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Pastelicos With Ground Lamb

by Linda Capeloto Sendowski on January 13, 2013

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Pastelicos are my ultimate comfort food.  People talk about mashed potatoes, creamy this or that, sweet stuff like cinnamon rolls, short ribs, or big vats of ice cream with hot fudge.  While I love all of those things too, [click to continue…]

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Pastelicos With Meat and Rice Filling

September 15, 2011
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I baked pastelicos today in my frenzy of preparation for the upcoming Rosh Hashanah celebration.  They freeze

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Pastelicos de Carne’

June 6, 2010
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I am planning and preparing for many upcoming summer parties. Summer entertaining calls for easy entertaining with a lot of it outdoors. I grill most of the food, make some appetizers in advance, like these pastelicos, and finish everything with fresh fruit desserts. I posted this recipe last year, but I thought I would bring [...]

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A Sephardic Rosh Hashanah

September 13, 2009
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Sephardic Tradition for Rosh Hashanah My family has a unique culinary heritage, migrating from the Holy Land to Spain; my ancestors lived and flourished in the Golden Age for centuries.  The Golden Age was a time of religious tolerance in Spain’s history from around 711  to the 13th century, an age of civility, poetry, enlightened medicine, [...]

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Pastelicos (meat and rice borekas)

September 8, 2009
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Pastelicos are triangular borekas with a savory meat and rice filling.  As with other Sephardic pastry, you can find versions in different shapes, with different dough and different spice blends.  This is the recipe my mother always made, but with the addition of the cinnamon and allspice.  A Pastel is a pie in Ladino or [...]

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