Cheesy Potato Latkes
Take your classic potato latke and make it sing, by adding a mature strong flavoured hard cheese. I use Mature Cheddar, but feel free to experiment with alternatives and create a new Chanukah tradition, that you will come back to every year. 900g baking potatoes, peeled and grated 1 large brown onion, finely chopped 200g […]
Chulent
Known by a number of names, Chulent/Adafina/Hammin is the Jewish Shabbat stew. It is a dish that is cooked partially before Shabbat and then left to simmer on a low slow heat until Shabbat day. As Jews are prohibited from cooking on Shabbat and yet it is a strongly held custom to eat warm food, […]
Kasha Varnishkes
When we lived in New York I attended the wonderful day school called Yeshiva of Central Queens (YCQ) and it was a wonderful school – filled with warmth and wonderful teachers and staff, my principal Rabbi Brander was inspirational, not least of all because of the time he made for me. Lunch unsurprisingly was my […]
Macaroni Salad
Now one know if the macaroni salad of NY delis was an Italian dish that was adapted in Jewish delis or a Jewish treatment of an Italian ingredient. Regardless of its origin macaroni salad was a de-rigour requirement at all potlucks and barbeques during my childhood. 500 g elbow macaroni ½ red onion, diced small […]
Matzo Kloese
You may wonder at the different spelling here. My usual is Matzah, but as I’m sharing my husband’s grandmother’s recipe, it seems fitting. Lottie Mailich came to England during the very last days of August of 1939. Lottie through her ingenuity and perseverance managed to find her own way to escape from one of the […]
Mushroom Rice Pilaf
1½ cups (375 g) long-grain basmati rice 2 cups (470 ml) water 1¼ (295 ml) cups chicken broth Salt and pepper 3 tbsp olive oil 115 g orzo 1 small onion, chopped fine 450 g brown button mushrooms, cut in half or quarters if large 1 tbsp chopped fresh parsley Combine the water and broth […]
Potato Knish
The original knish was created as a snack food, in Eastern Europe a thin pastry that encased a filling that was transportable. In the Lower east side of New York at the turn of the 20th century peddlers would put homemade knish’s in their carts and peddle their wares as a quick snack. In 1890 […]
