We’ve gathered several semolina dessert recipes including the ancient prototype of the cake called ma’amuniya, which is essentially a sweet semolina porridge, and the iconic basbousa cake recipe from Machneyuda.
Chebakia are fried cookies made from thin strips of dough, dipped in sticky sugar syrup.
The cake, which comes from Turkey and whose name translates to “quick cake,” was too sticky to move from one tray to another.
Dr. Uri Mayer-Chissik analyzing the current situation and looking at shifts in agriculture, consumption habits, food security, and more
In this collection, you will find our favorite Shavuot recipes including a no-bake icebox cake, a burnished cheesecake, cheese sambusak, Sephardi calsones (cheese ravioli), Kurdish cheese-filled bread, an easy egg and cheese casserole, and more.
Ben Harush uses poppy seeds and finishes the crepes in a brandy-citrus sauce like the French classic Crepe suzette.
Anyone who has tried poppy seed paste made from freshly ground seeds can attest that it’s nutty, delicious, and worthy of celebration
recipe for flaky shortbread squares topped with a poppy seed filling, subtly seasoned with lemon zest
Rather than the traditional poppy seed hamantaschen, Tosha Bakery celebrates the holiday with a festive poppy tart.
From Medieval Jewish communities to moshav Beer Tuvia of the 1960s, journalist Asaf Abir retraces the route of poppy seeds — and their relation to Purim.
In contrast to typical yeast-risen cakes with leavened dough, the thin Presburger dough allows the filling to take center stage
This recipe for rolled shortbread cookies filled with dates and nuts comes from Etti Yana from Kiryat Shmona. The versatile dough can also be stuffed with a filling of your choice).
This delicacy, often served during holidays and special occasions, is renowned for its rich flavors and indulgent texture
A dessert made of small knots of dough boiled in honey, teiglach is often served on Rosh Hashanah as a nod to a sweet new year
This dough is made with oil and can be rolled out as soon as it comes together. Serve these cookies with tea.
These savory pastries are part of an elaborate Iraqi Purim spread. Pair them with tea and date-filled cookies called b’ab’e b’tamer.
This Purim recipe for yeasted hamantaschen filled with poppy seed paste was nearly lost to the Soviet era.
These golden and flaky hamantaschen from New York’s Orient Country Store are filled with a homemade date jam that’s infused with vanilla.
