Shavuot Recipes: Cheese Blintzes, Dairy Kugel and the Holiday Table
Shavuot comes seven weeks after Passover, and on the Ashkenazi table it is the holiday of dairy food. Below: cheese blintzes and a sweet dairy noodle kugel, each with a lighter version, a chilled beet borscht finished with sour cream, and the challah that goes alongside.
Chag sameach – a happy Shavuot.
The Dairy Table
THE CLASSIC
Traditional Blintzes
Thin crepes folded around a sweet cheese filling and browned in butter.
LIGHTER TAKE
Healthy Blintzes
The same crepes with a lighter cheese filling.
DAIRY KUGEL
Traditional Noodle Kugel
Egg noodles baked in a sweet custard of cottage cheese, sour cream and cream cheese.
LIGHTER TAKE
Healthy Noodle Kugel
Whole wheat noodles, cottage cheese and Greek yogurt under an oat and walnut topping.
Soup and Bread
SERVED COLD
Traditional Beet Borscht
A sweet-and-sour beet soup, chilled and finished with a spoonful of sour cream.
TWO LOAVES
Traditional Challah
Two oval loaves set side by side recall the tablets of the Ten Commandments.
LIGHTER TAKE
Healthy Challah
Part whole wheat flour and less sugar, still braided and glossy.