Can be prepared in advance

Cakes, Can be prepared in advance, Cheesecakes, Dairy, Dressed to Impress, Gluten Free, Kosher, Shavu'ot, Vegetarian

Delicate Baked Cheesecake

August 15, 2013

Ingredients 1 kg soft goats-milk cheese 6 eggs, separated 1 tsp. vanilla extract (the real stuff, not flavored) ½ + ½ cups of sugar 6 Tbsp. corn starch 5 Tbsp. Tami Gluten-free flour (or a good all-purpose GF flour), or plain flour (if you do not need a GF version) 2/3 cups room-temperature goats-milk 50 gr. melted goats-milk butter Preparation Preheat oven to 240C/460F. Place small tin with boiling water at the bottom of the oven (to create steam). Mix cheese with egg yolks, vanilla extract, and ½ cup of sugar. Sift corn starch and flour together and add to cheese mixture. Blend until no lumps remain. Add butter and…

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Breads, Buns and Rolls, Can be prepared in advance, Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Kosher, Parve, Vegetarian

Gluten-Free Lightly-Sweet Challah Buns

July 25, 2013

The source of this recipe is a colleague who claimed it was the best Challah recipe in the world. He was right. As I tend to do, I made some changes and improvements, and then did some experimentation to convert it to a Gluten-free version. I’ll let you be the judge… Gluten-Free Dough Ingredients 1 kg. Tagmish flour (not yet available outside of Israel. If you have a GF flour mix that can make buns and other shaped goods, try it) 200 gr. sugar (for really sweet buns, add 50-100 gr. sugar, to taste) 20 gr. dry yeast 100 gr. vegetable oil 2 eggs 3½ cups warm water 20 gr.…

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Cakes, Can be prepared in advance, Dairy Free, Dressed to Impress, Fruit Cakes, Kosher, Parve, Pies and Sweet Tarts, Rosh Ha'Shana, Soy Free, Vegetarian

Apple Pie

July 13, 2013

I got this recipe from a friend years ago. Other than a few minor changes, I kept it true to its origins. A fun, comforting pie best served warm with a scoop of good vanilla ice cream and a dollop of whipped cream. Filling Ingredients 8 Granny Smith apples, cored and cubed 150 gr. (¾ cup) Demerara sugar 2 tsp. cinnamon ½ tsp. almond extract 1 tbsp. lemon juice 50 gr. walnuts and/or raisins 2 Tbsp. Brandy Filling Preparation Cook apples sugar and cinnamon over medium heat. When somewhat softened add lemon, almond extract and nuts/raisins. Remove from heat and let cool. Regular Crust Ingredients 250 gr. (2 cups) whole…

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Beef, Can be prepared in advance, Dairy Free, Dressed to Impress, Gluten Free, Kosher, Main courses, Meat, Significant work, Soy Free

Roast à la Zadik (Roast Beef with Carrots, Onions and Chestnuts)

July 10, 2013

I was thrilled that this recipe won the survey! This is in fact the first recipe I ever developed, before I knew what developing a recipe was. The method of cooking beef in a pressure cooker I learned from my mom, and the method of methodically submerging each slice of beef in the sauce I learned by watching my dad, who did it with the patience only he possesses. I developed this sauce over the years – it has gone through multiple variations and changes until it reached its current (and for me, final) composition. Ingredients 1-1½ kg. (2-3 pounds) beef shoulder roast 4 large carrots, peeled 2 large onions,…

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Breads, Can be prepared in advance, Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Kosher, Parve, Soy Free, Vegan, Vegetarian

“Whole-Wheat” Gluten-Free Bread

June 20, 2013

Ingredients 1¾ cups lukewarm water 1 tbsp. salt 2 tbsp. olive oil 260 gr. (2 cups) Tagmish Gluten-free flour (or another suitable all-purpose GF flour) 1 cup freshly-ground flax seeds. 2 tbsp. Demerara sugar 8 gr. dry yeast Optional enhancements: dried pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, chopped nuts (or any other dry ingredient you want to add) Preparation In a bowl, mix the GF flour and ground flax seeds. Put the water, oil and salt into the breadmaker pan or a bowl (if oven baking). Add the flour and flax-seed mix, and on top of it the sugar and yeast. Set your breadmaker to basic mode (~3 hours depending on breadmaker model),…

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