How to Use spaetzle in a Sentence

spaetzle

noun
  • Morse serves this with her spaetzle dumplings, a recipe also in the book.
    — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The key was to scrape out the marrow and spread it within the spaetzle.
    — Daily Pilot, 3 Sep. 2019
  • My dining companion loves her stroganoff, the brown sauce tart and creamy, the spaetzle just right.
    — Diana Spechler, Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2019
  • Beef suya skewers or spaetzle bowls are delicious, but can a chef turn out thousands per game?
    — Anna Spiegel, Axios, 20 Mar. 2025
  • So Linden has jerk duck, wagyu oxtail pot pie and lamb with collard green spaetzle.
    — Andy Wang, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Menu staples include spaetzle, goulash, schnitzel, and wurst platters.
    — Caroline Eubanks, Travel + Leisure, 11 May 2026
  • Menu staples include spaetzle, goulash, schnitzel, and wurst platters, all of which can be paired with beer straight from the motherland.
    — Caroline Eubanks, Travel + Leisure, 29 July 2025
  • The menu features pretzels, German beers, hearty sausage platters, and spaetzle.
    — Abby Price, Travel + Leisure, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Lamb stew with butternut squash spaetzle, shimeji mushrooms, nettles and pea shoots held the promise of spring.
    — Providence Cicero, The Seattle Times, 3 May 2017
  • Signatures include crab with spaetzle and mixed meats and seafood served on a live-charcoal Konro grill.
    — Michael Mayo, sun-sentinel.com, 1 Oct. 2019
  • Side dishes include the restaurant’s familar red cabbage or spaetzle.
    — Bud Kennedy, star-telegram, 31 Aug. 2017
  • This bone marrow roasted with a black truffle glaze and topped with arugula was served over egg noodle spaetzle with truffled butter.
    — Daily Pilot, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Once fall rolls around, ALDI stocks its shelves with several types of spaetzle.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 22 Sep. 2025
  • The Deutsche Keuche brand makes a frozen Chicken Schnitzel that pairs perfectly with spaetzle.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 22 Sep. 2025
  • In the latter camp is Lana, who tries to honor her German heritage with a squash spaetzle that underwhelms the judges.
    — Caroline Framke, Vulture, 16 May 2025
  • Start with Dune’s signature crab spaetzle with chili flakes, or tuna crudo with kimchi and hearts of palm, or little gem salad with beets and goat cheese.
    — Michael Mayo, sun-sentinel.com, 31 July 2019
  • The kitchen served up a succession of reimagined classics, from a brazenly modern take on spaetzle to a veal stew that had come a very long way from its humble origins.
    — András Szántó, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Aug. 2018
  • An on-time arrival in Hamburg after dark left just enough time for some spaetzle and schnitzel before falling into bed at a stuffy hotel next to the station.
    — New York Times, 18 Dec. 2019
  • Upstairs, there was another buffet, complete with German pretzel, goulash soup and spaetzle.
    — Diana Pearl, PEOPLE.com, 9 Feb. 2018
  • Made with spaetzle, a German egg noodle, and topped with plenty of ooey, gooey cheese, the mac and cheese on Liter House's kids' menu is sure to be a hit.
    — Emily Sabens, Indianapolis Star, 29 Aug. 2019
  • For example, one night’s omnivoral option was a pork chop with a mustard-cornichon sauce over handmade spaetzle with a ginger-carrot puree.
    — Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 5 Apr. 2018
  • Continue down the Germanic path to the Guenther spaetzle ($5/happy hour).
    — James Patrick Kelly, idahostatesman, 27 Apr. 2017
  • Curry-coconut spaetzle are dainty, too, and just the right companion for pork boulettes (meatballs) that were a wee bit dry but animated with lime zest, lime leaf and asarum (wild ginger).
    — Providence Cicero, The Seattle Times, 7 June 2017
  • The luncheon will include a menu of chicken paprikash with spaetzles and green beans, Legacy salad, rolls and butter, beverage, and cookies and brownies for dessert.
    — cleveland, 8 Feb. 2020
  • Ask for a seat at the open kitchen counter at Colonie for locavore delicacies (heritage pork and mustard spaetzle, campanelle with hen of the woods and Tuscan kale).
    — Virginia Van Zanten, Vogue, 4 Aug. 2017
  • Among the German specialties are massive Bavarian pretzels, brats, schnitzel, spaetzle, and crispy German potato cakes.
    — Tara Massouleh, AL.com, 25 Apr. 2018
  • Popular dishes include wiener schnitzel, a German combination platter featuring duck, beef rouladen, red cabbage and spaetzle.
    — Cathy Kozlowicz, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2021
  • Tender roast beef with warm red cabbage and squiggly egg noodles (made with an heirloom spaetzle press) has Sunday supper written all over it, at least for this fellow Midwesterner.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 21 June 2019
  • Offerings include a giant pretzel with beer cheese and mustard, fried Camembert, pork schnitzel with red cabbage and spaetzle, Hungarian beef goulash and apple strudel.
    — Leeanne Griffin, courant.com, 29 Sep. 2020
  • How To Serve It Like all my favorite ALDI sides, their spaetzle is super versatile.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 22 Sep. 2025

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