German Kuchen
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| Mon, 05-17-2010 - 6:42am |
For those of you that are interested. Here is the recipe for kuchen. Also I found the history of kuchen in wikipedia.
Kuchen ( makes 18 kuchen)
Pour 1 large can evaporated milk into a quart jar. Add warm water to fill the jar . pour into a large warm bowl and add: 1 cup sugar, 1 T. salt and 6 beaten eggs, 1 cup melted shortening. Mix 2 pkgs yeast with 2 t. sugar into ¾ cup warm water to dissolve, then add to first mixture. Add 12-14 cups flour to make a soft dough. Let rise. Work down once. This dough may also be used for sweet rolls.
Custard: (enough for about 3 Kuchen)
½ c. sugar
1 heaping T. Flour
1 c. cream
1 c. milk
3 eggs
Mix well and cook in double boiler until thick or in Microwave. I usually roll out my dough, put it in the pie tin and add fruit while my custard is cooing in the microwave. I use , pitted prunes, sliced apples, sliced peaches or other available fruit. Bake at 350 about 25 minutes.
Kuchen
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kuchen, (pronounced: IPA: /kʰuːxən/phonics: /coo-hen/) the German word for cake, is used in other languages as the name for several different types of sweet desserts, pastries, and gateaux. The term itself may cover as many distinct desserts as its English counterpart "cake."
Kuchen desserts are presumably handed down from people of German heritage and as such are often popular in many areas of German settlement in the United States, particularly North Dakota, South Dakota, Indiana, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. Kuchen was introduced into the Chilean cuisine when German immigrants settled southern Chile in the 1850s. Kuchens in Chile usually have fruits, such as apples, strawberries or murtas. Nontraditional Chilean kuchen with walnuts are sometimes offered. Now kuchens are found in in many Chilean bakeries and in many of the larger "hipermercados" which is the local name for large grocery store. In Brazil, it is called "cuca" or less common "cuque" and it is found in areas of German settlement, like Rio Grande do Sul, Paraná and Santa Catarina states.
Known forms of Kuchen
- A pie-like pastry, with a thick, "cakey" crust and a sweet custard based filling.
- A rolled-pastry, with a long spiral of dough filled, rolled, baked and then sliced to serve. (Sometimes known as a nut roll).
- A coffee cake-like pastry, with veins and pockets of cinnamon and sugar baked throughout; its primary components are butter and sugar. (Most popular in Southern Indiana.)
- A cheese cake-like pastry, specifically called Käsekuchen, with a yeast raised crust, filled with fruit (cherry is most popular) and a creamy custard.
- A pie-like pastry, with a thick, "cakey" crust and an apple-pie like filling, often with sweet white icing on the top
| Mon, 05-17-2010 - 12:28pm |



