And this one doesn’t have any potato starch, so you feel good after enjoying it too! There’s plenty of decent Pesach cake recipes. But, honestly, I don’t feel so good after having so much potato starch. One year, before Pesach, I really wanted to work on some feel-good cakes…something that was almond-flour based and had…
Recipes
We Wait for This Lemon Ices All Year
This lemon ices is a favorite in so many homes! I’m afraid that some of you might tell me, “I make this recipe already. Why are you sharing old favorites?” But hear me out. Recently, I closed down Cookkosher.com, the website I had run for a number of years. When it comes to Pesach, there…
Use Simple, Fresh Ingredients to Make This Superb Roast
You can even choose the type of roast you want to use. One of the first recipes we ever published, our fruit galette, came to us through a roundabout way from Mrs. C Gestetner (Ironically, one of her granddaughters, without reading the introduction, made this recipe from Between Carpools. After she made it, she thought,…
Make Amazing Crinkle Cookies for Pesach (No Nuts!)
This is a classic Pesach cookie we’ve been enjoying for years and years. And BCP readers should enjoy ’em too! Back before BCP’s first Pesach, we posted this long list of Pesach recipes that use only basic ingredients. Some of the recipes linked are no longer accessible, but some of those recipes are so good,…
We’re Very Excited About ‘My Pesach Kitchen’ + The Famous Nut Torte!
This is one amazing dessert, from a great cookbook you’ll be happy you own! Most of us at BCP have known Faigy Murray, author of My Pesach Kitchen, for some time and we know how amazing she is in the kitchen and how passionate she is about cooking. So, when we knew she was working…
Basics: How We Make Our Chicken Soup
Our basic section wouldn’t be complete without the most basic Jewish food of all – some classic chicken soup. We all agreed that we needed to have a BCP Basics post about chicken soup. But we couldn’t all agree on the best recipe. Because everyone knows, chicken soup is personal. There’s no right way or…
Smells-So-Good. This Pineapple-Sour Apple Compote Is the Perfect Refreshing Pesach Dessert.
It’s these simple kinds of desserts that are the ones we enjoy the most on Pesach. Before photoshoot days, we try and prepare some things in advance so that we can shoot them quickly and efficiently. But that doesn’t work for every dish. Some simply need those step by step photos, and this is one…
The 9×13 Life: How to Make Farfel in the Oven
Make this Shabbos staple in one pan with no pots or cleanup required! We’ve changed so much of how we cook over the last few years here on BCP. We started creating 9×13 dinners that are easy, quick and delicious…then it was no-mixer cakes…then we began baking dishes we usually prepare on stove top, saving…
Use Leftover Challah for Homemade Croutons
Have lots of extra challah or bread? Turn them into flavorful toppers for your salads! Are you sometimes faced with lots of extra challah after Shabbos? How about half a loaf of rye that’s going stale at the end of the week? Don’t toss it! A couple of simple steps and you’ll have some amazing…
Slow Cooker Shredded Beef + Fries = Perfect for a Party or for Dinner
Put the meat up to cook in your Crock-Pot in the morning and it’ll be ready at dinner time with just a few minutes of prep. Years ago, at a restaurant out of town, I had a very memorable dish of seasoned fries loaded with shredded beef. And while I couldn’t begin to recreate an…
