The Forgotten Jewish Dumpling: Cheese Kreplach

The recipe is below.
WORDS:
🔷🔷 Milchig means something that is made with dairy
🔶🔶 Fleishig means something that is made with meat
The holiday Shavuos is the Jewish holiday to celebrate that the Jews received the Torah from God at Mount Sinai. It is traditionally celebrated in the Hasidic community with lots of decorations of flowers around the house, and by eating decadent dishes made of dairy ingredients. This means ingredients of milk, cheese, cream, and more. Good stuff!
Chavi is my very good friend and I roped her into trying something new for my youtube channel: making a very traditional recipe! I feel strongly that kreplach is a traditional Ashkenazi dish that's going out of fashion and not getting enough love, so I wanted to celebrate it in a video where we make the recipe. I used the recipe from my cookbook "Simplicity by Clymer Terrace Catering" (not a sponsorship!) and am sharing it here:
Dough:
8 oz sour cream
8 oz pink (whipped) cream cheese
2 eggs
1 Tbsp. oil
4.5 cups flour
pinch of salt
1 stick butter
Filling:
1 lb. farmer cheese
5 Tbsp. sugar
1.5 tsp vanilla sugar
1 egg
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Thanks for watching!
Filmed by Keith Pressman / kepress1.wixsi...
Edited by Steve Milligan / www.cliquemojo...
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[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

Does this type of content interest you? Would you like to see cooking and exploring more traditional dishes that are part of Hasidic life? What kind of dishes are you most interested in? Send me your thoughts because I'm interested in many, and would love to narrow it down to what might interest you all. Happy Shavuos :)

[@cherylkhoja917]

Happy Shavous to you and your respectable family. I would like to see meals if possible cooked by a Satmar family. I dont know if that would be possible due to their.much privacy and culture.

[@surikatz123]

id love to see sheetcake recipes

[@monicabozzi82]

Absolutely!! Learning a lot from your videos and it's fun too 😊

[@kathleenklein4231]

I love classic Jewish recipes!

[@bsteven885]

Frieda, I would LOVE to see more recipes! As a Gentile, it's interesting to learn the laws and how food is prepared to observe them. Also, I'd like to compare different traditions (like Ashkenazi and Sephardic), and how different ingredients and cooking styles result in delicious food.

[@thegloryofthelord]

My grandma made meat kreplach, and I was her official "Kreple clepper" meaning I got to pinch the dough together after it was stuffed. Then it was cooked in chicken broth.

[@justinekingmaker493]

OMG...I swear I can smell them from here! I didn't grow up Jewish, actually my mother was Catholic, but we had a lot of Jewish dishes passed down. I think at one point my mother's family had a Jewish housekeeper where my mom learned a lot of traditional dishes. I later became close friends with a Jewish girl in my public school. Her grandfather taught me a lot of other dishes. Kreplach was a favorite! So special!

[@andreaf7886]

This video was so much fun. I think you need a new series or playlist: “Frieda’s Cooking With Friends!” Or something like that. It was enjoyable to learn something new and watch two friends enjoying the task. And fun to laugh too. Another recipe to try. Thanks!

[@yvonnetitus2]

This episode just popped up in my feed. What a great surprise. Every episode I feel like I step into a different world that makes me smile.

[@viggycat8592]

Delicious! As a Catholic, I always wanted to be adopted by a Jewish family. ❤😋😋

[@erbearthgarden3658]

My matrilineal side is Hungarian, we make something very similar called túrós batyu. My family usually added a smidge of dill but they were still slightly sweet. They are folded at the for corners to form a pocket and baked. The dough is similar but has yeast. Please do more cooking shows. These are great. :)

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

Thanks for sharing! Were the turos batyu also boiled in water or baked?

[@erbearthgarden3658]

@@FriedaVizelBrooklyn we baked them. 🙂

[@lindatkachenko1331]

Please more recipes. I loved this.

