Recipe: Kasha Varnishkes—Bowtie Egg Noodles with Buckwheat Groats

Recipe

Kasha Varnishkes—Bowtie Egg Noodles with Buckwheat Groats

Recipe By: Fonds de Cuisine
Serving Size: 4
Preparation Time: 0:45
Categories: Starches, Pasta and Noodles

3 tbl chicken fat or butter
1 medium onion, diced fine
1 clove garlic, minced
1 cup kasha, medium
1 each egg large, beaten
2 cups chicken stock or water
2 tbl parsley chopped
salt and black pepper—to taste
1 8-ounce Bow Tie Egg Noodles Goodmans—cooked and drained
1 tbl chicken fat or butter

1. In a heavy pot. cook the onion in the chicken fat till lightly browned, add the garlic.

2. Add the kasha and stir constantly with a wooden spoon. Turn the heat on full. The kasha should get very hot.

3. Add the beaten egg, all at once, and start stirring like crazy. You want to coat all the grains of the kasha, and not see scrambled egg. The kasha will puff up a little. Keep stirring till it becomes dry and separate.

4. Add the liquid, which will boil up furiously. Bring the liquid to a full boil and cover. Lower the heat as far as it will go. In five minutes or so, the liquid will be on its way to being absorbed. Stir with a fork. When the liquid is all absorbed, fluff it with a fork, recover and turn off the fire. Leave it on the burner for 15 minutes longer. Stir in the chopped parsley. Season with salt and pepper. It needs a lot of both to bring out the rich nutty flavor of kasha.

5. Boil the noodles and drain them. add chicken fat or butter to dress them, then combine 1/2 the cooked kasha and toss. Add the second half of the kasha, and toss again. Can be served as is, but is improved by a little mushroom gravy over the top.

Notes: For observant Jews, this dish uses butter for dairy meals, and chicken fat for meat meals. Frankly, it tastes a lot better with chicken fat. It is an ideal side dish for pot roast.