Kugel
A baked potato kugel layered with a spiced minced-meat filling and topped with mayonnaise and grated cheese.
Ingredients
| 2 kg | potatoes | |
| 500 g | minced meat (veal) | |
| 3 | eggs | |
| 200 g | mayonnaise (prepared per this recipe) | |
| 5 tbsp | 75 ml | grated parmesan (plus more for sprinkling) |
| 6 tbsp | 90 ml | wheat semolina |
| 1 | small onion | |
| — | fresh parsley, oregano, black pepper, nutmeg, salt | |
| a few drops | olive oil |
Instructions
- Knead the minced meat with the spices, 1 egg, the finely chopped onion, 2 tablespoons of semolina and 2 tablespoons of grated parmesan.
- Grate the potatoes coarsely and in a bowl mix them with 2 eggs, 3 tablespoons of parmesan, 4 tablespoons of semolina, salt and black pepper.
- Grease the bottom of a baking dish with very little olive oil. Pour in 1/2 of the potato mixture and spread it evenly. Spread the minced meat on top and cover with the remaining potato mixture.
- Spread the mayonnaise over the top. Sprinkle with grated parmesan (in the original recipe this is 150 g of yellow cheese) and bake until browned.