tsimmis recipe (no meat)

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12 Pinches
Coram, NY
Updated on Sep 3, 2013

This came from Eastern Europe with my Grandmother when she came here in 1910. It's basically a sweet stew usually made with meat but adapted to my vegetarian lifestyle.

prep time 45 Min
cook time 5 Hr
method Bake
yield 12 serving(s)

Ingredients

  • 8 - medium white potatoes
  • 5 - large sweet potatoes
  • 1 - medium sized onion, sliced.
  • 2 pounds pitted prunes
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • - salt to taste
  • 1 pound carrots
  • 2 boxes motza ball mix

How To Make tsimmis recipe (no meat)

  • Step 1
    Peel white and sweet potatoes. Slice them into large chunks. Peel carrots and cut into chunks.
  • Step 2
    In bottom of dutch oven use 1/2 cup olive oil. Spread sliced onion over bottom of dutch oven.
  • Step 3
    Add potatoes on top of onions (both white and sweet), add carrots on top of potatoes. Sprinkle with sugar and salt.
  • Step 4
    Add prunes over carrot and potato mixture. Add boiling water halfway up side of pot. You might have to add more as it cooks down. Give it all a good mix.
  • Step 5
    Cook on top of stove until mixture comes to a boil. Then put it into the oven and roast until the potatoes and carrots and prunes break down and become soft.
  • Step 6
    Make the motza ball mix and boil them in water (keep finished balls on the side).
  • Step 7
    Once the veggies break down, add motza balls to top of potatoes and roast until balls dry out a bit. Watch the water level because if it dries out too fast it will burn.

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Category: Vegetables
Category: Potatoes
Method: Bake
Ingredient: Potatoes

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