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Yid.Dish: Strawberry Salad with Goat Cheese Croutons
Roasted Strawberry Salad with Goat Cheese Croutons Serves 4 2 cups of strawberries cut in half, stemmed 4 ounces of goat cheese 1/3 cup of bread crumbs (use Panko, if available) 2 T. fresh flat leaf parsley-chopped finely 1 T. fresh thyme-chopped finelyFlour for dipping the cheese 1 egg-beaten 4 cups baby greens such as…
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Yid.Dish: Rhubarb Muffins
½ cup parve margarine 1 cup sugar 1 large egg 2½ cups all-purpose flour 1 tablespoon baking powder ½ teaspoon cinnamon ½ teaspoon salt 1 cup vanilla soymilk 2 cups rhubarb, diced small 12 pecan halves Preheat the oven to 400° F. Grease 12 muffin cups or line with paper cups. Cream the margarine and…
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Yid.Dish: Bittersweet Chocolate Espresso Cake
Serves 10-12 vegetable oil and matzo meal, finely ground for the cake pan 1/2 pound bittersweet chocolate, chopped 6 large eggs, separated 1/2 cup sugar pinch of salt 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 cup ground almonds 2 teaspoons espresso powder 1) Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Lightly oil a 9-inch spring-form cake pan and…
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Yid.Dish: Crispy Sesame Seed Chicken
I rarely eat chicken, but I happened to have some in the freezer. I imagine this would also work well with firm tofu or seitan. For the egg mixture: 2 large eggs 2 tablespoons soy sauce For the dry mixture: 1 cup matzo meal with Italian herbs added *my substitution for Italian-flavored dry bread crumbs….
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Yid.Dish: Banana Bread
Banana Bread from Selma Zuckerman I got many thumbs up for this banana bread, which I made lower fat and just as tasty by substituting half of the butter for applesauce, and using non-fat yogurt instead of buttermilk or sour cream. Butter or vegetable cooking spray, for greasing the pan 3 cups flour, plus extra…
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Yid.Dish: Peddler’s Grits
4 cups water 4 cups whole milk 2 cups grits (I like to use the stone-ground grits) 1 stick unsalted butter 1 cup heavy cream (optional) A large bistle of shredded smoky cheddar cheese ( I like to use maple smoked Cabot…even though it is a Yankee cheese) 2 tsp kosher salt (finish with paprika)…
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Yid.Dish: Cholent with Beans, Potatoes and Beef
(Originally posted by Lita Lotzkar at RCJF Archives.) In this cholent recipe, you use 2 Tablespoons of honey in with your beans – this would give it a sweeter taste -you can either add more garlic and pepper or decrease the amount of honey if that is the way your family likes their cholent.. All…
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Yid.Dish: Baklava
½ cup shelled pistachios ½ cup shelled walnut pieces ¾ sliced almonds 2 cups sugar + ¼ cup sugar 1 cup water ½ cup honey 1 star anise 1 cinnamon stick 3 ounces almond paste (marzipan) 7 sheets phyllo About ¼ cup canola oil or melted butter for dairy meal Preheat oven to 350 1)…
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Yid.Dish: Hermann Coffee Cake
2 cups Hermann 2 cups flour 1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon baking soda 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 2/3 cup oil 2 eggs 1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger 1 cup raisins or nuts (optional) If you’re using an electric mixer just dump everything together and mix it…
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Yid.Dish: Applesauce
My mom used to make applesauce in large batches and freeze half of it for Chanukah. Like all good Jewish mother recipes, this one is not exact – play around with it until it looks right to you. Start with about 3 lbs of apples (my mom uses Jonathan, but feel free to experiment). Core…
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Yid.Dish: Spinach Patties
Keftes de Espinaca (Sephardic Spinach Patties) Makes about 16 patties 3 tablespoons olive or vegetable oil 1 large onion, chopped 2 pounds chopped fresh or 30 ounces squeezed thawed frozen spinach or Swiss chard 1 cup matza meal 3 large eggs, lightly beaten Salt and pepper Juice of 1 lemon (optional) ¼ teaspoon grated nutmeg…
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