Sweet Cheese Kugel

When the dough from a Börek doesn't work out, what do you do? You save the un-cooked portions, unravel them, use these pieces as noodles. Well, at least that what we decided to do. We made a sweet Noodle Kugel (the versions for this dish are in the hundreds, so pick which ever you find in a cookbook or online that strikes interest. We included the one we used at the bottom of this post JUST in case).

Kugel, a mixture of noodles, cheese and egg, hails from Eastern Europe, so we were staying in the same zone of the world as our project-gone-wrong-but-good-education Börek. Serve this with a Butter Lettuce, Pepper, and Cheese salad, and you have yourself a pretty awesome meal.

 

Butter Lettuce Salad

 

Sweet Cheese Kugel

Ingredients:

• 16 ounces (400 gm) broad egg noodles, or saved pieces of unsuccessful Börek :-(
• 4 Tbsp. (50 gm) butter, melted
• 1 pound (500 gm) cottage cheese
• 1 package Neufchatel cheese
• 4 eggs, beaten
• 1/2 cup sugar 
• 2 Tbsp. vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cup crushed cornflakes (we used whole grain)
• 2 tsp. cinnamon
• 2 tsp. nutmeg
• 1/4-1/2 cup sugar
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Preparation:

1. Cook noodles in boiling water according to package direction. Drain and rinse with cold water.

2. In a large bowl, mix the noodles with the melted butter, cheeses, eggs, sugar and vanilla. 

3. Pour into a greased 9x13 inch pan. 

4. In a separate bowl, mix the cornflakes, cinnamon and sugar. Sprinkle the cornflake mixture on top of the noodle mixture.