• Cakes,  Can be prepared in advance,  Dairy,  Dressed to Impress,  Fruit Cakes,  Gluten Free,  Kosher,  Pies and Sweet Tarts,  Vegetarian

    Fruity Triple-Almond Tart

    August 21, 2013

    Almond Crust 250 gr. (1 ¾ cups) Tami (GF), or another all-purpose GF flour, or plain flour (if you don’t follow a GF diet) 100 gr. (1 cup) ground almonds 30 gr. (¼ cup) caster sugar 150 gr. cold butter, cubed 1 egg Knead everything except the egg into crumbs (in a bowl or your food processor) Add the egg and knead only until you have a solid dough. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for an hour. Almond Cream 200 gr. (2 cups) ground almonds 120 gr. soft butter 150 gr. (¾ cup) sugar 1 egg ½ tsp. almond extract (optional) Mix everything well to a cohesive cream. Fruit…

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  • 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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  • 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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