Paprika spaetzle as a side dish

Ingredients for 8 servings:

• 1 medium-sized red bell pepper(s)
• 1 medium-sized bell pepper(s), orange
• 1 medium-sized bell pepper(s), yellow
• 1 m.-sized onion(s)
• ½ dl milk
• 1 tbsp tomato paste
• 1 kg flour, spaetzle-
• 8 eggs
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 2 ½ tsp, heaped salt
• 4 tsp, heaped paprika powder, mild
• some pepper
• some butter to toss the spaetzle

Instructions

Working time approx. 15 minutes; Rest time approx. 30 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 15 minutes; Total time approx. 1 hour

Wash the bell pepper, halve, deseed, and finely chop. Peel and finely chop the onion. Place the bell pepper, onion, milk, and tomato paste in a blender and puree thoroughly. Mix the flour, salt, pepper, paprika, olive oil, eggs, and the pureed mixture in a mixer until you have a spaetzle dough, and let it rest for about 30 minutes. Bring salted water to a boil, push the dough through a spaetzle sieve into the boiling water, and let it rest for a while. Remove the cooked spaetzle from the water with a slotted spoon and drain in a sieve. Heat a little butter in a large, non-stick frying pan and briefly toss the spaetzle in it, adding a little more seasoning if desired.