Woodlawn Villager Newspaper: Recipes from Susan Jackson-Stein

Recipes from Susan Jackson-Stein
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admin on 12 April, 2008 04:32:00
 
These are a temptation that canalmost be categorized as sin-ful. The humble
kugel, anoodle pudding, is a staple ofJewish cuisine that has found aplace in
the melting pot ofAmerican eating. No one isactually sure of its origins,
butrecipes came over on the boatfrom Alsace, Poland and Ger-many. Some kugels
are sweetdessert varieties, but most aresavory accompaniments to amain meal.
American cookshave taken advantage of therichness of available ingredientsto
create a myriad of exotic andrich kugels.
Below are two of my favorites.Everyone who has eaten themraves. (Note: Put a
drip panunder the kugel to avoid spills.)
Pineapple Kugel 8 oz. Wide noodles, cookedand drained and rinsed4 Tablespoons
butter, plusextra to grease baking pan3 eggs beaten slightly12 oz. Container
cottagecheese 1-cup sour cream½ cup milk1 small can drained crushedpineapple½
cup sugar(Sugar and cinnamon fortopping, optional)Mix all the ingredients but
thenoodles together. Then mix inthe noodles until thoroughlycombined. Put in a
well-greased 8-inch baking pan.Cook at 350 degrees for about50 minutes.
Bloom Family SpinachKugel 8 eggs1 package wide noodles,cooked and drained2
packages chopped spinach,cooked, well drained andcooled6 oz. Melted sweet
butter1-pint sour cream1 package dry onion soupmix*Ground black pepper1 can
fried onions for toppingThoroughly beat the eggs. Mix ith sour cream, black
pepperand dried onion soup mix. Addmelted butter a little at a timeso as not to
“cook” the eggmixture. Mix in the cooledcooked chopped spinach. Stirthe
spinach mixture into thenoodles.Put this into a buttered 13 x 9”Pyrex baking
pan. Top with thefried onions. Bake at 350 de-grees for an hour and a half.
(Ilightly cover this with foil forabout an hour, and then removeso as not to
burn the onion top-ping.)
* There is salt already in thedried soup mix. Don’t add ex-tra until you’ve
Sweet Apple Kugel 1 package wide noodles,cooked and drained4 Tablespoons melted
butter4 eggs beaten½ cup sugar1-cup cream cheese1-cup cottage cheese½ pint
sour cream5 Granny Smith apples,peeled, cored and diced½ cup raisinsPreheat
oven to 350 degrees.Pour the melted butter over thenoodles. Mix. Add the rest
ofthe ingredients. Mix well. Putthe mixture into a 9x13”greased pan. Bake
about anhour until the crust is golden.  Ilike to serve this at room
tem-perature with hard sauce.
Hard Sauce Cream 1/3 cup butter until soft.Gradually add 1-cup
confec-tioners’ sugar and 2 Table-spoons rum or cognac. Stir untilsmooth.
Chill.