Noodle Kugel Flavoured with Apple and Cinnamon

Name: Noodle Kugel Flavoured with Apple and Cinnamon
Yield: Serves Four to Six
Cuisine: Russian
Ingredients: 2–3 handfuls raisins; 2.5 ml/½ tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda); 10 ml/2 tsp ground cinnamon; 250 g/9 oz/1¼ cups sugar; 3–4 eggs, lightly beaten; 250 g/9 oz/generous 1 cup cottage cheese; salt; 350–500 g/12 oz–1¼ lb egg noodles; 130 g/4½ oz/generous ½ cup plus 15 ml/1 tbsp unsalted (sweet) butter; 2 well-flavoured cooking apples

Preparation info

Serves
Four to Six

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Complete Guide to Traditional Jewish Cooking

By Marlena Spieler

Published 2016

About

Blissfully buttery, this noodle and apple kugel is fragrant with cinnamon and enriched with cottage cheese. It was allegedly brought to north America from Russia by a Jewish migrant fleeing the troubles in search of a better life, and simply oozes old country charm. Use flat egg noodles that are at least 1 cm /½in wide.

Ingredients

350–500 g/12 oz–1¼ lb egg noodles
130

Europe
Russia
Eastern Europe
Pasta
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas 4. Set a pan of salted water over the stove and bring to the boil. Drop the clusters of noodles into the boiling water one by one, and cook according to the directions on the packet, or until they are tender. Drain thoroughly.