German Dish: Scrumptious Spaetzle And Cheese

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

Directions

1. Boil about a gallon of water in a large pot on high heat.
2.  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.
3.  Cut a corner off of the bottom of your freezer bag so that there is a very tiny hole the thickness of your noodles.
4.  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.
5.  Repeat step 4 until all of your dough is in the boiling water. Boil noodles for two minutes.
6.  Prepare cheese sauce by heating up 1 cup of whole milk in a saucepan on medium heat.
7.  Whisk in 1 1/2 tablespoons of flour when milk begins to steam. Continue whisking for 3 minutes.
8.  Add in cheese, salt, and garlic salt to your saucepan. Stir together and remove from heat.
9.  Strain your boiled spaetzle in a colander.
10.  Transfer spaetzle to a medium pan and saute your in butter on medium heat until the noodles begin to brown.
11.  Chop your onion and sear in a separate pan in olive oil on medium heat until onion becomes crispy.
12.  Add cheese sauce into your pan of spaetzle. Cook on low heat for 1 minute.
13.  Top with crispy onions.

Source : allrecipes.com