My Mom’s Passover Fruit Pudding

Passover Fruit Kugel …this kugel is full of fruit, not too sweet & I think it will be good for breakfast with some yogurt on the side…but I am going to serve it first as a side dish.

The recipe is my mom’s… on a recipe card…in her handwriting so that is special to me. I like making recipes of hers whenever I can…

There is not much to say about the recipe, it is simple to make. Not too sweet & full of fruit, mostly apples, some prunes & the liquid is orange juice! The combination is delicious.

Here is the recipe 

Ingredients 

1 lb pitted prunes

1 1/2 c orange juice

4 apples

grated rind of an orange

4 eggs

1 cup sugar

2 tbsp oil

2 tsp cinnamon

1 cup matzo meal

Method

Preheat oven to 350f

one 9 x 13 baking dish ,greased

1. The recipe says to soak the prunes in the orange juice for an hour..but I did not do that…I had not read that before I wanted to cook this kugel…so I just soaked them while I was getting everything else ready….if you have the time go ahead & soak them. My prunes were plump & soft so I guess it depends on what kind of prunes you are using as to how long you need to soak them for!
2. Peel & dice the apples, set aside
3. In a large bowl, beat the 4 eggs.
4. Add the sugar, oil, cinnamon & matzo meal to the eggs & mix well
5. Mix the prunes & orange juice to egg mixture
6. Add the diced apples & mix well
7. Grease the baking dish, I just put some oil in & use a paper towel to grease all fo the dish
8. Add the kugel batter, spread it out so that it is even in the pan
9. Bake for 1 hour
10. Cut into serving size pieces , serve warm

I freeze this kugel & reheat it in a foil pan…

Enjoy!