Vegetarian Knish |
Winter
Submitted by giffen.maupin on Thu, 2010-01-14 4:4504:45:55 PM.
from PBS's Hippy Gourmet:
Vegetarian Knish
Ingredients for Filling:
4 medium potatoes – peeled and diced
2 leeks – thinly sliced on the diagonal
1 clove garlic - chopped
Full cake of tofu – cut into squares
Soy milk
Juice of lemon
Salt and pepper to taste
Steam potatoes for about 15 min. or until soft in center. Set aside in bowl.
In frying pan, sauté leeks and garlic until just tender. Add salt and pepper.
Add leeks to boiled potatoes.
Add tofu and mash everything together, pouring just enough soy milk to give everything an even consistency.
Ingredients for Pastry:
2 cups wheat flour
Pinch of salt
1 cup oil
Procedure:
Mix ingredients together then slowly add 1 cup ice water, a little at a time, to get good consistency.
Roll into smooth ball and cut into 8 equal slices (like a pie).
Cover each slice with heavy plastic wrap and flatten into fairly thin rounds with rolling pin.
Unfold plastic wrap and fill center with full scoop of filling. Fold dough sides over from left to right, then fold tops. Wrap again with remaining plastic to close all the sides of the knish, then remove the plastic wrap and bake in the oven at 425º until golden brown with slight cracks on surface.