Find Everything on Asif Archives about Jewish Cuisine

Kreplach (Jewish dumplings) soup with clear broth, carrots and zucchini — Photo by Tal SIvan Ziporin

Chicken Soup With Kreplach

Hagit Bilia, who is more known as Liza Panelim, shares her aunt’s recipe for chicken soup with kreplach.

Zom soup in white bowl with dot of harissa on top

Zom (Yemenite Yogurt Soup)

This Yemenite yogurt soup comes together quickly, making it an ideal recipe for a quick weeknight meal or to break the Yom Kippur fast.

Jewish Cuisine, Soup, Vegetarian, Winter, Yom Kippur

Persian meatballs made with rice in large dutch oven with chunks of carrots, onions, and prunes

Shifteh Berenji (Persian Soup with Prune-Stuffed Meatballs)

Chef Ayala Hodak’s recipes for shifteh berenji, a meatball-laden soup, brings together Persian limes, bunches of fresh herbs, and prunes.

Jewish Cuisine, Meat, Persian Cooking, Rosh Hashana, Soup, Winter, Yom Kippur

Honey Cake

This honey cake from New York baker Zoe Kanan is best made a few days before the holiday. The extra time allows the flavors to come together.

Baking, Dessert, Jewish Cuisine, Rosh Hashana, Vegetarian

Onion Mahshi (Onions Stuffed With Beef and Rice)

Stuffing onion sleeves requires practice and patience but the reward is well worth it. This recipe comes from a Lebanese Jewish family.

Jewish Cuisine, Meat, Rosh Hashana, Winter

Zucchini stuffed with meat and rice on red oval plate

Zucchini Mahshi (Zucchini Stuffed With Beef and Rice)

In this recipe, small zucchini are stuffed with beef and arborio rice and then cooked in a tangy lemon and pomegranate sauce.

Jewish Cuisine, Meat

Plum Tart

This plum tart recipe from award-winning cookbook author Joan Nathan makes the most of the short period when Italian plums are in season.

Baking, Dessert, Jewish Cuisine, Rosh Hashana, Vegetarian

Ingriye (Eggplant With Tomatoes and Beef)

This layered dish of roasted eggplant, tomato, and beef comes from a Iraqi-Jewish cook Annabel Rabiya.

Jewish Cuisine, Rosh Hashana, Vegetarian

Apple and challah bread pudding in oval baking dish

Apple and Date Challah Bread Pudding

This bread pudding from chef Einat Admony brings together two classic Rosh Hashanah flavors, apples and dates, in one dessert.

Baking, Bread, Dessert, Jewish Cuisine, Rosh Hashana, Vegetarian, Winter

Kurdish stuffed hand pies are served on a white ceramic platter next to bowls of olives and yogurt sauce — Photography by Armando Rafael and food styling by Judy Haubert

Alon Hadar’s recipe for a stuffed bread filled with cheese that honors the tradition of eating dairy-laden dishes on Shavuot. The kadeh “was the queen on the table,” says Alon, served alongside a rich yogurt sauce called zijik that’s made with fresh purslane. This recipe, which adds spinach to the filling, is Alon’s riff on the kadeh his grandmother made.

Jewish Cuisine, Shavuot, Vegetarian

Ravioli or calzones with tomato sauce sit atop a white and blue ceramic plate — Photo by Penny De Los Santos

Calsones (Cheese Ravioli)

In the spring, tables in Safed and Tiberias are set with calsones — pronounced caltzones — ravioli-like pockets stuffed with locally-made sheep’s milk cheese called tzfatit.

Jewish Cuisine, Shavuot, Vegetarian

White bowl of chicken soup with dumplings and chunks of root vegetables sits atop brown tablecloth — Photo by Jewish Food Society

Hen Soup with Galuska Dumplings

Growing up on a homestead in northern Minnesota, Julia Silverberg Nemeth’s family had chicken soup every Friday. The recipe hinted at a secret her family kept from her — she was Jewish.

Chicken, Jewish Cuisine, Soup, Winter

Blue and white plate with Hungarian dumplings tossed the poppyseeds — Photo by Jewish Food Sociery

Mákos Nudli (Sweet Hungarian Poppy Seed Pasta)

Julia Silverberg Nemeth’s mother mother never shared with her that she was Jewish — and a Holocaust survivor. Her recipes, like this one, left clues.

