spaetzle (or Knoepli as
they are called in Switzerland).

This is definitely one of those speciality tools
that's worth having, because there's nothing else
that works as nicely and it makes the job SO much
easier!!!

This product makes making spaetzle SOOOO much easier! It has grooves on the end that allow you to rest it across a pot and just push the little basket back and forth, while your spaetzle drops into the pot. If you use the spaetzle recipe on the back of the Norpro box, the dough/batter is soft enough that you can use a mixer to combine ingredients (rather than by hand) and just pour the batter right into the basket resting on the pot. You can work it so that you never have to touch the spaetzle by hand, thanks to the Norpro spaetzle maker.

Also, the norpro comes apart very easily, so cleaning it is a breeze. For 8 bucks, you really can't beat it.

If you love authentic food of the Austro-Hungarian region, this is your kitchen essential. The sliding action of the cutter rapidly makes the tiny spaetzle, tender and worthy of your best Paprikas sauce! Also great in soups. I used to flip the spaetzle by hand with a spoon , over the hot pot, it took forever! This product shortens the time by 75%. The cutter is very easy to clean, just zip it into hot soapy water.

This product works well except the plastic handle can (mine did) break when used over a pot large enough to need the handle to straddle the pot. I will admit that when it broke my dough was a little stiffer than usual, but I still think it broke too easily; and if you are using a smaller pot, like a saucepan, you won't have any trouble. (But who uses a small pot to boil noodles)? I think my replacement will be the NORPRO model 3129, which appears to be all metal. (Or maybe I will try a crank model).

I love this. I have looked all over and they are kind of hard to find. The first time I made them I used a colander and I had a mess. So I said when I find one of these I am going to buy it, and I bought this one. I make them all the time I like them better than noodles or dumplings, and they take no time at all.

Tell me how I lived without this thing. REALLY easy to use. I wondered how well it would work, being such a simple contraption. I've used a couple of different dough recipes and so far so good. When you move that plastic thingy over the cheese grater part it really does push everything out. I guess thick dough might require hand pushing but hey, why spend more money? This one works great. Bought one for Mom immediately. I only wish Grandma were here to enjoy it.