This is a Swiss German speciality. It is a hand formed type of pasta. Reheat by frying in butter. Excellant with rosemary and grated cheese. Better than chips.
 
Made by Carla from Kingston Farm. Taught to her by Pia from Switzerland.
 
Spätzle is the Swabian diminutive of sparrow. Before the use of mechanical devices, the pasta was shaped by hand or with a spoon and the results resembled Spatzen (plural of Spatz, meaning sparrows, sparrow is Spatz or Sperling in German; Spätzle is the diminutive of Spatz, unchanged in plural).