Lokshen Kugel

Lokshen Kugel is a great side dish for any meal! It can be made sweet, like the recipe below, or savory.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of raisins

• 12 ounces of gluten free noodles (wide egg noodles are traditional, but penne works)

• 6 eggs

• 2 cups of sour cream

• 8 ounces of cottage cheese

• 8 ounces of cream cheese

• 1 cup of sugar

• ¼ cup of butter, melted

• ¼ teaspoon of Kosher salt

• ½ teaspoon of cinnamon

• ¼ teaspoon of nutmeg

• 1/8 teaspoon of cloves

• 1 can of diced pineapple

• Cinnamon and sugar, for dusting

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350ºF

• Grease a 9x13 inch baking pan, set aside

• Soak raisins in hot water, set aside

• Bring a pot of water to a boil

• Combine eggs, sour cream, cottage cheese, sugar, butter, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves together (a blender or food processor is best, but a mixer works)

• Once water has reached a boil, add pasta to water and cook for 5 minutes

• Drain pasta and put back in pot

• Pour egg mixture into the pot and stir until combined

• Drain raisins and pineapple, add them to the mixture, and stir until combined

• Pour mixture into greased baking pan

• Sprinkle sugar and cinnamon on top

• Bake for about 60 minutes, turning once halfway, or until the center of the kugel is set and the tips of the noodles turn brown

• Let kugel rest for 15 minutes before serving