Delicious Potato Knishes

Delicious Potato Knishes

I love potato knishes! They are a traditional Jewish treat.

Potato knishes are pastries filled with mashed potatoes and onions.

My parents agreed to give you my Grandma's recipe for Potato Knishes! My mom demonstrates Grandma's recipe in the video posted below! Mom says you must watch the video before attempting the recipe... or else!

My grandma Shirley Solomon (my dad's mom) passed away when I was in University. I have many fond memories of her and I'm thrilled to be able to share a wonderful part of my family history with you.

If you are following my Fat Loss Fast System, this is ideal for your discretionary calories. You can carb backload with Knishes. That's what I do! As long as you follow my system, you will not gain weight eating knishes and you will not have to feel guilty about eating them.

Each knish is only 74 calories.


Potato Knishes

mom and sara knish


Ingredients

  • Non-stick cooking spray
  • 2 packages of Puff Pastry, thawed (makes 4 placemat sizes when rolled out). We used Longo's Brand from Canada.
  • 2 cups of Instant Mash Potatoes (We used Betty Crocker)
  • skim milk
  • water
  • 1 pouch of dry onion soup mix (We used Knorr, but mom usually uses Lipton)
  • flour
  • 1 beaten egg

Recipe:

  • Preheat your oven to 400 degrees F
  • Prepare instant mash potatoes as per pack instructions using water and skim milk. Do not add salt or butter. Add 1 pouch of dry onion soup mix. You want them to be a little dry.
  • Roll out 1/4 of the pastry dough  to the size of 1 placemat on a well floured board
  • Brush 3 edges with beaten egg
  • Spoon 1/4 of potato filling down the long side and roll up
  • Cut with the side of your hand into 8 to 10 pieces. Seal edges. Flatten slightly.
  • Place cut side up on a greased cookie sheet.
  • Prick with a floured fork and brush with a beaten egg.
  • Repeat with 3 remaining pastry pieces. This recipe makes ~40 Knishes.
  • You can freeze them at this stage, or you can bake at 400 degrees F for 25 minutes.

Video Recipe:


Nutritional Information:

Note that I included about 1 TBSP of flour.

For the entire recipe (~40 Knishes): Calories 2956, fat: 118.2g, saturated fat: 62.1g, cholesterol: 206.6mg, sodium: 4942.9mg, carbohydrates: 379.3g, fibre: 20.3g, sugars: 64.1g, protein: 90g

For 1 Knish: Calories 74, fat: 3g, saturated fat: 1.6g, cholesterol: 5.2mg, sodium: 123.6mg, carbohydrates: 9.5g, fibre: 0.5g, sugars: 1.6g, protein: 2.3g

Remember: As long as you follow my Fat Loss Fast system, you will not gain weight eating Knishes and you will not have to feel guilty about eating them.

If you make these, please tag @DrSaraSolomon on Instagram or Twitter so I can see your Knishes!

Delicious Potato Knishes

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Welcome! If you want to learn how to MOVE and EAT BETTER, you've come to the right place! I'm Dr. Sara Solomon. I'm a certified StrongFit coach and an intermittent fasting expert. I have degrees in dentistry (DMD) and physiotherapy (BSc PT), and I'm also a Pilates Mat Level 1 Instructor, CrossFit Level 1 Trainer (2016-2021), ACE personal trainer, NASM fitness nutrition specialist, a Mad Dogg Spinning Instructor, and a certified level 2 Buddy Lee Jump Rope Trainer and Ambassador. I'm a BSN Supplements and Til You Collapse sponsored athlete. My passion is helping people overcome restrictive diets and muscle imbalances so they can FEEL their very best!

1 Comment

  1. Awe, I love seeing the family photos at the end. This recipe is one I’ll try for sure. Gosh, wouldn’t this be great with some homemade stew? Yes, I’m doing this one!

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