Mennonite Red Cabbage and Apple Salad (Rotkohl und Apfelsalat)

4 cups shredded red cabbage
1 cup apples, quartered and sliced thin
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons brown sugar
2 tablespoons vinegar
3 tablespoons butter
1/2 teaspoon mustard
1/2 cup sour cream
Pepper

Melt the butter in a saucepan. Add the cabbage and apple and stir until the butter coats the mixture and there are signs of softening, but the mixture is not really cooked. Add the vinegar, sugar, seasonings and mustard; simmer another 2 minutes, then stir in the sour cream. Serve hot.

Mennonite Old-Fashion Beef Pot Pie

2 pounds stewing beef
6 cups water
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
6 medium size potatoes
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 egg
3 tablespoons milk or water
1 teaspoon minced onion
1 teaspoon minced parsley

Cook meat in salt water until it is tender. Remove meat from broth; add minced onion and parsley to broth. Bring to the boiling point and add alternate layers of cubed potatoes and squares of dough.

To make dough, beat egg and add milk. Add flour to make a stiff dough. Roll out paper thin and cut into 1-inch squares. Keep broth boiling while adding dough squares in order to keep them from packing together. Cover and cook for 20 minutes, adding more water if needed. Add meat and stir through pot pie.

Serves 6 to 8.

Mennonite Meat Balls (Fleischbälle)

3/4 pound ground pork
3/4 pound ground beef
1 onion, chopped finely
Salt and pepper
3/4 cup rice, soaked in water
2 eggs
1 cup breadcrumbs
1 cup catsup or tomato sauce

Mix all but the catsup and form into balls; brown balls in a pan, put in an oven dish and cover with blended catsup and 1 quart of boiling water. Let simmer in oven for 3 to 4 hours, making sure the balls haven’t gone dry.

Mennonite German Summer Salad

Source: The Canadiana Cookbook/Mme Jehane Benoit/1970

2 cupsraw spinach, finely chopped
1 thinly sliced peeled cucumber
4 green onions, chopped
1/2 cup sliced radishes
2 cups cottage cheese
1 cup sour cream
2 teaspoons fresh or bottled lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
Paprika, to taste
1/2 cup minced fresh parsley

Wash the spinach the day before, then wrap it in a cloth and refrigerate it overnight.

Chop the spinach, add the cucumber, onions and radishes, then toss lightly. Arrange in a wooden salad bowl and place a mound of cottage cheese in the middle.

Blend the sour cream with the lemon juice, salt and pepper and pour over the salad. Sprinkle the paprika in the middle and the parsley all around. Toss when ready to serve.

This is a very good meal in itself, but it’s even better when served with thin slices of lightly buttered black bread.

Mennonite Brown Flour Potato Soup

6 medium potatoes
3 cups water
3 cups milk
3 tablespoons flour
3 tablespoons butter
Salt, pepper and parsley

Peel and cut potatoes in slices. Boil them in salted water until tender. Add the milk and let simmer.

Meanwhile brown the flour in the melted butter, stirring all the time over low heat; add it to the soup, stirring until the mixture thickens. Sprinkle with parsley and pepper.

Serve with buttered crumbs, or squares of fried bread, or pretzels on top. You might boil some sliced onion with the potatoes, if you like.

Mennonite Bread Pudding

2 eggs, well beaten
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 cups milk
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg, ground
4 cups day old bread (1/2-inch slices), cubed
1/4 cup raisins

Beat eggs. Add sugar, milk and nutmeg. Butter a 1 1/2-quart baking dish. Put bread cubes into dish and pour egg mixture over the bread. Let the bread cubes become soaked by the mixture. Mix in the raisins. Bake at 350 degrees F for 25 minutes.

Serve warm.

Mennonite Apple Strudel

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons shortening
2 eggs, slightly beaten
1/2 cup warm water
5 cups sliced apples
1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
1/2 cup seedless raisins
1/2 cup chopped nuts
5 tablespoons melted butter
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
Grated rind of 1 lemon

Sift the flour and salt together. Cut in the shortening and add the eggs and water. Knead well, then throw or beat the dough against a board until it blisters. Stand the dough in a warm place under a cloth for 20 minutes.

Cover the kitchen table with a small white cloth and flour it. Put the dough on it and pull it out with your hands very carefully to the thickness of tissue paper. Spread with a mixture of the fruits, sugar, melted butter, cinnamon and lemon rind. Fold in the outer edges of the dough and roll like a jellyroll - about 4 inches wide. Bake in a very hot oven (450 degrees F) for 10 minutes, reduce the oven temperature to 400 degrees F and bake about 20 minutes longer. Let cool. Cut into slices about 2 inches wide. It should be flaky and moist.

Hot Potato Salad with Bacon Specks (Mennonite)

Posted by Olga at recipegoldmine.com 2004/2/29 16:12

4 slices lean bacon
1/2 cup finely chopped onions
1/4 cup chopped celery
1 tablespoon flour
1/4 cup hot water
1/2 cup heavy cream
2 tablespoon Boiled Dressing
1 tablespoon vinegar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
4 cups diced, hot, boiled potatoes
1 tablespoon finely chopped parsley
1 teaspoon finely chopped chives
Additional heavy cream (optional)
2 hard-boiled eggs, sliced

Cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. Remove and crumble. Drain off all fat except 1 tablespoon, return to medium heat, add onions and celery. Stir in flour to coat the vegetables. Add water, stir and cook till thickened. Remove from the heat and blend in the cream, boiled dressing, vinegar, salt, and pepper. Pour over the potatoes in a large bowl. Add the parsley and chives. Mix well to blend flavors. Add more cream if desired, taste, add salt if desired. Sprinkle crumbled bacon on top and garnish with the sliced hard-boiled eggs.

Boiled Dressing
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon dry mustard
1/2 cup vinegar
2 eggs, well beaten
1 tablespoon butter

Combine sugar, salt, and mustard in the top of a double boiler. Add vinegar. Stir to combine. Add well-beaten eggs. Place over moderately boiling water. Stir until the mixture is creamy about the consistency of custard. Beat in the butter. Cool. This dressing may be stored, covered, in the refrigerator, and will keep up to two weeks.