Mashed Sweet Potatoes with Coriander Lime Salsa
Another great recipe adapted from Yotam Ottolenghi. If you want to mix it up, use this salsa with roast chicken and serve the sweet potatoes with a balsamic glaze. Ingredients: 2 kilo sweet potatoes, cut in half lengthwise, skin on 1 tablespoon olive oil Salt and pepper For salsa: 60 ml (¼ cup) olive oil […]
Herby Mashed Potatoes
Inspired by Yotam Ottolenghi, and my love for mashed potatoes! Earthy vegetables like potatoes, parsnips, carrots, etc. love fresh herbs and citrus. One of the challenges faced when cooking for Shabbat and Festivals is the idea that most dishes have to be made ahead of the meal, and is often left on a hot plate […]
Broccoli with Almonds and Capers
This is one of those dishes that elevates the humble broccoli to new levels. Inspired by Yotam Ottolenghi, it’s all about layering fresh flavours for awesome results. Cook’s Notes: The fat used for frying the almonds is margarine here, because I tend to serve this at a meat meal; but please feel free to replace […]
New York Crumb cake
Crumb cake is one of those singular New York treats. More breakfast treat than snack it’s a combination of crispy crumbs and not too sweet moist cake, and always delicious! Our New York Crumb Cake looks a bit darker than the usual, reason being that I developed this recipe while we lived in Israel, at […]
Compote
The New year for trees is called Tu B’Shvat in the bible. It’s not a holiday like say Rosh Hashana, but it is a holiday of biblical significance. In an agricultural society, which Israel was during the time of the judges and later the first and second temple this was an especially meaningful occasion, accompanied […]
Black and White Cookies
Makes 5-6 very large cookies The first recipe I ever wrote was for Black and whites – away from New York and feeling homesick this was the food I craved more than anything. It was our first year living in Israel and I searched far and wide for a black and white cookie. I finally […]
Homemade Applesauce
5 medium apples, peeled, cored and coarsely chopped 60 ml (1/4 cup plus 2 Tbs.) apple cider 50 g (1/4 cup) light brown sugar 3 Tbs fresh lemon juice 1/4 plus 1/8 tsp. kosher salt Add all of the ingredients to a medium-sized, heavy saucepan; stir, then bring to a boil over high heat. Boil, […]
DATE ICE CREAM
In the Bible, when referring to the ‘Land of Milk and Honey’ it is most likely that the reference to honey is that of dates. Date honey – called ‘sillan’ in Hebrew – is wonderful drizzled over yogurt. In this recipe, we have used dates combined with biscuit spread to create a caramel-like swirl in […]
Apple Pie
Though the bible does mention the ‘tapuach’ (Hebrew for apple), many authorities believe the bible is referring to a different fruit than the modern-day apple, perhaps a quince or some kind of citrus, firstly because at the time of the bible apples grew wild and weren’t yet easily cultivated in tropical areas like Israel and […]
