Or, Kneidlach as you might call them. Whatever you call them, you need a recipe. It’s one of the most basic Jewish foods we know, top 5 at the least, but do you know how to make them? Without a box mix, that is? Yes, we mostly rely on the ones that come from a…
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All the Basics: The Seder Plate & Pesach Staples Are Right Here
It might be your first time making Pesach, or your 25th…but now you can have instructions for all those Pesach basics conveniently in one place. There are the special dishes and then there are the staples: the items that must get prepared sometime between now and Yom Tov. Here’s a roundup of all the Pesach…
Basics: Simple Syrup
The liquified version of sugar is super easy to make and comes in handy in so many recipes. We use simple syrup in a lot of recipes, especially over Pesach. If it’s not something you’re accustomed to making, no worries, simple syrup is, as the name suggests…completely simple. Making simple syrup simply involves boiling sugar…
Garlic Toasted Rice
How to make rice that’s so good, you’ll want to taste it straight from the pot. I have been cooking rice like this for….a long time. I don’t remember a different way of preparing rice. Actually, I didn’t know there was a different way to prepare rice, unless you were tossing a Trader Joe’s bag…
The Best Authentic Yerushalmi Kugel
This Yerushalmi Kugel is the real deal, and perhaps the recipe you always wished you could prepare. After having grown up in Israel, my husband had been craving an authentic Yerushalmi Kugel for years. He has this recollection of the way his grandmother used to make it, but when he tried finding the recipe, it…
Basics: Pesach Duck Sauce
Once you have this basic in your fridge, there’s so many things you can do with it! This all-purpose condiment will save the day. Today, it’s hard to find a cooking ingredient that doesn’t have a kosher-for-Passover version. I sound old when I tell my children that when I was a kid, the only cookie…
Basics: Cheese Kreplach
Whether you want the shortcut version or you’ll roll up your sleeves and make them from scratch, you can make your own kreplach. Kreplach may be that one recipe that you don’t make. You either buy it, or wait for your mother, mother-in-law, grandmother, aunt, adopted mom, Rebbetzin… really anyone OLDER than you who knows…
Basics: Homemade Caramel Sauce
Sure, you can buy it. But a homemade caramel sauce is just so good and satisfying. (Plus! No special equipment needed.) When you make caramel by yourself, you can taste the simplicity and purity. Plus: Caramel lasts a long time in the fridge, so you can even make it now for Shavuos. First, combine the…
Basics: How To Make Garlic Confit
Also: how to make it in bulk and save time and money while doing so. I used to make garlic confit every Friday. Ever since my family was introduced to the goodness of hot challah (or sourdough) on a Friday night accompanied by garlic that is charred and caramelized just so that it spreads like…
Basics: Israeli Salad
Plus! How to keep it fresh and crunchy (even when prepping on Thursday and serving on Shabbos). There are few things we never get tired of. Fresh bread, perfect spring weather, good coffee. Those are a few for me. Also, Israeli salad. Not sure what it is. Maybe the simplicity of its fresh, genuine ingredients…
