Cookbook, side dishes

Passover Kugel with Dried Apricots (an interperetation of a family recipe with no directions)

3 eggs, separated
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup matzo meal
3/4 cup water
1 tsp. cinnamon
pinch of salt
1 tsp. vanilla
3 tbsp. oil
1 cup dried apricots
1 cup apple, finely diced
1 orange, juice and grated rind

Now if I recall...the dried apricots should be diced, and the apple chopped up like for haroset, not necessarily grated....this makes slicing the kugel easier. I brought the water to a boil and tossed in the diced apricots and let them soak for about an hour. I tossed in the apple and orange juice and rind. Beat the egg yolks with half the sugar to the ribbon stage, then added the cinnamon, salt and vanilla. Drizzled in the oil slowly. Then I gradually beat in the matzo meal. Carefully folded in the fruit mixture when it was cool. Used the other half of the sugar with the egg whites to make a sort of meringue. Folded that into the kugel. Baked at 350 in a parchment-lined 8 inch springform pan for about 45 minutes to 1 hour. A double recipe will fill a 12 inch springform. There it is!