Mujadara
Another dish with multiple origins and multiple spellings, Mujadra and its crowd-pleasing status has kept it popular for centuries. It’s mouth-watering and savory — and that’s even before we add caramelized onions! We’re inspired by Michael Solomonov’s take on the dish in his cookbook ‘Zahav,’ not to mention where in the Bible he thinks it […]
CHOCOLATE BABKA
Makes 1 large babka loaf This recipe takes about 12 hours in total from start to finish (don’t worry most of it is hands-off time), best to think ahead when you want to serve this amazing mouth-watering absolutely delicious babka! Brioche Babka Dough: 80g (⅓ cup) whole milk 7g (2 ¼ teaspoons) active dry yeast […]
Pumpkin Risotto-Risotto alla Zucca Barucca
The hidden Jews (conversos) who came to Northern Italy from Spain and Portugal brought with them the pumpkin and introduced it to Italian cooking. Initially, it was just the Jews who appreciated the sweet earthiness of pumpkin and other related squashes. In fact, they loved them so much that they started calling them the Blessed […]
Chicken Fricassee
A fricassee is a hybrid cooking technique, somewhere between a braise and a stew. Meat and vegetables are sauteed as you would for a braise, but then cooked in liquid as you would for a stew. In Europe, Jewish cooks would use the neck, gizzard, and feet of a chicken making sure none of it […]
Lokshen Kugel (Noodle Pudding)
When German Jewish immigrants came to America they brought with their noodle making traditions. Noodles making was a labor of love and also an inexpensive way to feed a family. In the street markets of the lower east side teaming with people, the frugal housewife would leave the home with her shopping basket in the […]
Stuffed Cabbage
Stuffed cabbage, or holishkes, are a traditional Succot food. At this festival, it is common custom to eat stuffed or wrapped foods, symbolic of both the bounty of harvest-time, and, on a much deeper level, God’s clouds of glory, which enshrouded and protected the Children of Israel as they wandered through the wilderness. Holishkes are […]
Whisky and Tea Cake
Serves 10 Sukkot for me is all about practicality. How do I carry a meal from my kitchen through a couple of doors to our temporary highly decorated but often dripping shack? The answer is to make less! I’m usually all for more is more, and I feel that all occasions from birthdays to successfully […]
Shlishkas
Shliskas are Hungarian potato dumplings that are almost exactly like gnocchi with a Jewish twist. How much do we actually know about Jewish food? We each feel like experts on Bagels and challah, cholent, and gefilta fish, but in truth, there are so many incredible Jewish foods still waiting to be discovered. Waiting to be […]
Challah Kugel
The original kugel was most probably a dumpling made of bread, cooked in the Shabbat stew. A clever way to stretch the meal and at the same time use up any leftover bread from the week. With time, bread was replaced with bread dough, and eventually noodles and when potatoes became popular they were the […]