Dessert, Jewish Cuisine, Shavuot

Dome-shaped doughnut topped with apricot jam sits atop blue plate on brown tablecloth — Photo by Jewish Food Society

Fánk (Donuts with Apricot Jam)

Charoset recipes vary both by region and from house to house. This Persian version is made with bananas, apples, pears, dates, and nuts.

Dessert, Jewish Cuisine

Orange sponge cake atop a floral, pink tablecloth — Pan d’Espanya (Orange Sponge Cake). Photo by Armando Rafael.

Pan d’Espanya (Orange Sponge Cake)

In a Sephardic community in Zimbabwe, this orange cake is served alongside other sweets at “mesas d’alegria” or tables of happiness.

Dessert, Jewish Cuisine

Four types of Iraqi Purim pastries on a large white plate — Iraqi Purim Pastries. Photo by Dor Malka.

Hadji Bada (Iraqi Coconut Cookies)

These simple three-ingredient cookies take less than an hour to make from start to finish. Pair them with tea.

Dessert, Jewish Cuisine

Glass bowl of almond and sesame brittle — Boulukunio (Almond and Sesame Brittle). Photo by Armando Rafael.

Boulukunio (Almond and Sesame Brittle)

This version of almond and sesame seed brittle is an ancient recipe that dates back generations from the home cooks of medieval Spain

Dessert, Jewish Cuisine

Decorative plate of shortbread cookies — Menenas (Shortbread Cookies With Dates and Walnuts). Photo by Armando Rafael.

Menenas (Shortbread Cookies With Dates and Walnuts)

Dates and walnuts are tucked into these shortbread cookies which are decorated by hand or made with elaborate wooden molds.

Dessert, Jewish Cuisine

Basic Dough for Iraqi Purim Pastries

This dough can be used to make three pastries for an Iraqi Purim celebration: cheese sambusak, date-filled cookies and ka’akat.

Dessert, Jewish Cuisine

B’ab’e B’Tamer (Iraqi Date-Filled Cookies)

These date-filled cookies are part of an annual Purim party in Ayelet Izraeli’s family, a tradition that came with her grandmother.

Dessert, Jewish Cuisine

Cheese-filled pastries on a blue and white plate — Cheese Sambusak. Photo by Dor Malka.

Cheese Sambusak

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.

Baking, Jewish Cuisine, Purim, Shavuot

Slices of marzipan on a pink glass plate alongside small cup of tea

Marzipan (Masapan)

This recipe has notes of pine that come from a tree resin called mastic, which can be found online and in select grocery stores.

Dessert, Jewish Cuisine, Passover

White plate of hamantaschen cookies next to cups of tea — Yeasted Hamantaschen With Poppy Seed Filling. Photo by Armando Rafael.

Yeasted Hamantaschen With Poppy Seed Filling

This Purim recipe for yeasted hamantaschen filled with poppy seed paste was nearly lost to the Soviet era.

Baking, Dessert, Jewish Cuisine, Purim

plates of hamantaschen cookies next to cups of coffee — Hamantaschen With Date Filling. Photo by Penny De Los Santos.

Hamantaschen With Date Filling

These golden and flaky hamantaschen from New York’s Orient Country Store are filled with a homemade date jam that’s infused with vanilla.

Baking, Dessert, Jewish Cuisine, Purim

Persian fried kibbeh on a blue plate with a bowl of sauce and lemons — Miriam Persi’s Fried Kubbeh. Photo by Dave Katz.

Fried Kubbeh

These fried and crunchy snacks are popular across the Levant. This recipe can be made in advance and stored in the freezer.

Jewish Cuisine, Kubbeh

Beef Kubbeh and Fasoulia Stew on a lavishly decorated table — Beef Kubbeh and Fasoulia Stew. Photo by Armando Raphael.

Beef Kubbeh and Green Bean Soup

Kubbeh are plunged into a soup made with green beans and dried lime in this recipe from Iraqi-American cook Annabel Rabiyah.

