Help! potato kugel flop!

Posted: Thu, Nov 13 2008, 11:20 pm Post subject: help! potato kugel flop!

Lately my potato kugels have been starchy on top and mushy on the bottom. I don't mind mushy, but why oh why the starchiness?????

please, please, tell me why!

Gold Member Joined: Nov 22 2006 Posts: 1733

y dont you tell us ur recipe.. maybe we can help
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Gold Member Joined: May 14 2008 Posts: 1668

maybe not enough eggs, oil?

are you grating or shredding the potatoes?

Posted: Thu, Nov 13 2008, 11:34 pm Post subject: re: help! potato kugel flop!

shredding.

I only put 3 eggs in and 3 tbspn oil. it's a 10 potato kugel.

Gold Member Joined: May 14 2008 Posts: 1668

I find that grating makes the consistency smoother and also I put in about 7 eggs for 10 potatoes (med, large size potatoes). I would say do about 2 or 3 less eggs than the amount of potatoes... that might make it less starchy.

Diamond Member Joined: Aug 25 2006 Posts: 3212

I always use one potato per egg. The kugel always comes out delicious! This is my recipe:

5 potatoes
5 eggs beaten
about 1/4 cup of oil and a little bit to oil the bekeleh
1/2 -1 tsp salt
a bit of black pepper
less than 1/2 cup of water OR seltzer

Grate the potatoes and heat the oil. When the potatoes are grated, pour the hot oil into the grated potatoes (yes, it will sizzle), add in salt, black pepper, water OR seltzer and eggs. Meanwhile you make the whole mixture, oil the bekeleh and put in oven so the oil heats up. Put mixture into bekeleh and bake for 2 hours at 375.
This recipe goes into a bekeleh sized 1/2 9x13 deep.
For a regular 9x13 bekeleh, just double the recipe

Disclaimer: The measurements are not accurate. This is how I received it.

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Platinum Member Joined: Sep 11 2004 Posts: 19241

That's funny, I put half the amount of eggs as potatoes. 8 potatoes and 4 eggs. salt, pepper, pour immediately into a very well-greased pan. Sometimes I'll put onion or zucchini but if I change the recipe it flops.
It took me 5 years to learn how to make a really good potato kugel. I've had so many flops. Rolling Eyes

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Posted: Fri, Nov 14 2008, 10:14 am Post subject: Re: help! potato kugel flop!

[quote="Mrs. XYZ"]

You mean you're getting a '2 layered' kugel?" quote]

yes! yes! This is exactly what I'm talking about.

What I don't understand is that when I was single, cooking in my parents house, this NEVER happened to me. It's not like I do anything different.

Thanks for the advice.

Diamond Member Joined: Nov 14 2007 Posts: 2572

I used to get a two-layered kugel too. Now, after grating my potatoes, I drain all of the liquid from the potatoes and I found that this helps.

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Posted: Fri, Nov 14 2008, 4:06 pm Post subject: re: help! potato kugel flop!

I put 4 eggs to 6 potatoes and its always delicious never had problem

Posted: Wed, Nov 19 2008, 12:30 pm Post subject: re: help! potato kugel flop!

I have another tip for potato kugel if u want it to come out white, while I blend the potatoes I add oil to it, that way its stays nice and white....