As nouns the difference between dumpling and spaetzle
is that dumpling is a ball of dough that is cooked and may have a filling and/or additional ingredients in the dough while spaetzle is a heavy egg noodle or dumpling used in the cuisine of southern germany and austria.
What is another name for spaetzle?
Etymology. Spätzle is the Swabian diminutive of Spatz, thus literally “little sparrow”. They are also known as Knöpfle (diminutive of button), also Spätzli or Chnöpfli in Switzerland or Hungarian Nokedli, Csipetke, Galuska or Slovak Halušky or Slovenian Vaseršpacli or vodni žličniki.
How is spaetzle different than pasta?
Usually when you make pasta, you form a dense dough from flour and eggs, which you knead, rest, roll, and cut until your arms feel like they’re on the verge of falling off. To make spaetzle, you just mix flour, egg, and a bit of milk into a pancake batter-like consistency. … “We use a spaetzle maker.