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Pesach in Levana’s Kitchen

Renowned chef Levana Kirschenbaum on how to make gourmet food for Pesach even without the gourmet ingredients. Video

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Thank you for clarifying that #15
April 17, 2011 11:52 pm

some people think anything posted on COL any food mentioned .. is automaticaly something Lubavitch allows so know we know

always a pleasure
April 17, 2011 7:11 pm
For the general public
April 17, 2011 12:30 am

Levana’s class was recorded for Torah Cafe, which is aimed at hafatza, not necessarily the Crown Hts. community. Levana herself is Morrocan and while they are Lubavitch, she and her husband have not taken upon herself the Chabad Chumros to the same extent as your typical Crown Hts. family. Her class is taken by a gamut of people, mostly not Chabad, so her food reflects the audience. You can find out more about her fantastic classes at levanacooks.com. They are amazing, and I am sure some of these recipes can be used ‘year round. Happy Cooking!

ingredients?
April 16, 2011 11:41 pm

Ok, maybe I’m extreme that I don’t even use sugar or oil on pesach. But I thought Lubavitch doesn’t use garlic?

There is no end to the products people use
April 16, 2011 11:34 pm

but the trick is to make delicious food out of the basics that Lubavitchers are nohag to use. who need to use garlic, cream of tarter saffron… just like Levana says u can live without pizza and that chazerei 4 i week we can stick to the basics that r our minhag and not keep looking for more and more products to use, the more processed stuff u buy the more problems arise

I dont use any of these ingredients on pesach but...
April 16, 2011 4:57 am

a really cool trick with meringues is to put finished whip into a zip lock bag. Snip a corner, and squeeze it out. It comes out perfect. They look profesh!

frozen potato kugel
April 15, 2011 8:17 pm

freeze the raw potato kugel in a baking pan. When ready for it heat your oven to 450, sprinkle some water on top of the frozen raw batter and bake for about 2 hours uncovered. Tastes delicious and fresh!

where can we get the full recipes?
April 15, 2011 7:14 pm

would love to know exactly how to make them properly, and it seems like there was a paper that the audience had anyway to get it?

Thank you # 6
April 15, 2011 5:31 pm

someone once told me to put the frozen kugel in the oven on a very high temp. but it wasn’t good

Garlic
April 15, 2011 5:08 pm

It is a custom in our times (country) not to eat Garlic…on Pesach. See, Shulchan Aruch Harav; 453/3

frozen potato kugel
April 15, 2011 4:10 pm

The trick to frozen potato kugel is bake it, freeze it, and then heat it in the oven at a very low temp (like 200 or 250) for a longer time. I’ve done that during the year and it tasted good and didn’t get soggy. Obviously, fresh is always best.

never, ever freeze Potato kugel
April 15, 2011 3:54 pm

unless u dont care if its gross

garlic?
April 15, 2011 3:23 pm

? i thought there was a minhag not to use garlic!
and what about people that dont use processed things? ex #1 cream of tartar.

I spoke to the most experienced cooks and most say
April 15, 2011 3:15 pm

the best Potato Kugel is the one made Erev Yom Tov,frozen potato kugel just isn’t the same.

where's the full list of ingredients?
April 15, 2011 3:15 pm
I want to ask
April 15, 2011 1:39 pm

is there any way to make Potato Kugel in advance?? of course in a way that it won’t turn greyish, some say to freeze the batter and not bake it , What would u reccomend or just do it fresh??

You'd never know its Pesach
April 15, 2011 1:37 pm

Honey, cranberry sauce, evenbuying frozen cut up fruit, you can survive just as well without all that so for those of u who don’t buy these products just stick to the basics

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