Mina is a Jewish Sephardi Passover pie made with matzo crust. There are many variations of minas throughout the Sephardi […]
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Mina de kezo, Sephardi matzo & cheese pie
Mina is a Passover pie from the Sephardi cuisine, made with layers of matzo and filling. The most traditional minas […]
Moroccan Potato pie with dandelion (Maakouda)
Maakouda is a Moroccan potato dish, served either as pie or as fritters. For Moroccan Jews maakouda became a traditional […]
Date and walnut haroset truffles
These dessert truffles are play on the classic Iraqi haroset of date molasses (known also as date honey or silan) […]
Yemeni haroset
Full of flavors of sesame, dates and ginger, this haroset Sia very special one. Notice that sesame seeds are for […]
Zucchini pashtida (kugel)
The popularity of Pashtida, a crustless pie or simply put, kugel, peaks during the holiday of Shavuot. But it’s a […]
Dark chocolate hamantaschen
These hamantaschen have dark chocolate in their delicate crust and in the filling too. Better than chocolate chip cookies!
Hungarian poppy seed crescents (kifli)
The classic filling for these yeast dough crescents is poppy seeds cooked in milk and honey. The yeast in the […]
Shalach Manot – a Purim gift basket
The mitzvah of Mishloach Manot (in Hebrew “sending portions of food) , or chalach manot, sending a basket of food […]
Poppy seed ice-cream
Poppy seed ice-cream is pretty popular in Israel’s many artisanal ice-cream and gelato parlors. As with anything poppy seed, the […]