Potato Kugel
Grated potato and onion mixed with egg and oil and baked in a hot tin until the top is crisp and the middle is soft.
Photograph credit: Potato kugel by Rebecca Siegel · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
A dish for a table of eight, and one that holds well on a buffet. Potato kugel is a baked pudding of grated potato and onion, with a crisp crust and a soft middle.
Grate the potatoes and onion and squeeze them hard in a clean tea towel, because the water they hold makes the kugel heavy and grey. Mix with the eggs, flour, salt and pepper straight away. Potatoes darken quickly once grated. Preheat the tin with the oil in it. Hot oil on the base sets the bottom crust the moment the batter goes in.
Pour in the batter, level it and bake at 200°C / 390°F for 75 minutes. The top should be deep brown and crackly at the edges.
Leave it for 10 minutes before cutting into squares. A spoonful of apple sauce or soured cream on the side suits it well.
Potato Kugel: Step by Step
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Heat the oven to 200°C / 390°F. Pour the oil into a 23 x 33 cm tin and heat it for 10 minutes.
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Grate the potatoes and onions and squeeze hard in a clean tea towel.
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Mix at once with the eggs, flour, salt and pepper.
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Pour into the hot tin, level and bake for 75 minutes until deep brown and crisp at the edges.
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Rest for 10 minutes and cut into squares.
Related guide: Pan and tin size.
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A Few Pointers
- Squeeze the potatoes dry.
- Work fast, as grated potato darkens.
- If your oven runs hot, check at 60 minutes.
- Heat the oil in the tin first.
What to Serve With It
Apple sauce · Soured cream · Roast chicken · Green salad
Leftovers and Storage
Keeps in the fridge for 3 days. Reheat in a hot oven to crisp the top.
Nutrition per Serving
Per serving, calculated from the ingredient list with USDA FoodData Central figures (SR Legacy). A calculation, not a laboratory analysis: brands, cuts and how you measure change the real numbers. How the figures are worked out.
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