What’s your most “patchkadig” recipe ?

agreer

Today at 8:54 am

Stuffed mushrooms... Such a patchke of chopping the veggies SMALL, sauteeing them took a really long time, then baking in the oven and they go so quickly (they are delicious but such a patchke)

Potato Kugel - I don't have a braun food processor so I use my cuisinart... I need to open and empty the bowl of the processor 5-6 times and it is SOOOOOO time consuming. I hate making potato kugel.

I once saw a mousse cake in a magazine. I tried making it. It required 3 bowls. I was so upset at how patchkadik it was that I threw out the recipe, even though it was delicious, because I'm never making it again.

amother

Holly

Today at 9:00 am

Everyday recipes are simple.
Yom tov and birthdays I go all out. I'm not making every yom tov and it's not so often that I'm happy to do it.
I actually love to patchke, and loved cooking when I was single. But I had a big kitchen to work in, the cleaning lady to wash up if I timed it right, and it was entirely optional, no obligation to cook.

amother

↑ Powderblue

Today at 9:10 am

amother Apple wrote:

I make sourdough every week for shabbos. It's kind of a patchke but we love it and it saves a lot of money to make it myself!

You've got to try the unloaf method. It's amazing and no patchke!
https://thatsourdoughgal.com/I.....cipe/

EMEN

Today at 9:22 am

amother Tealblue wrote:

Wafer cake or any cake that need to be layered with cream

Sesame chicken

Can you take me through the recipe and steps for wafer cake? I've always been awed when I see one.

schoolbus

Today at 9:34 am

agreer wrote:

Hey, can I please have your stuffed mushroom recipe?

amother

Puce

Today at 9:58 am

I don't have any patchkedik recipes. I'm philosophically opposed to them. Also to recipes with more than 7-8 ingredients, and it helps if four of them are spices already in my cabinet.

ETA: Probably potato latkes, of which I make one batch once a year on Chanukah. I may skip them this year as I'm watching my weight and we have parties to attend.

amother

↑ Black

Today at 10:12 am

amother Pear wrote:

Can you post recipe? Sounds yum!

It's the best! And such a fun activity to prep with the family! Heat up pizza sauce to serve it with. From Kosher by Design Kids in the Kitchen
https://www.kosher.com/recipe/.....2858/

Good Friend ↓

Today at 10:18 am

Stuffed meat roll with mushroom sauce

Birthday cakes- I do like playing with frosting to make cool cakes but my kids have become spoiled… for each of their birthdays I first make a cake in 2 round pans and freeze, then the night before their birthday I make frosting and frost the two layer cake according to their requests. First frost and freeze for a few minutes to set crumbs, then frost on top. This past birthday the frosting was 4 different colors. Then the number of the age they turn out out of chocolate covered with sprinkles on a stick which I stick into the top of the cake, and something like mazel tov child’s name and some balloons or hearts drawn with chocolate on top.

That’s a regular birthday cake, not going to start with our upshernish cakes and cookies…

Last edited by Good Friend on Thu, Dec 19 2024, 10:19 am; edited 1 time in total

amother

Glitter ↓

Today at 10:18 am

amother Powderblue wrote:

Chicken soup. I usually make a huge pot and then divide it. Cooking all day, waiting for it to cool, separating chicken from bones, dividing up into containers, washing all the dishes.

You should do my method in the instant pot, literally make it like an hour or 2 before shabbos. So yummy!

amother

Bellflower

Today at 10:45 am

honey36 wrote:

Same!! Thought I was the only one. Also washing, peeling and chopping all the veggies, skimming the fat, takes time! Everyone else I talk to is like, "just dump in a pot". I don't get it.

I buy chicken bones in a net. Turkey necks. I buy already cut veggies. Put fresh herbs in an herb bag. It’s basically dump in a pot and comes out delicious ☺️

↑ farmom

Today at 11:03 am

Good Friend wrote:

I also make homemade birthday cakes, would love to hear what fillings and frostings you do (I try to avoid margarine so I feel like that limits my frostings. It never comes out as pretty as in my head)

#BestBubby

Today at 11:07 am

Vegetable Soup Hack - makes 8 soups

Biggest patchke is peeling, processing and sauteing so many vegetables.
So do it once and divide and freeze bags of sauted veggies.

vegetable soup stock

2 lb Onions- I use 2 Huge Onions
processed, saute 10 minutes

Process and add the rest of vegetables

.75 lb carrots
6 big sticks celery or 1/2 a celery root
Large parsnip
Zucchini
Turnip
Bell pepper, any color
Tomato

Saute vegetables 30 minutes.
Cool and divide into 8 baggies.
Put baggies in freezer bag.

To make soup

Add bag of veggies to 5 cups water.
Add salt n pepper
No need to defrost first.
Cook 15 minutes.

You can add other veggies to soup

Potatoes, broccoli, cauliflower, mixed vegetables, butternut squash,
canned beans
And then blend.

If adding extra veggies, add more water.

amother

Wheat

Today at 11:20 am

I’m not sure which one is the most patchka. But here’s a few.
Russian Napoleon
Gefilte fish from scratch. As is from whole fish.
And fancy celebration cake with multiple layers and decorations.
Beef Wellington
Cranberry curd tart from NY Times
Ethiopian honey tart.
Cannoli - real ones.
Macarons.

↑ Good Friend

Today at 11:21 am

farmom wrote:

So I do use margarine for birthday cakes, and use the same frosting to fill the cake. It’s not healthy but it’s birthday cake a few times a year.

Here’s the recipe I usually use:
https://charlotteslivelykitche.....ream/

Chayalle

Today at 11:32 am

amother Black wrote:

It's the best! And such a fun activity to prep with the family! Heat up pizza sauce to serve it with. From Kosher by Design Kids in the Kitchen
https://www.kosher.com/recipe/.....2858/

I make this all the time, and homemade pizza as well. We also sometimes make a more herby type of dip instead of this recipe - more of a pesto type of sauce for the same pizza bubble ring idea. Both are delicious.

The dough is very easy to make in a bread machine. It has cut my "patchke" time in half because it does the mixing and rising for you. I use my bread machine for other recipes like Onion Bread, Babka (chocolate, cinnamon, and cheese, or combined mixtures of these), sourdough bagels (I make sourdough bread by hand, but for the bagels a mixer is recommended).

I think my biggest patchke, though, is homemade cheese blintzes. Standing and doing those crepes, now that's a patchke. I do it because it's delicious. And I serve it with homemade strawberry sauce, because it tastes really good.