Tzibeleh Kuchen Food

APPLE KUCHEN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. Lightly grease and flour a 9x13-inch pan.
• To make the crust: Place the flour, sugar, and salt in a large bowl or food processor fitted with a steel blade and mix to combine. Add the vanilla and butter, a little at a time, and mix until it resembles cornmeal. Press into the prepared baking pan and transfer to the oven. Bake until slightly golden but not brown, about 12 to 15 minutes. Set aside to cool.
• Lower the oven temperature to 400 degrees.
• To make the filling: Place the cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla in the bowl of a mixer fitted with a paddle and beat until creamy. Add the egg, mix to combine, an pour over the cooled crust.
• Place the sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl and mix to combine.
• Place the apples on top of the filling in two or three columns. Sprinkle with the cinnamon sugar and transfer to the oven. Bake until firm and a rich brown, about 20 minutes. Cut into 20 to 24 pieces.

TZIBELEH KUCHEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Grate or finely mince the onions and drain, reserving 1/4 cup juice.
• Combine the onions, juice, sugar, oil and 2 eggs in a large bowl.
• In another bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, salt and poppy seeds. Stir to mix.
• Add the flour mixture to the onion mixture, stirring just enough to blend thoroughly.
• On a floured surface, roll dough out to a thickness of 1/4"-1/2".
• Cut into 2"x2" squares, or use a cookie cutter to make diamond or round shapes.
• Place on a greased baking sheet.
• Beat the remaining egg together with the water.
• Brush over tops.
• Bake until lightly browned around the edges, 15-20 minutes.
• Place baking sheet on wire rack and let cool.
• These are best the day they are made, but keep well if stored in a tightly closed container.

JEZEBEL CHICKEN THIGHS

Steps:

• Sprinkle chicken with seasonings. In a large nonstick skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat; brown chicken on both sides, beginning skin side down. Remove from pan, reserving drippings., In same pan, saute shallot and garlic in drippings over medium-high heat until tender, 1-2 minutes. Stir in preserves, broth, horseradish sauce and half of the green onions. Add chicken; cook, covered, over medium heat until a thermometer reads 170°-175°, 10-12 minutes., To serve, spoon sauce over chicken; sprinkle with remaining green onions.

CINNAMON RAISIN APPLE KUCHEN

Steps:

• Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 375.
• Butter a 9-inch tart pan with 1 1/2 inch high sides and removeable bottom. (I use a springform pan) Set aside.
• For crust:.
• Blend flour, butter, sour cream, 1 T sugar, hard-boiled egg yolk, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt, till mixture resembles coarse meal.
• Transfer all but 1/2 cup of mixture to prepared pan.
• Press mixture evenly into the bottom and up the sides of the pan.
• Bake 10 minutes. Brush with egg white.
• Continue baking till brown, about 15 minutes.
• Transfer to rack.
• Reduce oven temp to 350.
• Add remaining 2 T of sugar to reserved mixture in bowl and blend. Chill crumb mixture till ready to use.
• For Filling:.
• Thinly slice apples.
• Mix sugar, sour cream, egg yolks, flour, vanilla and cinnamon till smooth (referred to in later steps as "custard").
• Arrange half the apple slices, overlapping slightly, in concentric circles on prepared crust.
• Sprinkle half the raisins or currants over.
• Repeat procedure with remaining apple slices and raisins.
• Spoon custard mixture over apples, lifting apples slightly and smoothing custard between slices.
• Sprinkle reserved crumb mixture over top.
• Place pan on cookie sheet. Bake till custard is set, covering edges of crust with foil if browning too quickly, about 65 minutes.
• Let stand 10 minutes. Remove sides of pan. Serve warm or at room temperature with whipped cream or cream fraiche. Or just as is :).

ZWETSCHGENKUCHEN

Steps:

• To make the crust using a food processor, fitted with a metal blade, pulse the flour, salt, and 1 tablespoon of the sugar together. Cut the butter or margarine into small pieces, add to the bowl, and process until crumbly. Add the egg yolk and process until a ball is formed, adding more flour if necessary.
• To make the dough by hand, use your fingers or a pastry blender to work the butter or margarine into the flour, salt, and 1 tablespoon sugar until the mixture resembles coarse breadcrumbs. Add the egg yolk and work the dough into a ball.
• Remove the dough from the bowl, dust with flour, and pat into a flattened circle. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least a half hour. When you are ready to make the crust, dust your hands and the dough with flour. Place the dough in the center of a 9-inch pie plate and with your fingers gently pat in out to cover the bottom and go up the sides.
• Preheat the oven to 400°F.
• Prick the crust with the tines of a fork in several places and prebake the crust on the middle rack for 10 minutes. Remove the curst from the oven and let it cool slightly. Turn the oven down to 350°F.
• Pit and cut the plums into fourths. Sprinkle the breadcrumbs on the dough, then spoon the apricot preserves on top and drizzle with the brandy. Place the plum quarters on the crust in a circle so that each overlaps the next and they eventually form a spiral into the center. Sprinkle with cinnamon and the remaining sugar. (At this point, if you wish, you can wrap and freeze the tart, to bake it later. Just remove the pie from the freezer one hour before baking.)
• Place the tart in the oven and bake about 30 to 40 minutes or until the crust is golden brown and the plums are juicy. Remove from the oven. Just before serving, sprinkle with confectioners' sugar.

MOCK (VEGETARIAN) CHOPPED LIVER

Steps:

• Bring water to a boil over high heat.
• Add 2 tablespoons salt and all the beans.
• Return to a boil and cook until tender, 8-10 minutes.
• Drain and let cool.
• Heat oil in a skillet over medium-high heat.
• Add onions and toss to coat with oil.
• Cover and reduce heat to medium.
• Cook 10 minutes, tossing once after 5-6 minutes.
• Uncover and stir.
• Cook, stirring and scraping occasionally, for 20-30 minutes, depending on how brown you want them.
• Place half the onions, half the walnuts, half the beans, and half the eggs in a food processor.
• Pulse until mixture is fine but not pasty, scraping bowl as needed.
• Repeat with remaining onions, walnuts, beans and eggs.
• Place both batches in a bowl and add the pepper and remaining salt.
• Tightly cover and refrigerate for several hours before serving.