[@avivarabinowitz7895]

I've never seen a dairy dough for kreplach before..... It looks mouth watering!!!! Happy Shavuot from Haifa (from a Monsey raised gal)

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

Happy Shavuos to Haifa/Monsey :) It's really crazy how much dairy went into the dough. So good.

[@ande100]

Ah, Thursday morning and no breakfast yet. But of course: now I crave Kreplach!😅

[@jillclark6076]

Watch out Martha Stewart! Freida and company are on scene! Very fun video. Those treats look great! I want to see the house decorations as well with all the flowers and foliage.

[@zeldemalevitz4996]

זײער הײמיש און זײער געשמאַק! עס געזונטערהײט און גוט יום־טוב!! ײשר כוח!!

[@mitchellfelder2420]

This looks delicious.

[@RKK-RKK]

Wow,looks wonderful!

[@gingerhoggatt7838]

Greetings from Salt Lake City! I just discovered your channel and am immediately hooked. I enjoy learning about the Jewish community. I find their values and customs endlessly fascinating and admirable. You’re an excellent guide and story teller. I look forward to learning everything I can about this community through you, an obviously very talented individual. 😊

[@ethelcarson1162]

Chag sameach, Frieda! Loved the video but I prefer fleishig krelach...hahaha! Love all your vids and this was great. Would lve to see more. Maybe you and Pearl can cook something for us! 😋😋😋

[@bethannslusser4254]

I love this content! I am very interested in Kosher food! I would love for you to do more. In my family, we say that food is love! I can definitely see that in the Jewish culture!

[@maggiepacific]

Hello from France .... My mouth is watering 😍

[@articufixrubin3106]

What a wonderful friendship! Looked like so much fun- I wanted to come cook with you. Have a wonderful Yom Tov!

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

You too!

[@nancya8262]

Adorable and very very sweet. Thoroughly enjoyed every minute. Keep up the wonderful work.

[@pamelacrowell2007]

How fun! More cooking with friends!

[@kerri18]

Yum !! Thanks for these videos. Makes me feel close to home. I grew up in Teaneck and moved to Atlanta several years ago. I grew up close to the orthodox Jewish community and they were always so kind and welcoming to people who wanted to learn about their culture.

[@karriekledehn7600]

This was soo hilarious and so much fun!!❤❤❤

[@egertongrant1857]

Beautiful in the sense Beautiful, so I see you really know how to cook.

[@mgb5170]

Oh Leah is so precious - she reminds me of that time when you are still a girl and almost a mature woman. It is such a wonderful phase of honesty and presence> she seems to be left handed, too! I enjoyed the entire presentation from everyone - thank you for sharing your culture. p.s. I would want some jam -- a teaspoon in the fried item or with plopped on top.

[@DottyZooKeeper]

Great show ladles. Love the variety you show us ❤

[@as_creates]

So fun! Loved this video❤️.. Leah’s adorable!

[@elofamily7241]

Drinking coffee on an empty stomach, reeeeeeeeeally wanting one of these... :D

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

Nothing like dairy pastries with coffee.

[@oliviarose9647]

Hello! I love watching your vlogs and other vlogs about the Jewish community. Most of the vlogs that I watch are about child bearing women raising their children, or much older Jewish women, or people. What about Jewish woman that are in their mid-forties, or early 50's. I'm so interested in this community, but I'd like to see what middle aged women do when their children are no longer in the home. It's all so interesting to me.

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

very good point! I think a woman at 50 still usually has young kids at home. It would be great to explore the stage between having young children and being an empty nester. I will think about who I can talk to.

[@sspiegler]

Finally, we have some tachlis! :) I hope you'll do more videos like this. Great choice... ❤

[@udhe4421]

The yom tov shvuos is tachlis... lol

[@reneapringle8708]

Thank you. Happy Shavuot

[@TheRainbowBelongsToGod]

Yes, very interested in the Jewish cooking. Have found a few recipes on you tube that I really enjoy. My favorite is matzah fritters. I enjoy finding unique foods like this that you don't see everyday, but are VERY tasty. Thank you for your work. I really enjoy the channel.

