This colorful vegetarian Schupfnudel pan is the ideal healthy quick meal for a weekday. Now you might be thinking, "Help, Schupfnudel, what is that and where can I find it?" We'll go into detail about that later in this article. For now, we can tell you that it is a type of German pasta, similar to gnocchi.
Colorful vegetarian Schupfnudel
Ingredients
- 500 grams Schupfnudel German finger noodles
- 250 grams mushrooms
- 200 ml vegetable broth
- 2 tablespoons cream
- 2 carrots
- 2 spring onions
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 red bell pepper
- 1 yellow bell pepper
- 1 shallot
- pepper
- salt
- dried thyme
- ground sage
- ground marjoram
Instructions
Chopping the vegetables
- Cut off the top and bottom of the bell peppers. Remove the seeds and stem. Then cut the red and yellow flesh into small pieces.
- Peel the carrots and halve them lengthwise. Then cut them into half-moon slices.
- Halve the mushrooms and slice them.
- Cut off the roots and the top green part of the spring onions. Slice the white part into rings. Also, slice some rings from the green part for garnish at the end.
- Remove the skin from the shallot and garlic. Halve them and then cut into fine rings or pieces.
Cooking the Schupfnudel
- Heat some olive oil in a pan and fry the Schupfnudel for about five minutes. Stir them regularly. Season with herbs like thyme, sage, and marjoram.
- Remove the Schupfnudel from the pan and set aside.
Stewing the vegetables
- While frying the Schupfnudel, you can blanch or stew the carrots briefly.
- Heat some oil in the pan again and sauté the onion and garlic.
- Then add the bell peppers, the white part of the spring onions, and the mushrooms. Let this stew for five minutes.
- After five minutes, add the vegetable broth, cream, and carrots. Let it simmer for a few minutes.
Composing and serving colorful vegetarian Schupfnudel
- Finally, add the Schupfnudel back in. Let them integrate and warm through for a few minutes. Season with herbs.
- Serve this colorful vegetarian Schupfnudel dish in deep plates and garnish with some green rings of the spring onion.
Nutrition
How to make colorful vegetarian Schupfnudel
That this colorful vegetarian Schupfnudel pan is healthy needs no explanation. So many healthy vegetables together in one stew, that can't be bad. Let's start with the chopping.
Chopping the vegetables
Step 1 is always the mise en place, in this case, chopping the vegetables.
We start with the carrots, which we peel and halve lengthwise. Then we cut them into half-moon slices.
Next, we handle the red and yellow bell peppers. We cut off the top and bottom. Then we remove the seeds in the middle and the stem. We then cut the remaining flesh into small pieces.
We first halve the mushrooms. Then we slice them.
We remove the roots from the spring onions. We also cut off the top green part. Finally we slice the white part and the remaining green part separately into rings. The white part will go into the stew, while the green part will be used for garnish.
Finally, we have the shallot and garlic cloves left. We remove the skin, halve them, and then cut them into small pieces.
Cooking the Schupfnudel
Heat some olive oil in a large pan. Immediately add the dried herbs (thyme, marjoram, sage). Add enough of them, you should smell them.
Then fry the Schupfnudel for about five minutes. Stir them regularly so they brown on all sides and the herbs adhere to them.
Remove them from the pan and set aside. In the same pan, we will now stew the vegetables.
While frying the Schupfnudel, you can also steam or blanch the carrots.
Stewing the vegetables
As mentioned, you can briefly blanch or steam the carrots while frying the Schupfnudel. The carrots need more time to cook anyway. This way, they also retain their color well.
After frying the Schupfnudel, we add some olive oil to the pan again. We sauté the shallot and garlic in it.
After a minute, add the bell peppers, mushrooms, and the white part of the spring onions. Mix everything well and let it stew covered for about five minutes.
Then add the carrots, cream, and vegetable broth. Let everything simmer for a few more minutes.
Finally, add the Schupfnudel to the stew. Let everything warm through and integrate well. Serve the colorful vegetarian Schupfnudel pan in deep plates. Garnish with some green rings of the spring onion.
What are Schupfnudel?
Schupfnudel are a type of German pasta, similar to gnocchi. However, while gnocchi are usually round, Schupfnudel are elongated. This is why they are sometimes also called Fingernudel (finger noodles). More specifically, they are a type of pasta from southern Germany. They are also part of the regional cuisine in the Czech Republic and Austria.
Originally, finger noodles were made from rye and wheat flour. But since the introduction of the potato in the 17th century, the most common variant is made with potatoes. This makes the comparison with gnocchi quite obvious.
These noodles are so regional that there isn't even a specific English word for them. The German verb "schupfen" means something like rolling or flattening. So, they are rolled noodles.
There are two ways to prepare Schupfnudel. The first is to fry them in a pan, as we did for this colorful vegetarian Schupfnudel pan. But you can also cook them for about ten minutes. Often, they are first boiled and then fried in a hot pan. This gives extra flavor.
One of the most famous German dishes is Schupfnudel with sauerkraut. But you can also prepare them sweet, for example with poppy seeds, sugar, and cinnamon.
Read more about Schupfnudel:
- Schupfnudel (Wikipedia - EN).
- German potato noodles (Recipes from Europe).
- Schupfnudeln (I like Germany).
- Schupfnudeln (Everyday delicious).
Where can I find Schupfnudel? Or what are the alternatives?
The chances are high that you won't find Schupfnudel in your local supermarket or store. Most probably people will react strange when you ask for finger noodles or so.
But don't worry, we have a solution for that too. As mentioned earlier, they are comparable to Italian gnocchi. And you will find those more easily in the fresh pasta section of the supermarket. So, that is definitely a good alternative.
More Surprising.Schupfnudel
One of the best places to find surprising recipes with Schupfnudel is this site. Here you have some more very interesting recipes:
If you speak Dutch, you can find the Dutch version of this recipe on gerechtenweb.blog.
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