Phyllo Bundles With Feta, Honey, and Black Pepper
Enjoy Hila Alpert’s Shavuot recipe: creamy cheese wrapped in crispy phyllo with a touch of honey and black pepper.
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Spanakopita (Savory Spinach Pie)
This traditional Greek spanakopita pie, made for sharing, brings generations together through delicious flavors and family memories.
Hungarian Aranygaluska (Pull-Apart Cake)
In food writer Yonit Naftali’s family, Jewish holidays have their own special desserts. In the fall, Simchat Torah is marked with Aranygaluska, a traditional Hungarian dessert consisting of balls of yeasted dough rolled in sugar, ground walnuts, and golden raisins. While aranygaluska literally translates to “golden dumplings,” the Naftali family has their own nickname for it, owingContinue reading “Hungarian Aranygaluska (Pull-Apart Cake)”
Tuna Pie
“A Place at the Table” is a commemorative project that documents the favorite dishes of those lost on October 7 with the help of their families. Every Thursday evening, pie pans sit on the counter at the Shafir family home in Modi’in as Miryam Shafir prepares savory pies for dinner, just like her motherContinue reading ” Tuna Pie”
Crème Brûlée
“A Place at the Table” is a commemorative project that documents the favorite dishes of those lost on October 7 with the help of their families. This is the first time Maor Shalev has made crème brûlée since her best friend Raz Mizrahi was murdered on October 7, 2023. She carefully pours the crème anglaiseContinue reading “Crème Brûlée”
Chocolate Mousse Cake
Hanita Baram used to make this chocolate mousse cake for her son Aviv Baram every year on his birthday. He was tragically murdered on October 7. She shared this recipe for A Place at the Table in his memory.
Cream Puffs
This recipe was a favorite of Ayelet Katzir’s husband David Kacho Katzir who was tragically murdered on October 7.
Cheese Lasagna
Moria Bergstein shared this cheese lasagna recipe in honor of her brother-in-law Shahaf Bergstein who was murdered on October 7
Ice Box Cake with Lemon Ricotta Filling
No-bake biscuit cakes (also known as ice box cakes) are the epitome of Israeli “baking” — though there’s no actual baking involved. Instead, petit beurre (also known as tea biscuits) are softened in milk and layered in a baking dish with a creamy filling that’s typically made with whipped cream, gvina levana (a soft cheeseContinue reading “Ice Box Cake with Lemon Ricotta Filling”
Meringue Cream Cake
This layer cake with shortcrust, coffee flavored whipped cream, and meringue draped in velvety chocolate has been a staple in many Israeli homes over the past few decades
Pizza Bourekas
What is your favorite bourekas? Most Israeli children are likely to answer: pizza. The Turks would not necessarily approve of the Israeli pizza-flavored filling, but Israelis know what they like, and the pizza bourekas has become a local icon. As a hybrid created in the 1980s, it combines the best of everything — pizza tomato sauce, melting cheese, and sometimes green olives.
Labneh-Filled Fatayer With Nigella Seeds and Honey
A sweet and sour version of fatayer, these pastries are filled with labneh, honey, seasonal fruit, and nigella seeds.
Fish Shishbarak in Yogurt
These choux pastry dumplings filled with fish, and poached in warm yogurt sauce are a new approach to the classic Palestinian dish.
Nechama Rivlin’s Towering Cheesecake
Written down over decades, Nechama Rivlin’s collection of recipes has over 50 cheesecake recipes. This one’s best made a day before serving.
