Kasnocken

Austrian Cuisine

are small dumplings combined with melted cheese. In Germany, "Nocken" are called "Spaetzle". They have their origins in Schwaben, a region in Southern Germany, and are served as a side dish to roasts. People from Austria and from the Allgaeu, a district of Bavaria next to the Austrian border, refined the original Spaetzle and made up their own variety. They added cheese instead of meat and thus created a main dish. In Germany, this dish is