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Autumn/Fall, Dairy, Dairy Free, Desserts and mousses, Dressed to Impress, Gluten Free, Kosher, Pre-preparation required, Quickies, Soy Free, Spring, Summer, Vegetarian, Winter

Goat’s Milk Vanilla Ice Cream

October 26, 2014

Ingredients 4 cups (1 litre) goat’s milk ¾ cup sugar 1 tsp. vanilla extract, or scrape 1 vanilla bean for seeds pinch of kosher salt 4 egg yolks Preparation Warm milk, sugar, vanilla and salt in sauce pan until sugar dissolves. In a small bowl, beat egg yolks. Add approx. ½ a cup of the warm milk to the egg yolks and temper. Add egg yolks to the milk in the pan and cook for ~2 mins, stirring constantly. Remove from heat, and let cool. Transfer into a bowl and refrigerate until completely chilled. Churn in an ice-cream maker for 25-30 minutes. pour into freezer-friendly lidded plastic container, and freeze.

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Autumn/Fall, Beef, Can be prepared in advance, Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Kosher, Main courses, Meat, Passover, Pre-preparation required, Seasonal, Soy Free, Spring, Starters, Summer, Winter

Tunisian Banatages

July 10, 2014

Banatages are moist, yummy Tunisian fried potato and meat balls. Like any other regional recipe, there are bound to be a hundred versions of it – this is the way my family likes to make it. The result (in my opinion) is a lighter, airier meat ball. Ingredients Potato Casing 5 large potatoes, peeled and cubed (small cubes) 4 Tbsp. water 2 Tbsp. breadcrumbs (or matzo meal for Passover) or GF breadcrumbs Salt ¼ tsp. Pepper ½ tsp. Turmeric Filling: 1 large onion 1 handful parsley (leaves only) 500 gr. ground beef Salt ½ tsp. Turmeric Coating: Coarse breadcrumbs (or matzo meal for Passover) or coarse GF breadcrumbs (I mixed…

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Autumn/Fall, Dairy, Gluten Free, Kosher, Main courses, Meal suggestions, Other, Savory bakes, Seasonal, Shavu'ot, Soy Free, Spring, Summer, Vegetarian, Winter

Homemade Gluten-Free Pizza

June 19, 2014

Developing this recipe took some working, reworking, a lot of experimentation, and some sound advise from my “sister”, the amazing Hila Yavnieli. I finally got it just the way I like it… I hope you like it too! Ingredients This makes one 26″ pizza – feel free to double all ingredients to make as many as you need… 250 gr. (~1¾ cups) Tagmish GF Flour Mix (you can try Schar Mix B if you can’t get Tagmish) 12 gr. (~1¼ Tbsp.) dry yeast (this is no mistake!) 1 tsp. sugar ½ tsp. salt 3 Tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil 210 ml. warm water 200-250 gr. grated cheese (Braided Mozzarella or any…

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Cakes, Can be prepared in advance, Dairy, Fruit Cakes, Gluten Free, Kosher, Parve, Pies and Sweet Tarts, Shavu'ot, Soy Free, Spring, Summer, Sweets, Tu Bishvat (holiday of trees)

Fruit and Crème “Roselomat” Tart

May 28, 2014

Crust Ingredients 300 grams flour (or Tami flour for a GF version) 200 grams cold butter or margarine, cubed 100 grams caster (powdered) sugar 1 egg Crust Preparation In your food processor bowl, using the metal blade, add flour, butter and caster sugar. Turn on until you get even crumbs. Add the egg and pulse briefly only until you receive a cohesive dough. Flatten dough in plastic wrap, close around and refrigerate for at least one hour (can easily leave refrigerated up to 2-3 days). Preheat oven to 180C/350F degrees. Remove dough from refrigerator, lightly flour a baking sheet and roll to a consistent ¼” thickness. Drape over 2 rectangular,…

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