Swiss Cheese Spaetzle

• water
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 3 slices bacon, sliced
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/3 cups white flour
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 cup swiss cheese, grated
• parsley, chopped, optional to garnish
• salt and pepper

1. Fill a large pot of salted water to a boil.
2. Meanwhile, heat up a nonstick frying pan over medium heat. Add the onion and bacon. Cook until the onion is slightly golden.
3. For the pasta, mix together eggs, flour, milk and nutmeg. The dough will be quite runny.
4. Put the pasta dough onto a wooden board, now scrape with a knife little dumplings about the size of a couple of peas and let each dumpling fall into the boiling water. You can also use what is called a Spatzle machine which is like a giant garlic press or push it through a colander.
5. Once the dumplings float on the water, take them out as they are done.
6. Add the Spatzle dumplings and the cheese to the frying pan and fry for a couple of minutes.
7. Season with salt and pepper and sprinkle some parsley on top.

water, onion, bacon, eggs, white flour, milk, nutmeg, swiss cheese, parsley, salt

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/swiss-cheese-spaetzle-456815 (may not work)