Description
Carrots are much eaten at Rosh Hashanah because of their colour, which symbolises prosperity, to wish for a prosperous individual and communal year ahead. This kugel is also made at Pesach.
Ingredients
3 tbsp potato flour
8 tbsp sweet red or fortified wine
450g/1lb carrots, grated
100g/3½oz soft brown sugar
8 tbsp fine matzoh meal (made from ground matzoh, Jewish unleavened bread, available at most supermarkets at Passover)
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 lemon, zest only
1 lemon, juice only
1 egg, beaten
50g/2oz raisins
50g/2oz dates, chopped
pinch of salt
100g/3½oz margarine (or butter), melted
Method
1. Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4.
2. Dissolve the potato flour in the wine, then mix with the remaining ingredients and combine well.
3. Spoon the mixture into a greased, shallow 20cmx25cm/8inx10in baking tin and bake for one hour until crusty and amber in colour.
4. Serve hot, eat in good health and go to sleep for the rest of the afternoon.
