Sweet Potato Kugel

Ingredients:

  • 3½ lb Sweet Potato (garnet, diced into 1" cubes)
  • 2 Onion, large (dice)
  • 1 tbsp olive oil, extra virgin
  • ½ cup scallions (minced)
  • 5 eggs
  • ½ cup matzah meal (flour if not Passover)
  • ¼ cup butter (melted and cooled)
  • 2 tsp salt
  • ½ tsp pepper

Instructions:

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
  2. Saute diced onions in 1 tablespoon olive oil until brown.
  3. Dice sweet potatoes into 1-inch cubes and mix onions and sweet potatoes in a blender until shredded or shred with a hand grater or food processor.
  4. Squeeze out excess water from onions and sweet potatoes and transfer to a bowl.
  5. In a separate bowl, mix together eggs, matzah meal, scallions, salt, pepper and butter. Add in potato mixture and combine until well mixed.

Butter a 12x9x2 inch glass baking dish. Pour mixture into the dish and bake for one hour until cooked through and brown on top.  May take more time.

Source: Stephanie Kaylin