Shoulder Lamb Chops
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Lamb Chops in Wine Mustard Sauce Recipe.

Lamb Chops on a Stovetop There’s nothing we Sephardis don’t do with lamb: burgers, soup, stew The flavor is so intense, a little goes a long way. Just a pound or so will flavor a whole pot full of soup. Now that's a departure…
chestnut soup
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Chestnut Soup Recipe. Vegetarian. Gluten-Free

This Chestnut Soup is now a big star at my house and beyond, and not just on Passover but all year round. Hard to believe my chestnut soup was a product of totally "unplanned parenthood", just from trying to mix and match some goodies at the…
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Maple Halva Mousse with Pistachios Recipe. Gluten-Free

Halva Mousse This is one of my own Halva Addiction Solutions! Like many of us halva lovers, I dread the amount of sugar contained in the commercial treat. But the good news is (halva lovers are you listening? I'm talking to you!) it is…
Lemon Coconut Mousse
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Lemon Coconut Mousse. Pie Variation

Lemon Coconut Mousse: Another treat born of good flavor matchmaking! You just need to be a lemon lover, and a coconut lover. Sounds good to me! Lemon Coconut Mousse is gluten-free too boot! In my catering days I have used unflavored kosher…
sardine spread
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Sardine Spread Recipe. Hand Roll Variation

Sardine Spread   Also called sardine rillettes. Sardines are to Mediterraneans what tuna is to most Americans. You say tuna, I say sardines. The city of Safi in Morocco has the largest sardine port in the world. And we grew up…
pickled beets
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Quick Pickled Beets Recipe

Pickled beets: You will eat your beets more often! It is unfortunate that in America, beets invariably conjure up loaded remarks about, uhmmm, never mind . . . I am always looking for ways to sneak beets in: I include them in places where…
chocolate chip oatmeal cookies
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Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies Recipe. All Adaptations

Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies: Hide them well! My recipe is directly inspired from my original "mother" oatmeal cookie recipe, which I developed for my latest cookbook:  This is just one of the many variations I have included. I'm a total…
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Steak Salad Recipe. All Variations

A great Steak Salad starts with a great cut of meat. There are quite a few steak salad recipes out there you could play with (Asian, Latin, French etc), all delicious. The following Steak Salad is one of my favorite, a sort of take-off…
Chicken Dried Fruit
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Rice Dried Fruit Chicken Tajine Recipe

Rice Chicken Dried Fruit Tajine This dish gloriously showcases our Moroccan Cuisine. Sephardis are great fans of dried fruit in their dishes. This wonderful Rice Dry Fruit Chicken Tajine will easily explain why. Here's one more! You…
Tricolor Fish Terrine Recipe with Vegetarian Variation
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Tricolor Fish Terrine Recipe. Vegetarian Variation

With Fish Terrine, you will create a sensation! The dramatic layered presentation will make you look like a professional chef, without too much hard work. You will enjoy the freedom fish terrine gives you on party day, as you can make…
nappa cabbage
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Asian Beef Shiitake Nappa Cabbage Salad Recipe

Nappa cabbage plays a much larger role than it usually does a salad. In this dish, nappa cabbage gets equal time with the beef and makes a wonderful main course. My children make this beef nappa cabbage salad  quite often for Shabbos, and…
kumquat
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Kumquat Recipes: Salsa, Meat Sauce and More

Kumquat growing in your backyard? This is the lovely sight we were treated to recently. We were invited at a Shabbos lunch in Jerusalem, and our hosts had a kumquat tree brimming with beautiful and fragrant fruit growing in their backyard.…