Crisp on the outside like a Jerusalem bagel, with a sesame crust to die for and a wonderfully soft inside, all topped with a fragrant cheese cream that’s never heavy. A dream of a recipe, simple and festive at the same time. A must for Shavuot! Kosher and dairy.
White pizza is a pizza I adore, as much as or even more than the classic tomato sauce version, probably because it goes so well with all kinds of cheese, and with mushrooms in particular. Here are 2 topping ideas, one with goat cheese and red onion, the other with mozzarella and mushrooms, for white pizzas as beautiful and delicious as the ones at the restaurant.
Four cheese pizza is the perfect pizza for cheese lovers, but above all it’s a great way to make an excellent meal while using up all the leftover cheese in the fridge. I always keep a pizza dough ahead in the freezer: just take it out in the morning and let it rise quietly on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
How can I sum up a dish that’s at once so simple and so delicious? Nikitouche is my childhood: a lovely golden chicken broth dotted with tiny round pasta, the famous nikitouches.
Here’s a rustic, traditional soup that’s part of our winter menus and also of our Tu BiShvat menu, when it’s customary to eat barley. Pearl barley soup, Krupnik, is a Polish Ashkenazi specialty that warms both body and heart. It’s a lovely way to cook pearl barley, if you have some sitting in your pantry without knowing what to do with it. You can make it with or without meat; both options are given in the recipe.
A slow-cooked dish that gives you meltingly tender meat, so soft you can cut it with a fork, in a really beautiful sauce. It’s a dish you’ll often find in Israel at “home cooking” restaurants. Here is my version, very easy and approved by the whole family.
Hachis parmentier, the French shepherd’s pie, is a dish made for sharing, and this duck confit and sweet potato version is a delicious, festive twist on the traditional hachis parmentier recipe. You can make it with duck or goose, the method is exactly the same.
Endive gratin with smoked salmon is a wonderful variation on the famous French endives au jambon (endives wrapped in ham). To be honest, this is the recipe that won me over to cooked endives. If, like me, you don’t love them, here is a recipe (with tips) that should help you enjoy them. And if you already do, it’s simply delicious, so you should have a treat too!
Soft, tender honey bites, sweet without being cloying, hugely popular around Rosh Hashanah and perfect to offer with a coffee or a tea.
Stuffed cabbage is a charming, old-fashioned dish, one of those comforting family meals. I discovered it in Israel, where it is firmly rooted in home cooking, a recipe inherited from the Ashkenazi tradition. It has plenty of cousins, since stuffed vegetables of every kind are part of the Jewish culinary tradition.
Cantuccini come from Tuscany: small, dry almond cookies, as crunchy as can be, and the best friend your fall and winter teas and coffees could ask for.
Here is a gorgeous fall cake with honey, apples and hazelnuts, so moist it’s dangerous. It’s perfect for Rosh Hashanah or Sukkot, and it’s parve.
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