[@catherineduncan7707]

Thank you for all your wonderful videos, Frieda. I’m learning so much.

[@elleluella4565]

What a great recipe. Looks delicious! I am learning so much from you and your videos. Thank you so much for sharing

[@cheryld1502]

Loved, loved this video❤ Thank you !!

[@robinbee7799]

That was fun, Frieda! Thank you..

[@chayukykenig3055]

Loved this video!!! Great job trying something new in front of the camera!! Your videos keep on getting better! And it was lovely seeing my friend Chavi in the video! Keep up ur good work

[@andreagardner2335]

My mother always took the ends and brought them together. It’s the only way I will do them.

[@_wesleyhome_]

You inspired me... to update my Evergreen order! 🤣 Have a great yuntif!

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

hahahaha!

[@claudik.3816]

Love to see more recipes! This one seems managable - maybe I'm givin it a try one day🙂 i just need to convert this into g/kg to get the right amount of dough😊 You guys had so much fun!!! Great to have such good friends! food and music is always great to connect & have a good time - and for me personally a great and easy way starting to get to know about a different culture or country. Happy weekend and a good Shabbas later on for you!

[@netzel6723]

enjoy your clips

[@debbiec4224]

I loved this video and would enjoy seeing more like it. Maybe meat dishes with sides. All of your videos are really good. I look forward to seeing your posts! 😊

[@susancanavespe5217]

Just a suggestion : chill the filling or a while before assembling the Kreplach. It won’t be so likely to squirt out the sides.

[@kathleenklein4231]

Looks like fun! I will try it. Our rabbi told us yesterday to come to study tonight. I was tempted to ask him about cheesecake being available, but I controlled myself, lol!

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

You should have :cough: said :cough: cheesecake :cough: and then walked away. Maybe he'd get the message?

[@joycefischer7693]

Looks delicious!

[@pedinurse1]

Love all yr videos

[@mjc63]

Loved the cooking lesson! This was so fun to watch, and interacting with old friends is always nice! Just the right amount of time for a quick view! PS different from the neighborhood tours in a nice way, both are great!

[@helengarrett6378]

I was a really picky eater. My Bubby made me kreplach and fed them to me with chicken soup. not dairy! I still love to go to chinese restaurants for "chinese kreplach" in chicken broth. Yum. But try to feed me dairy kreplach and I wasn't interested. However, i would eat cheese blintzes with sour cream and cherry jam. See what I mean? Picky!

[@susanjaneleitner7670]

Fun video and I would love to try this dairy dish! Great job! ❤️❤️

[@MiriamEff]

I love all kinds of dishes I wanna see anything and everything you could show us

[@lonniehubbard2302]

Aprons, Ladies, aprons....a delightful video...thank you... :0)

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

The crazy thing is I thought aprons and we just didn’t wear it!!!

[@Crabby303]

They look amazing, hungry just watching! Kind of remind me of Pierogis, yum :D

[@meeeka]

They are related by geography!

[@noahgenatossio7166]

Looks delicious!

[@kathleengertzberg5405]

Yes, this content interests me and your kreplach look pretty darned good. I’m going to be making savory kreplach this week.

[@1998tkhri]

Gut yontif. I had only heard of the fleyshig kreplekh. I know it as a Shmini Atzeres food and a Purim food.

[@rivkaindig552]

Very easy to prepare

[@ariebrons7976]

Dear Ms Vizel, You mentioned in the past that you can't cook, how do you still manage to feed your family? Secondly, if the cheese is a bit runny, try putting it in the refrigirator for five, or so minutes. It'll firm right up.

[@Mr.Binks.]

So fun!!

