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Käsknöpfle with roasted onions, served with a wooden spoon.

Kääschnöpfle.

Käsknöpfle.

Preparation: 30 minutes
Effort: medium
Servings: 3

All the ingredients for the Käsknöpfle are laid out on the worktop.

Ingredients.

For the dough.
300 g flour (spaetzle flour from Vorarlberger Mehl)
3 eggs
1/8 litre water
1 pinch of salt

For the Kääschnöpfle.
150g butter or clarified butter
150g mountain cheese (Vorarlberger Spätzle mix)
4 onions
The dough is pressed through the Knöpflehobel into the boiling water.

How to prepare.

Prepare a viscous dough from the flour, eggs, salt and water and leave to rest for 1/2 hour. If the mountain cheese has not yet been grated, grate the cheese. Then pass the dough through a dumpling sieve into boiling salted water. After the first boil, remove the dumplings with a slotted spoon. Serve in a preheated bowl.
Fresh Knöpfle in a wooden bowl are sprinkled with cheese.
One layer of Knöpfle (approx. 2 cm high)
One layer of grated mountain cheese
One layer of Knöpfle
One layer of grated mountain cheese
...
Onions are sautéed in butter in the pan.
Warm the pastries with the Kääschnöpfle in a preheated oven so that the cheese can melt.
Meanwhile, fry the onions in butter.
Käsknöpfle with roasted onions, served with a wooden spoon.
Finally, season with browned onions and butter and serve.
Potato salad with fresh herbs.
Classic side dish: potato salad or green salad.

Only the best.

A true Walser uses only the best mountain cheese for the Kääschnöpfle: old, mature and dry.
Don't panic: with the Spätzle mixtures (consisting of mountain cheese and Rässkäse) from our local dairies, the Kääschnöpfle are sure to be a success!ischungen (aus Bergkäse und Rässkäse bestehend) unserer heimischen Sennereien, gelingen die Kääschnöpfle bestimmt!

Portrait of Evelin Moosbrugger leaning against a cupboard.
Cooked by:
Evelin Moosbrugger

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