Rivels are an old-fashioned pasta dish usually made by dropping tiny pieces of pasta into boiling soup. Rivels are probably Germanic in origin, and they make an easily prepared short "noodle", which have gone out of favor in modern cooking. They are usually cooked in a chicken soup. They work well in potato soup as well.

Ingredients

  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt

Steps

  1. 1
    Combine flour and salt in a mixing bowl.
  2. 2
    Mix in egg, using hands if desired, to make a cornmeal like dough.
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  3. 3
    Drop bits of dough into boiling soup.
  4. 4
    Cook 10 minutes in boiling soup.
  5. 5
    Serve the Rivels with the soup in bowls.
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Community Q&A

  • Question
    How do you pronounce rivel?
    Community Answer
    Community Answer
    River is pronounced like so: ri-vuhl.
  • Question
    All purpose or self-rising flour?
    SshotgunMegalodon
    SshotgunMegalodon
    Community Answer
    The recipes each require either flour or wheat flour, so the basic flour used is all purpose/plain wheat flour.
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Updated: May 6, 2021
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Categories: Pasta and Noodles
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