dairy

Biscotten Torte

January 12, 2012

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

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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Apple Cake with Caramel

October 9, 2011

Yom Kippur was winding down yesterday, the last of the sun’s rays fading from the stained glass windows in the temple; my feet tired from standing during the Neilah service, my thoughts turned to the menu for the break-the-fast party my sister-in-law makes every year. It’s a dairy party, bagels, lox, cream cheese and an [...]

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Boyus With Spinach and Cheese

July 14, 2011

Boyus or Boyuz or Boyikus are spinach and cheese filled Sephardic pastry. I have tried many recipes and I think at least three are archived on this blog in the recipe index. Last week when I was researching and making strudel I had a thought. Strudel dough is essentially like philo dough. Nona says that [...]

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Bing Cherry and Pink Lady Apple Strudels

July 6, 2011

As I am sitting at my desk realizing it is time to get back to my self-imposed posting schedule, I was thinking about how much we enjoyed eating ‘real’ strudel in the Czech Republic and in Hungary on our recent trip.

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