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Kishke – Stuffed Flour Roll
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Kishke – Stuffed Flour Roll

Traditional kishke – a roll of flour with onion and spices, a classic addition to a festive stew

⏱ 1 hr 5 min🍽 8 servings 🌍 Ashkenazi👩‍🍳 Afoona🧩 2 parts

👨‍🍳 Method

For the Fried onion

  1. 1
    Heat the oil in a wide pan over medium heat.
    ⚙ Pan-fryingStoveFrying pan
  2. 2
    Add the onion and fry, stirring, until the onion turns deep golden.
    ⚙ Adding to the hot fat and fryingStove
    💡Add by cooking time: what needs long (onion, carrot, meat) goes in first, and what burns fast (garlic, dry spices) goes in last, only until fragrant.

To assemble

  1. 3
    Add the paprika, cumin, turmeric, salt and black pepper to the pan and stir.
    Stove
  2. 4
    Put the flour in a bowl and add the onion mixture to it.
    Bowl
  3. 5
    Add the water while stirring, until you have a pliable dough.
  4. 6
    Preheat the oven to 180°C (355°F).
    ⚙ Preheating the OvenOven
    💡Put things in the oven only once it's reached temperature, after the heating light has gone off: an oven that hasn't reached temperature changes baking times, and the bake burns outside or stays underbaked.
  5. 7
    Place the dough in oven bag and set in a baking dish.
    Baking pan
  6. 8
    Bake 45 minutes, until the kishke is firm and golden.
    OvenBaking pan
  7. 9
    Slice and serve hot as a side for the stew.
    Knife
164calories
3 gprotein
24 gcarbs
6 gfat
● protein 9%● carbs 59%● fat 32%

Per serving (67 g), of 8 servings

For the Fried onion · To assemble ·

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (6) · 🍳 2 cooking vessels

  • Oven · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Toaster oven (Fits one small pan; good for small batches) · Air fryer (Small batches only, no runny batters) · Pot (Only for covered stews on the stovetop, no browning on top)
  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Frying pan · Also works: Wok (None) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Pot (High sides, slow evaporation and weak browning)
  • Baking pan · Also works: Glass / ovenproof baking dish (None) · Disposable pan (None)
  • Knife · Also works: Food processor (Fast, less control over size) · Kitchen shears (For herbs/dough)
  • Bowl · Also works: Pot (None)

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