Jewish Cuisine, Kubbeh, Meat

Large casserole dish of kubbeh alongside a plate of salsa and avocado — Kubbeh Charoleh (Baked Kubbeh). Photo by Penny De Los Santos.

Kibbeh Charola (Baked Kibbeh)

In this Syrian-Mexican family, bulgur and beef kibbeh is served with tahini, avocado, and salsa cruda at Shabbat lunch.

Jewish Cuisine, Kubbeh, Meat

Beet kubbeh soup in a white bowl — Beet broth kubbeh. Photo by: Matan Choufan.

Kubbeh Selek (Beet Broth Kubbeh)

In Iraqi and Syrian Jewish communities, a cook’s skills were once judged by her kubbeh, which are also called kibbeh, kubba, and kobeba.

Jewish Cuisine, Kubbeh

Passover Kibbeh Hamdah (Sour Meatball Soup)

This kosher for Passover rendition of kibbeh (also known as kubbeh), replaces the common semolina exterior with ground meat and rice.

Jewish Cuisine, Kubbeh, Passover, Syrian Cooking

Woman holding bowl of kubbeh hamusta and silver spoon — Kibbeh noo’ah (Kubbeh Hamusta with Kardi). Photo by Shani Brill.

Kubbeh Noo’ah (Kubbeh Hamusta With Arum)

This recipe is an intriguing combination ancient culinary traditions, seasonality, and the meticulousness of a chef.

Jewish Cuisine, Kubbeh, Winter

Large bowl of meat-filled potato dumplings called patata jaab — Patata Jaab (potato kibbeh). Photo by Shani Brill.

Patata Jaab (Potato Kubbeh)

This kubbeh is commonly found in Iraqi Jewish kitchens, especially during Passover, as it uses potatoes instead of bulgur wheat.

Jewish Cuisine, Kubbeh, Passover

Chicken and bucatini hamin on a brass platter atop a colorful tablecloth — Photography: Dan Peretz, Styling: Nurit Kariv

The Jewish Kitchen of Jerusalem in Modern History

Writer Shmil Holland explores how immigration patterns, modernization, and more helped shape the Jewish kitchen of Jerusalem.

Jerusalem, Jewish Cuisine

Milanase Latkes topped with stracchino — Milanese Latkes. Photo by Penny De Los Santos.

Milanese Latkes

Lorenza Pintar’s family serves these latkes with a creamy sour Italian cheese called stracchino.

Hanukkah, Jewish Cuisine, Latkes, Potato, Vegetarian

Russian “Latkes” with Smoked White Sturgeon and Potato Cakes with Horseradish Sour Cream — Russian “Latkes” – Smoked White Sturgeon and Potato Cakes with Horseradish Sour Cream.

Russian “Latkes” – Smoked White Sturgeon and Potato Cakes with Horseradish Sour Cream

New York City-based chef Sasha Shor balances potato cubes with chunks of smoked white sturgeon in this recipe for decadent “Russian Latkes.”

Hanukkah, Jewish Cuisine, Latkes, Potato, Russian

Latkes on a cooling rack — Adam Zolot’s Latkes. Photo By Dave Katz.

Adam Zolot’s Latkes

In the winters, Adam Zolot used to call the corner of the Jersey shore where he grew up “Hanukkah Heights.” There were always latkes.

Hanukkah, Jewish Cuisine, Latkes, Potato

Latkes topped with braised beef and onions on a white plate

Latkes with Short Ribs

Elizaveta Vigonskaia, who recalls times when there was little or no food, now celebrates Hanukkah with these decade latkes.

Hanukkah, Jewish Cuisine, Jewish-Ukrainian, Latkes, Meat, Potato

Oven-Baked Sweet Potato Latkes

White potatoes are swapped out for their sweeter counterparts in this updated latke recipe with a healthy twist.

Hanukkah, Jewish Cuisine, Latkes, New York, Sweet Potato

Bowl of chicken soup with kreplach, or meat-filled dumplings. — Photo by Penny De Los Santos

Kreplach (Chicken and Liver Dumplings)

This recipe can be served in chicken broth or fried with onions. To make it ahead of time, prepare the filling a day or two in advance and store it in the refrigerator.

Chicken, Jewish Cuisine, Yom Kippur