Spaetzle press

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A Spätzle press (also Spätzle press ) is connected to the means of pressure from a kitchen appliance dough noodles are pressed.

function

In 1939, the Swabian inventor Robert Kull from Stuttgart-Münster registered the patent for his "dough press made from a pot with dough outlet holes" - today's spaetzle press. The device was called “Spätzles-Schwob” (German “Spätzles-Schwabe”). It typically has a piston and, connected to it via a lever, a cylindrical dough container with holes on the underside. The press is intended to accelerate and simplify the production of spaetzle compared to the traditional method, the spaetzle scraping. The spaetzle are pressed directly into the hot water.

The spaetzle press can also be used to press through potatoes , vegetables or fruit to a. Making puree . Also Spaghettieis is often made using the spaetzle press.

The shape of the spaetzle can be influenced by the consistency of the dough, the pressure applied and the patience used when pressing. For example, if you press very slowly with little pressure and a dough that is not too firm, the spaetzle will be longer due to gravity, so that you can get very long and thin spaetzle. Skilled cooks can thus produce spaetzle that suit their preferences in length, thickness and consistency.

Designs

Today, in addition to the Spätzles-Schwob with round holes, there are also derived devices with irregular holes. The spaetzle created here almost look like hand-scraped. In addition, there are also presses that have a plastic insert with slotted knobs that open to different degrees when the pressure is different. This gives the spaetzle an even more irregular shape that comes even closer to the hand-scraped one.

Spaetzle presses are made of die-cast aluminum (either highly polished or plastic-coated in color), plastic or other materials. There are hand-held spaetzle presses for the household as well as machine-operated ones for the catering and food industry.

Alternatively, either one is for the production of noodles or sparrows Spaetzle or Spätzlesieb used.

There are also short and long spaetzle outlets for Flotte Lotte .

cleaning

Polished aluminum spaetzle presses must not be put in the dishwasher , otherwise the surface will turn gray due to oxidation . Plastic-coated presses can be put in the dishwasher. Usually, however, dishwasher cleaning is not necessary if the press is rinsed under cold running water immediately after use. If you do not clean it immediately, the dough can dry out and adhere very stubbornly. The cleaning of some models is also made easier because the lever can be removed from the housing.

Other uses

The ice cream maker Dario Fontanella claimed to have invented spaghetti ice cream in 1969 using a spaetzle press .

Web links

Wikibooks: Using the spaetzle press  - learning and teaching materials

Individual evidence

  1. Patent No. DE000000722891A, dough press made from a pot provided with dough outlet holes and a hand stamp. Filing date June 14, 1939, publication date July 23, 1942.Retrieved November 24, 2013
  2. Jörn Kabisch: The spaghetti ice cream turns 50: The cold cousin of the spaetzle . In: The daily newspaper: taz . April 6, 2019, ISSN  0931-9085 ( taz.de [accessed April 23, 2019]).