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Spaetzle
3 cups flour
3 eggs
3/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1 cup water
2 quarts chicken, beef or vegetable stock
Sift flour large bowl, make a divot in the center, and break the eggs into the divot. Add salt, pepper and nutmeg, 1 cup water. Beat the batter until it is smooth, do not overbeat. Pour the batter into a colander with large holes and push the dough through the holes directly into a pot of simmering stock. Stir gently as they cook. When the Spaetzle rise to the surface they are done. Drain, and add butter, or serve with gravy.