[@Katielady329]

Thank you for sharing!!! I LOVE your content and can’t wait to see more. I watched unorthodox when it aired and I’ve wanted to know more about Hasidism for many years. You provide such wonderful resources for those of us who learn through videos!

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

I hope I can do more of this because I really enjoyed it, and I think food is so important to appreciating a religion/culture.

[@cherylkhoja917]

Mazel Tov Ms. Frieda. That was awesome. Looked absolutely delicious. Your friendship is wonderful with your best friend.

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

It was really good; I think it tasted better than it looked.

[@udhe4421]

What's the mazel tov? What am I missing?

[@cherylkhoja917]

@@udhe4421 I wrote that to Ms. Frieda.

[@sameoldsonganddance]

Two lovely women who don’t know how to cook and have never made this wonderful dish before! Ha! You have to try ricotta cheese!!!! Sweet with sugar or savory with spinach!

[@chanelle4706]

Great job, Frieda!!!!! Will you please make more recipe videos 👍

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

Your wish is my command! There are many dishes that are very special and going out of fashion that I'd like to explore on my channel, so stay tuned.

[@udhe4421]

@@FriedaVizelBrooklyn . Kreplach is not going out of fashion. It really bothered me when you said It here while filming. All ehrilicha yidden still eat kreplach‼

[@maril1379]

Looks great thumbs up

[@shaindystern1038]

Beautiful video the yum delicious wishing everyone a wonderful yomtov

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

Wishing you a great yomtov Shaindy :)

[@johnorsomeone4609]

This was such a great video!

[@1951kvk]

I live on the West Coast of Canada and we have a large Jewish population here. We have great Kosher deli's that serve kreplach, sweet or savory.

[@konkon7967]

Great video! Very much appreciated! Enjoyed watching before yomtov! Happy Savous from Budapest, Hungary 🇭🇺

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

Aww, we're partial to Hungary here and hope some of the food I cover feels like home.

[@yuribliman8999]

Funny, I'm making kreplach watching you making kreplach. In Ukraine they are mostly known as vareniki even among Jews. My dough is way simplier than yours, i've never made such an enriched dumpling dough. Maybe I should try someday. I also like my vareniki/kreplach steamed. Happy Shavuot.

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

I love these kinds of comments. I never heard of vareniki. I also never heard of steaming dumplings!

[@yuribliman8999]

@@FriedaVizelBrooklyn Varenik (pl. vareniki) this is ukrainian kind of dumplings, which is traditionally wrapped in the shape of crescent, almost the same dumplings are called pierogi in Polish. The fillings for the vateniki are almost precooked unless it is fruits or berries. Cheese, patato, blueberry, sour cherry are the most common vareniki fillings. The word 'vareniki' has the same root that the ukrainian verb which means 'to boil' in English, but vareniki may be also steamed. This method is popular in the Poltava region of Ukraine. Oh, a ''traditional" ukrainan steamer is a very sofisticated utencil, a cheesecloth attached somehow to the top of the souce pan. Actually steaming is a quit common way of dumpling cooking, kazakh manti is usualy steamed f.e.

[@janetsides901]

I’m not Jewish but love these videos. I’ve made perogies ,we love perogies. Not polish either,lol. I’m German and Scots Irish😊. I’ve tried teaching my daughters to try all foods. Now teaching my grandchildren.

[@janetsides901]

They will eat a wide variety of foods. I’ll have to make kreplach.

[@roseme9914]

Oooh we love kreplach! Thanks for the video!

[@barbswartz3022]

I've only had meat kreplach. In chicken soup. Night before Yom Kipper.

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

@@barbswartz3022 I was never a fan of the meat kreplach.

