Poprobins, or Rivels

There are two distinctly different methods for making rivels, with two very different results.

The first method, which is probably the oldest — and by many German cooks considered the most correct — calls for rubbing the dough against a grater or colander with small holes to produce a form of pasta resembling rice.

The other type of rivel is made by rubbing flour and egg between the fingers to form little wormlike bits of dough, which are sometimes given further shaping, suc