Dessert Recipes

Passover Torrone (Italian Nougat) Bars

March 18, 2012
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I was inspired recently by a series of classes titled Pro Pastry 3 that I took at the Gourmandise Cooking School in Santa Monica California.  I realized that with some minor changes to a recipe we made in class, that one of my all time favorite confections Torrone,

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Cantucci

February 24, 2012
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On a visit to New York last summer, we stopped for coffee at a bakery and espresso shop famous for its original Cantucci on the edge of the Village.  Cantucci are biscotti. 

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Mamoul Cookies

January 15, 2012
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A previous trip to Israel about 6 years ago led us to walk the switchback streets of Haifa from Mt. Carmel on the top, through the many ethnic neighborhoods, Russian, Jewish religious, Palestinian, past the Baha’i Gardens, through an Arab section full of baklava stores, and on down to reach the German Colony near the [...]

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Biscotten Torte

January 12, 2012
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My friend’s mother, Halena, is a woman to be admired.  I posted a recipe of hers some time ago, specifically a gefilte fish recipe.  This time, if you’ve read my post about the eighth night of Hanukah dinner we attended, you may recall I marveled at the Viennese dessert Halena served called Biscotten Torte.

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Sufganiyot by Nina

December 16, 2011
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In a word fried food is intoxicating.  When you pair the seductive flavor of fried with a little sweet it becomes irresistible.  Sufganiyot or Israeli doughnuts are light fried pillows of dough, injected with jam, chocolate crème, vanilla crème or something else and dusted with powdered sugar. 

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