7-UP BIRTHDAY CAKE WITH PINK ICING
My mom was never an avid baker, but she always made me and my brothers 7UP cake for our birthdays, maybe it was the economy of it, knowing that we would happily drink the rest of the seven up, or perhaps it was the ease of the recipe. No matter the reason we loved this […]
HUMMUS IM OFF
Adapted from TLV Hummus is the perfect launchpad for so many savory foods, hummus with sauteed ground beef or lamb, hummus with mushrooms or whole lima beans, hummus with tahini and harissa, hummus in Israel is the starting point for so many dishes, especially when served with warm pita. I came across this recipe in […]
CHOCOLATE HALVA DOUGHNUTS
2 teaspoons active dry yeast 1½ tablespoons lukewarm water 125ml (½ cup) lukewarm milk (or milk alternative) 2 tablespoons caster sugar 50g (3 ½ tablespoons) butter (or non-hydrogenated margarine), melted 300g (2 cups) plain (all-purpose) flour 25g (¼ cup) cocoa powder 2 eggs vegetable oil, for deep-frying Halva Glaze 15g (1 tablespoon) butter 60ml (¼ […]
THE BASAAR OF HUMMUS IM BASAAR
Adapted from Leah Keonig’s – Modern Jewish cooking A classic hummus topping in Israel, this delicious ground beef mince with pine nuts (aka hummus im basaar) is sure to be a hit with friends and family. We serve this with our homemade hummus as a starter or side dish, though if you wanted, you could […]
CHALLAH BAGEL DOGS
Seriously it doesn’t get any better than this! Inspired by the Modern Jewish Baker cookbook by Shannin Sarna, make these any time you need to win points with your friends and family, the best of all worlds combined into one, part funfair ball game treat, part Shabbat all delicious combined into one! Ingredients: any challah […]
EASTERN STYLE NUT SALAD
Adapted from TLV by Jigal Krant 130g (1 cup) pine nuts 160g (1 ⅔ cups) raw pecans 100g (⅔ cup) sesame seeds 50ml (3 ½ tablespoons) rice vinegar 75ml (5 tablespoons) olive oil 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil 35g (2 ½ tablespoons) caster (superfine) sugar 35g (2 tablespoons) soy sauce 2 red chilies, sliced into […]
TOASTED COCONUT MARSHMALLOWS
*If you don’t have a stand mixer, you can do this with a handheld electric mixer and a large bowl, but you will need to enlist the help of another person, one to whisk while the other pours in the boiling sugar syrup. *If coconut isn’t your thing, replace the same amount of coconut with […]
JJ’S BAKLAVA TRIANGLES
My sister who grew up in an Ashkenazi home and married a Sephardi man, spends time adapting recipes that take on a special fusion we call them ashkafardi recipes. Here she has adapted the classic baklava pastry of the middle east but shaped them into triangles to mimic the Ashkenazi Hamantashen where the filling is […]
SARA LIVIANS PERSIAN RICE
Many years ago, we had moved to Ra’anana, the first person to befriend me was Sara Livian who was raised Chabad Lubavitch in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn. Sara is married to a Persian man who though born in Tehran was raised in Milan. This may be the height of Persian blaspheme but Sarah […]
