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Kreplach

An "old style" authentic holiday favorite


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Posted: Oct 12, 2006
If I remember my Mother's recipe for Kreplach, instead of ground beef she used boiled and flavored Flanken meat,chopped or ground as the meat ingredient.
Has anyone else heard of this Miachel ?
Posted By Anonymous

Posted: Sep 23, 2007
Vegetarian alternatives
Please help out my household with some unique vegetarian alternatives to this dish!!

Any ideas and family recipes would be appreciated.

Vegetarian by Choice,
Posted By Anonymous

Posted: Sep 24, 2007
Veggie Kreplach
My grandmother sometimes added apples and rice to the meat. I imagine if you remove the meat, the apples and rice would make a tasty combination too...
Posted By LdA, Stamford, USA

Posted: Sep 26, 2007
vegetarian kreplach
saute lots of mushroom and onions until soft and translucent...mmm!
Posted By Suzanne, spokane, wa

Posted: Sep 27, 2007
Vegetarian alternatives
I just put fresh blanched spinach, fresh cheese, cream(better: creme fraiche) and herbs(dill) as filling, it is absolutely delicious. I put also some herbs in the dough.
Posted By Robert, Cork, Ireland
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Posted: Oct 12, 2008
Boiled flavoured Flanken Meat
Since we had some leftover, cooked and very tender brisket two weeks ago, I used that to make the meat for our Kreplach. I just rubbed the meat between my fingers, put in some finely chopped onion, checked for seasoning (salt, etc.) and filled the dough.

I made the traditional triangles and marked/sealed the edges with a fork. Then my friend showed me a sweet trick her sister had taught her - if you just fold the two long edges of the triangle over each other the kreplach looks like a little fish!
Posted By Kelly Rae, Sydney, AU

Posted: Oct 22, 2008
question
why do kreplachs have meat in the outside and dough in the inside
Posted By Mendy

Posted: Oct 23, 2008
To Mendy
I have never seen them made this way. I think this would fall apart in the soup. Where did you eat kreplach like this? Perhaps that will help.

Kreplach have been likened to "Jewish Won Ton's" as they resemble that type of little noodle dumpling in the soup.

Thank you
Posted By Kelly Rae, Sydney, AU

Posted: Oct 24, 2008
I havent eaten it but in class they asked that question
Posted By Mendy

Posted: Jan 18, 2009
Kreplach visiions
Mendy, where does it say that kreplach have meat on the outside and dough in the inside?????

I cannot envision how that could even be possible. I suppose by now others have asked the same question.

I imagine that by now you are laughing, or at least I hope so.

Happy Sukkot, Nezi
Posted By Nezi, Oregon, USA

Posted: Jan 19, 2009
Re: Robert Cork's recipe
Be sure and use a kosher vegetable broth to cook your spinach-cheese kreplach in, Robert. Otherwise you will be mixing milk and meat, as you probably already know.

The spinach cheese ones sound delicious, actually. Have you ever tried using a feta-type cheese? That always seems to go well with nice spinach.
Posted By Kelly Rae, Sydney, AU

Posted: June 30, 2009
sukkot
why do we eat "stuffed" foods on sukkot?
Posted By rose rosenkranz, riviera beach, fl

Posted: July 3, 2009
To Rose:
Traditionally, these are eaten on Purim, the day before Yom Kippur, and the seventh day of Sukkot. There are a number of explanations for this. One of them is that these are three holidays when we are obligated to eat a celebratory meal but do not mark the celebration with not doing any work acts. Since the celebration is “hidden,” we eat foods where the filler is hidden in the dough.
Posted By Menachem Posner for Chabad.org

Posted: Sep 17, 2010
which meal
in which of the 2 erev yom kippur meals are the kreplach eaten?
Posted By shloime cohen, brooklyn, ny

Posted: Sep 17, 2010
Re: which meal
The sources say that kreplach are eaten Erev Yom Kippur. I haven't seen mention of which meal, but my family usually has them at the second meal directly preceding Yom Kippur.
Posted By Rochel Chein for chabad.org

Posted: Sep 19, 2010
B''H
my mother would fill the kreplach with chopped chicken liver they were real good and add a nice surprise to the meal. enjoy them any way u like them!
Posted By Anonymous, pittsburgh, pa
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Posted: Sep 21, 2010
kreplach
My Grandmother Ida made "verenekes" filled with seasoned potatoes (perhaps onions and other vegetables.)


Posted By nyginko, NY, N.Y.

Posted: Sep 22, 2010
very good, rico
it comes from Poland from grandmothers and grandfathers, we do this dish in rio de janeiro , brasil
Posted By goldy mila málaga lewkowicz. mammy and daddy, rio de janeiro, brasil

Posted: Sep 22, 2010
Kreplach
A good filling would be kasha. It 's made with one egg mixed in before steaming in vegetable broth. You can mince onions and perhaps mushrooms, red pepper, garlic, sauted in a little oil separately, then mixing the vegetables into the cooked kasha. Lovely filling for a vegetarian dish.
Posted By Joy, Santa Rosa

Posted: Sep 22, 2010
kreplach, verenekes . . .
Oh, so good to see your posts from rio and from santarosa! How delicious! Yes! There is a lot of buckwheat being grown now in N.Y. S. where I am. I use it and sprout it and toast it and grind it ... And I combine it with mushrooms, too. With onions, yes! And the idea of steaming it in vegetable broth is excellent. Thank you. Hag kasher v'sameach!
Posted By nyginko, N.Y., N.Y., U.S.A.

Posted: Mar 21, 2011
Kreplach
What would you say about the interchangeability of the words kreplach and verenekes ?
Is anyone making such dough filled dumplings with vegetable fillings such as spring greens, leeks, celery, carrots, ginger, turnips?
Posted By Anonymous, N.Y., U.S.A.

 


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