Amazon.com Review: 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 Reviews
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Rating: - handy tool
this tool is great, easy to use, and easy to clean, I love making these dumplings for a dish called Chicken Paprikas
Rating: - Delicious noodles made faster and easier than from a box.
Excellent product. Bought them for friends and family too. This is the easy way to make Hungarian noodles.
Rating: - Never again
We host an Octoberfest party every year. This tool makes my job harder and I end up having to cut the dough by hand.
Rating: - Great Spaetzle Maker!
I was in the process of moving and could not find my old spaetzle hopper anywhere; I spotted this one for under $7 and figured it would be an acceptable substitute until I unpacked my house again. When ... Read More
Rating: - Perfect
This thing works great and it's cheap. If you aren't making Spaetzle daily and you aren't making it for a huge crowd this will do the trick perfectly. It comes with 2 recipes and both are great. It has ... Read More
- handy tool
- Never again