[@BellaElla13]

Looks absolutely delish, I’m coming over for a bite, will bring a nice Italian espresso will go very nicely with the kreplah❤

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

Very nice offer, let's do it. 😁

[@BellaElla13]

@@FriedaVizelBrooklyn Absolutely, will give you a shout when I come over to the states, I’m a British subscriber of yours ❤️

[@udhe4421]

Maybe u just said it as a compliment. I know kreplach very well. Personally I think it's not that heavenly. It has an interesting texture. (In a bad kinda way)

[@augtuhoucsulbusd6892]

Kreplach. The heart-attack dough dumpling, but with the hear-attack filling. One could become addicted to this for "the remainder of their life" very easily. This was a great video, extremely entertaining. So, why isn't there a Julia Child magnitude well-known chef for kosher cooking? (hint: I know that you could make this happen - at least a show in which you are the host interviewer; to interview thousands of kosher chefs.....

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

Ha ha ha, your comment is priceless. I'm thinking Julia Childing kosher cooking would be a very fun channel to host.

[@martaeaaron]

thanks for the recipe! hag Shavuoto Sameach

[@Faigyfeig]

Kept me company while cooking fish! Great vibe!

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

Sweet salmon fish?

[@Faigyfeig]

@@FriedaVizelBrooklyn ofcourse. With gefilte and winter carp.

[@Faigyfeig]

It’s funny because both sweet fish and salmon aren’t traditionally Hungarian dishes, but somehow it became Hungarian tradition after the war

[@margaretmossell8678]

Good job ladies. 👏 Good job.

[@ramadamoosejaw508]

❤❤

[@OpenSesame33]

Delicious!

[@Lagolop]

This is not just a Hassidic recipe; it's just basic Ashkenazi food.

[@lynneuribeross2695]

Looks yummy!

[@chasidance]

The rinsing, soaking, salting and rinsing of meat to remove all blood in order to make it kosher doesn't take days. It takes hours. Back in the day everyone did it at home. These days kosher meat is sold packaged in stores. That's why leah wasn't aware how long it takes.

[@patcummings6950]

Cooking show next....❤

[@phyllishershkowitz3806]

My grandmother’s kreplach was made with meat. We called them Jewish Won-tons, and we would have them in soup. Never saw it made with cheese!

[@johnjacobs7426]

Meat kreplech are for other holidays not for shevues

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

My mother did that too. That was the fleishig version. If you look at the fleishig recipe it is completely and fundamentally a different dough.

[@lauralutz4538]

Looks delicious, Ladies!

[@leahzeldes]

What is the cookbook? Would love to see more videos with traditional recipes. Are there Satmar dishes that are different from foods made by other Hasidim? From Hungary, maybe? Except for the shape, these kreplach were very similar to the cheese blintzes my bubbe made.

[@hemera73]

yes please more recipes!!!! that looks delicious!!!! is it possible to find those in bakeries? thank you

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

No, you won't find them in bakeries. These are now extremely rare and hard to find in the community (that's why I made them, to sort of make a relic relevant!) But you can find them in SOME dairy restaurants, like Table 40 in Boro Park.

[@hemera73]

thanks for letting me know, will try there when in ny next week🙏@@FriedaVizelBrooklyn

[@mo5ago1]

looks yummy. i would totally buy some kreplach from her. if she's willing to sell 😊

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

I think between everything, little was left to sell!

[@lissaolson5866]

Thanks!

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

Oh my goodness, thank you so so much, that is so generous!!!

[@spelaresnik2646]

Fun watching you cook! Only your jacket was not quite an outfit for the kitchen... 😉😎👍👏👏👏

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

I was planning to take it off and I brought aprons but it didn't happen!

[@spelaresnik2646]

@@FriedaVizelBrooklyn You were scared of looking like a housewife....Well, duster woud be even better... 😁😂

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

Ha ha, no, that's not what happened! Although it will be hard to convince me to put on a duster!! What happened was - we did some b-roll of the ingredients when we were setting up so to make everything look "matching" I stayed with the same outfit. I know, it doesn't make sense to me either!

