This recipe comes to us from Rivka at NotDerbyPie. Rivka is a native Washingtonian, back in her home town after stints in Manhattan and Jerusalem. Food is “merely” a hobby for her — she’s a consultant during the day — but she writes and photographs food beautifully, and she’s the author of some of our favorite and most popular recipes.
Here, she gives us a recipe for carrot kugel, adapted from everyone’s favorite sisterhood cookbook, “Second Helpings, Please.” Theirs is a year-round recipe (who doesn’t love a little carrot kugel after a long day at work?) but Rivka only makes it on Passover, and has adapted it to be both Passover friendly and slightly more delicious.
Carrot Kugel
This carrot kugel is Passover friendly, though you can make it year-round.
- Total Time: 50 minutes
- Yield: Serves 6-8
Ingredients
- 1 cup matzah cake meal
- ½ cup sugar
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- ¼ tsp cloves
- ¼ tsp ground ginger
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 2 ¼ cups grated carrots
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup melted butter or canola oil
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325°F and set a rack in the center of the oven.
- Butter and flour an 8-inch square baking pan.
- Combine dry ingredients in a large bowl.
- In a smaller bowl, combine eggs, oil, lemon juice and carrots.
- Mix the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, and stir until the two are combined and no lumps of flour remain. Transfer batter into the prepared baking pan, and smooth the top with a spatula.
- Bake for 45 minutes; when done, kugel should spring back when touched.
- Serve warm or at room temperature.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 45 minutes
- Category: Kugel
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Passover
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kugel
Prounounced: KOO-gull (oo as in book), Origin: Yiddish, traditional Ashkenazi casserole frequently made with egg noodles or potatoes.
How can the carrot kugel recipe be modified to be gluten free?
Use gluten-free cake meal; Manischewitz makes it, available on Amazon.
What would you suggest to make this gluten free, or if you dont have Passover cake flour?
Use gluten-free cake meal; Manischewitz makes it, available on Amazon.
Can this be made ahead and frozen?
Hi Betsy! We’ve never tried making this ahead, but if you do it and like the result, please let us know!
How can this be a Passover recipe with baking powder and baking soda?
Yes, my question exactly. Isn’t baking powder a leavening agent?
I just read that there is kosher for Passover baking powder which can be used because it is not grain-based. I was surprised!
I made this yesterday and it tasted delicious. Unfortunately it did not rise more than half an inch despite the eggs and rising agents. Would beating the eggs beforehand help? Using a food processor’s grating disk helped enormously with grating the carrots!
What makes this a kugel? I guess I’m getting confused about what a kugel really is