Kugel Naughty and Nice

Noodles and Cream and Sugar and Spice

Kugel: traditional, stoned, and “carba-nada.” It’s the ultimate comfort food for those who need a little extra love.

I do kugel all ways, like Dr. Bronner.

This batch has big fat raisins and Carbanada noodles

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Ingredients

• 1 cup raisins, or, mix of small-diced dried fruit, like cranberries, blueberries, etc.

• Drinking Sherry to cover the raisins

• 1 bag of egg noodles

• 1 stick butter

• 4 eggs

• 3 cups full fat cottage cheese (not the light or diet kind!)

• 1 cup full fat sour cream

• 1 tsp cinnamon

• Grated zest of 1 big lemon

• Salt

Directions

Put the raisins in a cup, cover it in sherry, and microwave for 2 min.

Let the raisins cool in the cup while you move onto other things.

Boil the dry noodles for 3 minutes in salted water, then drain.

Put the noodles right back in the now empty dry pot, and stir in the stick of butter until it all melts.

Meanwhile, whisk together the eggs, cottage cheese, sour cream, cinnamon, lemon zest and pinch of salt. Blend it nicely.

Drain the sherry off the raisins— I tossed the liquid but maybe I should have drunk it!

Add the juicy raisins to the egg mixture, and stir in.

Gently stir in the buttery noodles.

Pour it all in a casserole pan, like you see in photo.

Bake at 400 degrees for a half hour.

This batch has dried cranberries and raisins

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