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Pesach              Vegetable Blintzes
 O u r   C h e f s ’

 F a vo r i t es   with Squash Sauce
                 This recipe has a very special place in my heart. When I was asked what recipes come to mind
                 when thinking about Pesach the first thing I answered was my Bobby’s best vegetable blintzes.
                        So go ahead, try this one, you’ll thank me (well, my grandma) later.


        INGREDIENTS:               DIRECTIONS:
        Blintzes:                  Blintzes:
        18 eggs                    In a mixing bowl, combine all the ingredients for the blintzes
        4 1/2 tablespoons          and mix until well combined. (Alternatively, you can use a food
        potato starch              processor. )
        1 tsp salt                 Heat a large frying pan with a little bit of oil and add one ladle
        3/4 cup water              of batter to the pan.
        1/4 cup oil                Cook for 2 minutes, then flip and cook for another 2 minutes.
                                   Repeat this process until all blintzes are done.

        Filling:                   Filling:
        4 carrots (from the chicken soup)  In another mixing bowl, combine all the vegetables and blend
        3 squash (from the chicken soup)  until smooth using an immersion blender.
        2 parsnip (from the chicken soup)  Add 1/4 cup of the filling to the center of each blintz.
        3 Idaho potatoes (from the   Fold over the sides and then roll them into a log.
        chicken soup or cooked
        separately)                Sauce:
                                   For the sauce, heat the oil in a medium-sized saucepan and add
        Sauce:                     three onions.
        3 white onion, diced       Cook on a low flame until they turn golden brown, approximately
        3 tablespoons oil          12-15 minutes. Add the squash and continue cooking on a low
                                   flame until it becomes soft.
        3 squash, peeled and diced  Remove from heat and stir in the salt.  Serve warm over the
        1 teaspoon salt            blintzes.






                       INGREDIENTS:          DIRECTIONS:
                       1 knob celery, peeled  Start by putting each the bones and drumsticks into
                       2 parsnip, peeled     individual wrap and boil bags.
         My            4 small parsley root, peeled  In a 12 quart pot add the vegetables in order of which
                                             they’re listed.
         Favorite      4 zucchini, peeled and halved  Add the chicken on top and fill the pot 3/4 with water.
                       4-5 carrots, peeled and halved
                                             Bring to a boil, then lower the flame and allow to
         Chicken       3 Idaho potatoes      simmer for 8-10 hours.
                       3 tablespoons salt
         Soup          3 lb chicken bones    Allow the soup to cool, discard the chicken bones, knob
                                             celery, and parsley root.  Remove the drumsticks from
                       1 lb chicken drumsticks or bottoms
                                             the bag and add them to the soup.
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