Melkkos (Milk soup)

Melkkos, topped with cinnamon sugar

Ingredients

Snysels (cutlets, or noodles)

• 2 cups flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• Pinch of salt
• 1/2 cup water

Melkkos

• 2 liter milk
• 1/2 cup butter
• Pinch of salt
• 1/4 cup cinnamon sugar

Method

Snysels - noodles
In a bowel, mix just one (1) cup of flour with the baking powder and the water.  The dough should be a little stretchy and easy to handle. If the dough is too dry, add a tablespoon of water.

Use some of the 2nd cup of flour and sprinkle on a large work area.
With a rolling pin, roll out the dough until nice and even; about as thick as a crêpe, or soft tortilla.

Prepare a clear working area by sprinkling some of the remaining flour over the area.
Cut the dough into strips, about 10cm wide, and move one strip to the working area.

Cut this piece of dough into thin snysels, or "noodles". The snysels should be about 2 - 4 mm wide.

A strip of Snysels

After the whole strip has been cut, sprinkle a bit of flour over the snysels and pile them in a separate area. Be careful not to mush them together. 

Snysels piled with extra flour

The extra flour serves a dual purpose here; it will help keep the snysels apart, and will help thicken the main dish.

Repeat until all dough has been cut into snysels.  

Sprinkle any remaining flour over the snysels.

Melkkos - main dish
Place a thick bottomed pot on the stove and turn the stove top on high-to-medium-high (about 80%).
Add the milk, butter and a pinch of salt.

Bring the milk to almost boiling, stirring occasionally to prevent it from burning to the bottom of the pot. As soon as the milk starts to froth, turn down the stove just a notch.

Add the snysels a scoop at a time, and carefully stir the soup the cover the snysels and mix in any loose flour.

Repeat until all the snysels have been added. 

Let the soup cook for about 10 mins while stirring occasionally to prevent the milk from burning.
After about 10 mins the soup should have started to thicken and the noodles should be mostly cooked.

Melkkos cooking - almost boiling andfrothing a little

Lower the stove to med-low (about 30%)
Add the cinnamon sugar mix and stir.

Let simmer for a couple of minutes while setting the table.
Remember to stir occasionally...

Serve with coffee and extra cinnamon sugar to taste.

Melkkos, topped with cinnamon sugar

Hints

Use a pizza cutter to quickly cut the dough into long, thin strips.

The baking powder is optional and can be left out without any substitute.

The cinnamon sugar should just be a light brown colour, but if the cinnamon mix is too strong ou can also add extra sugar on top of the soup.