This is a very easy Passover recipe from my machatenista Joy Gardin. If you are not Jewish, you may not know that very useful Yiddish term for the mother-in-law of your child. A child’s father-in-law is a mechutan and together they are the machatunim.
Anyway, this makes a nice change at Passover because it doesn’t contain any matzo meal, farfel or anything else to give it a distinctive Passover taste. It would be a good recipe for gluten-free people as well. Serve it as a side dish or even for dessert, because it’s sweet enough.
Ingredients:
4 eggs
½ cup oil
½ cup sugar
4 Tbs. potato starch
1 Tbs. vanilla sugar (optional)
1 tsp. baking powder (optional)
1 20 oz. can crushed pineapple, drained
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Mix all ingredients except pineapple and stir well. Add drained pineapple and mix. Bake in a 9-inch round pan for about 40 minutes or until firm and lightly browned.
Serves 6 to 8
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Bobbie — you’re making me famous! I have used this recipe for company that was gluten free and they loved it. Enjoy and have a wonderful Pesach. Joy
Same to all of you!
Very tasty looking dish. Is there anything else that we can use instead of potatoes starch?
Never tried it another way. You could google subs for potato starch.
Okay. Thankd
thank you so much for this recipe! it looks yummy and this especially great that it’s gluten free.
in the Mexican culture, the mother in law of the child is called comadre and the father is the compadre (both are called compadres).
I have a Jewish comadre and I must remember to call her machatenista. Thank you! 🙂