[@spelaresnik2646]

@@FriedaVizelBrooklyn I think, that would not be such a bad idea. I would like to see, how this looks. We only get to see the streets, and Pearl in her best outfit, but not regular everyday life. So, a video of that is not a bad idea. For us outsiders every detail counts... 👍😎😁 I read all your blogs, but would be fun to see also videos about the topics...

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

@@spelaresnik2646 I would LOVE to do an episode on clothing. You gave me a laugh mentioning the duster. It's a really interesting word of the past.

[@user-zj7fq4pr4c]

Watching this, as i finish a mini cheesecake….

[@lalibena1]

I can hear my Nanna saying cover your hair when you cook, wash your hands, don't touch your hair and then the dough. 😅😅

[@frankcordaro5494]

Frieda, I can watch you all day. You are so beautiful!!

[@fairytale_after_dark6696]

Hello Frieda,👋 Can you please explain what farmers cheese is? I'm in the UK and trying to think of a substitute. Thank you. Paula 🇬🇧

[@Alex-cb2gf]

If you refrigerate your filling for a couple of hours it won't be runny and easier to stuff into the shell.

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

You know, we actually tried that. It didn't solve the problem.

[@olgafurman9027]

It depends on the farmer cheese quality. It was just to watery. You probably could drain the liquid before adding the sugar and egg.

[@AmazedbyHisGrace-b1e]

What is farmer cheese?

[@Alex-cb2gf]

@@AmazedbyHisGrace-b1e Think of cottage cheese, but with less moisture. It tastes similar to cottage cheese, but firmer and more compact. It can be found in the dairy section of many grocery stores.

[@gabesimmonds8421]

The Satmar bourekas. You can eat fleischig and milchig with six hours difference.

[@cohenlabe1]

6 hours the wait from meat to dairy but from dairy to meat as long as it's not 'hard cheese (aged more than 90 days)' it 5 -30 minutes

[@gabesimmonds8421]

​@@cohenlabe1 Hungarians wait six hours but I heard it's 30 min or four hours. I believe Chabad recommends four hours. 30 min are the dutch Jews . not sure though

[@arizonasgotheat]

This is almost like a pierogi meets a sweet blini. I wonder if you could use the dough for baking and filling with stuff (fruit filling)

[@whitemailprivilege2830]

Who’s to say you can’t?

[@chasidance]

The talmud discusses opinions what day of the Hebrew month the Torah was given on Mt Sinai but concludes that according to both opinions it happened on shabbos. The newly given law included the instructions on how to prepare kosher meat. So they had no kosher meat from before. Since slaughtering isn't allowed in shabbos we know for sure they are only dairy.

[@shainazion4073]

Blintzes are the ultimate Dairy meal.

[@swhitaker0311]

Those look delicious! What is farmer’s cheese? I’m not sure if it’s available in Ohio.

[@karriekledehn7600]

It's a very mild, kind of sift, white cheese. You can fund it anywhere.

[@catherineduncan7707]

It’s nothing more than cottage cheese with the liquid pressed out. Curds and whey without the whey. If you can’t find it, just place your cottage cheese in a sieve and press til curds are smooth and whey is drained out.

[@shaindelschneerson7038]

I remember Friendship made farmer cheese. Does this brand still exists ?

[@annmarienoone9879]

Funny to watch non-cooks cook. Omg, they were constantly fixing their hair then touching the food😂

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

Yeah, don't watch too closely. Eesh.

[@mushkyzajac8356]

Is there a specific minhag to have cheese kreplach on Shavuos? Or that was chosen just for the fun for it? I just know of the minhag for Erev Yom Kippuyr, Hoshana Raba and Purim, and those are all meat, as mentioned on the video.

[@chasidance]

The holy Reb Meir Premishlaner said in name of his father R' Aharon Leib:"Someone who doesn't eat kreplach on Shavuos shows that his forefathers weren't at Mt Sinai!"