Spaetzle Ii - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 cups flour
3 eggs
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1 cup water
2 quarts stock (any stock)

Preparation

Sift flour into large bowl, make a depression in the center, and into it break the eggs.
Add salt, pepper and nutmeg, and 1 cup water, or enough to make a medium batter.
Beat the batter only until it is smooth.
Pour the batter into a colander with large holes and let the Spaetzle fall directly into a pot of simmering stock.
Stir gently so that they do not stick together.
When the Spaetzle rise to the surface they are sufficiently cooked.
Drain the Spaetzle well, put them in a heated vegetable dish, and pour 1/2 cup melted butter over them.