Schinkennudeln käse What are Schinkennudeln. There are many recipe variations for Schinkennudeln but they tend to have 3 main components. Cooked pasta, cooked ham and egg. The boiled pastaare fried in the pan with the ham, and the eggs are poured over to create the sauce. "Schinken" is the German word for Ham. "Nudeln" is the word for noodles /pasta.