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ladysprite) wrote2015-11-11 08:12 pm
ladysprite) wrote2015-11-11 08:12 pm
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Cookbook Project, Book #208
"Deli-icious: Recipes from the kitchen of Joan & Ed's Deli"
(Catching up from quite some time ago, because I've been too overwhelmed by other stuff to write about cooking for a while)
Once upon a time, long long ago, there was a truly amazing place called Joan & Ed's Deli. And they had amazing bagels and eclairs and egg salad sandwiches and pickles and all the good deli food in the world, and Our Heroes traveled there for New Year's Brunch, and it was good.
And then one day Joan & Ed's was no more. And now it has been replaced by Zaftigs, which is also good but will never be quite the same. But when I went to Zaftigs a year or so ago, I saw this cookbook on the back shelf and I knew I had to get it.
The book's value is more as a memorial than anything else; most of the recipes are, understandably, restaurant-sized, and/or more along the lines of serving suggestions and anecdotes (there's not much instruction needed for a pastrami sandwich). But I knew I wanted to make *something* from this book, not just for the project but to honor the memory of my favorite deli.
So this year, after we went apple picking, I was idly flipping through the book and came across the recipe for Apple Matzoh Kugel. And I knew immediately I had to make it.
It's unlike any other kugel I've ever had - you soak matzoh in water until it's mushy, then mix it with eggs, butter, chopped walnuts, chopped raisins, cinnamon, and sugar, and bake it for an hour.
It is, however, simple and delicious. It's a slightly sweet apple.... something. Not quite bread pudding, not quite casserole, not like any other dish I've ever made. Is it possible for something you've never had before to be comfort food? If it is, this would be.
I don't know if I'll ever get the time and energy to make knishes from scratch (the other dish from this book I want to try). But I'll sure as heck make this again....
(Catching up from quite some time ago, because I've been too overwhelmed by other stuff to write about cooking for a while)
Once upon a time, long long ago, there was a truly amazing place called Joan & Ed's Deli. And they had amazing bagels and eclairs and egg salad sandwiches and pickles and all the good deli food in the world, and Our Heroes traveled there for New Year's Brunch, and it was good.
And then one day Joan & Ed's was no more. And now it has been replaced by Zaftigs, which is also good but will never be quite the same. But when I went to Zaftigs a year or so ago, I saw this cookbook on the back shelf and I knew I had to get it.
The book's value is more as a memorial than anything else; most of the recipes are, understandably, restaurant-sized, and/or more along the lines of serving suggestions and anecdotes (there's not much instruction needed for a pastrami sandwich). But I knew I wanted to make *something* from this book, not just for the project but to honor the memory of my favorite deli.
So this year, after we went apple picking, I was idly flipping through the book and came across the recipe for Apple Matzoh Kugel. And I knew immediately I had to make it.
It's unlike any other kugel I've ever had - you soak matzoh in water until it's mushy, then mix it with eggs, butter, chopped walnuts, chopped raisins, cinnamon, and sugar, and bake it for an hour.
It is, however, simple and delicious. It's a slightly sweet apple.... something. Not quite bread pudding, not quite casserole, not like any other dish I've ever made. Is it possible for something you've never had before to be comfort food? If it is, this would be.
I don't know if I'll ever get the time and energy to make knishes from scratch (the other dish from this book I want to try). But I'll sure as heck make this again....