{"id":174,"date":"2023-08-25T00:03:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T00:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/squarespace.joannawhiteart.com\/wp\/2023\/08\/25\/aldi-deutsche-kuche-mushroom-schupfnudeln-review\/"},"modified":"2025-04-20T19:10:33","modified_gmt":"2025-04-20T23:10:33","slug":"aldi-deutsche-kuche-mushroom-schupfnudeln-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snarklesauce.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/25\/aldi-deutsche-kuche-mushroom-schupfnudeln-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Aldi Mushroom Schupfnudeln (Deutsche K\u00fcche) Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Author\u2019s note: I have no affiliation with Aldi, and I wasn\u2019t compensated in any way for this review.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tasty finger noodles.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I studied German as a foreign language for four years, and I still<\/em> have trouble pronouncing \u201cSchupfnudeln.\u201d Sheesh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyway. Wikipedia says Schupfnudeln<\/a> are thick German potato noodles or dumplings. They\u2019re also called \u201cfinger noodles\u201d or Fingernudel<\/em>. This bag says \u201cgnocchi,\u201d probably because more people know what gnocchi is. I bought this frozen Mushroom Schupfnudeln during Aldi\u2019s famous German Week<\/a> event, not knowing whether it would be delicious or disastrous. Fortunately, it is the former.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The bagged meal consists of the potato noodles, mushrooms, and frozen pellets of the cream sauce. My picture shows the entire contents of one bag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Aldi<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I am impressed by how \u201cfresh\u201d the frozen pieces are \u2014 nothing is freezer burnt or caked with crusty ice. This is possibly the freshest<\/em> frozen meal I have seen in a hot minute. Or even a cold minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Frozen<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The sauce pellets are kind of genius. They melt as you cook the meal and turn into the creamy-cheesy goodness. The herbs suspended in the frozen lumps disperse evenly throughout the sauce. It\u2019s a surprisingly homemade-tasting cream sauce when finished \u2014 especially for how little effort is involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Likewise, the mushrooms are not what I expected for frozen mushrooms \u2014 they\u2019re super thick and big and crisp and flavorful. These are much higher quality \u2018shrooms than I anticipated from a bargain frozen dinner kit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Do you loooove mushrooms? Check out my review of these imported Italian tortelloni from Aldi<\/a>, which feature two kinds of mushrooms and two kinds of cheese.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Fingers<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The schupfnudeln are as big as my fingers \u2014 which isn\u2019t saying much, because I have small fingers. But still. I guess this is where they got the name \u201cfinger noodles.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you think about that too much, it gets weird. So, don\u2019t think about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Cooked<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

(Ha ha. You\u2019re still thinking about it!)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I cooked mine in a large stainless steel skillet. It took about 10 minutes for the sauce to fully melt and become bubbly. After cooking, the mushrooms soak up the flavorful herbed cream sauce. The parsley flakes remain a bright green color, as if I had just harvested them from my garden. What sorcery is this.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The meal thickens quickly after cooking, so the cream sauce becomes goopier and less liquid. The heating instructions recommend letting it sit a couple minutes after cooking, \u2014 apparently the thicker sauce is intended. If you don\u2019t like this, you can thin it out with some additional water or milk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s it taste like? Well, the schupfnudeln are spongey and have a sort of dense, yet fluffy texture. They\u2019re tender, yet firm. Am I contradicting myself? Gah! I liked these finger-noodles a lot. The smooth, creamy sauce has a hint of cheesiness and a whiff of garlic. To me, the mushrooms are the star of this show \u2014 they\u2019re about as close to crisp, freshly cooked mushrooms as you could ever get in a frozen meal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Slight bummer: this isn\u2019t a ton<\/em> of food. In fact, I measured the entire contents of the skillet after cooking to see exactly how much it was, by volume. It was just over 2 cups. I find this puzzling, because the bag says there are 5 servings of 1 cup each. So there should be 5 cups total. Maybe five cups is the frozen<\/em> volume, rather than the cooked<\/em> volume. IDK. Anyway, you\u2019re getting a little more than 2 cups, after cooking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regardless, this is a filling meal! The gnocchi are surprisingly satisfying. I couldn\u2019t eat as many finger-noodles as I expected. I did end up getting at least<\/em> 4 servings from the bag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Heating<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Heating Instructions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The label provides two cooking methods \u2014 microwave, or skillet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The microwave method is only 2 minutes faster, so I opted for the skillet method. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Either way, the meal should be ready in 9-14 minutes, including the \u201csitting\u201d time after cooking. There\u2019s nothing you have to do, other than dump everything in a container and stir it a bit. Convenient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Nutrition<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Price and Servings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Personally, I think this works better as a side dish. A 1-cup serving has 7 grams of fat and only 5 grams of protein. If you eat two<\/em> servings, you\u2019d still only be getting 10 grams of protein. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You could add some meat to round out the nutrition and make it more of a meal. I added sardines to my leftovers, which was\u2026 a little odd, but I ate it. I probably won\u2019t do that again. I think some chicken meatballs would be nice with the cream sauce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is made in France. Perhaps a bit traitorous, since this is a German product. But whatever, I\u2019m not the finger-noodle police. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I paid $4.99 for the 20 ounce bag, so that\u2019s about $1 per serving. Assuming you actually get 5 servings from the bag, as recommended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Ingredients<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ingredients in Aldi Mushroom Schupfnudeln<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Here are the ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n