Category: sephardic
Moroccan Mashed Potato Casserole for Passover (Batata bil Firan)
March 15, 2018
Today I have a great Moroccan Passover mashed potato casserole recipe to share with you. It’s basically a mashed potato kugel with Moroccan flavoring (read: it’s quite a bit more vibrant than your traditional Ashkenazi potato preparation).
An Easy Pareve Purim Main: Caveos di Aman
February 27, 2018
You may be familiar with traditional Purim goodies purporting to resemble the villainous Haman’s hat, pockets, and ears, and even depictions of his whole body in gingerbread, but how about his hair? Enter caveos di Aman.
Boyotaschen: The Ashkefardi Purim Mashup You Didn’t Know You Were Missing
February 26, 2018
It seems like savory hamantaschen are all the rage this year, and I’m throwing my hat into the ring with a truly delightful Ashkenazi-Sephardi mashup: the boyotaschen.
Two Purim Breads: Keylitsh and Boyoja Ungola di Purim
February 19, 2018
As a certified carb addict, I’ll never say no to an opportunity to bake some bread. Bread is probably not the first food you think of in association with Purim (or the second, or third), but it turns out there are a wealth of Purim bread-baking traditions in Jewish cultures worldwide.
Fritada de Espinaca
January 8, 2018
The first time I met my friend R., we got to talking about our shared love of Passover cooking. When I asked him what his favorite dishes were, he said I probably wouldn’t know then because they were Turkish. “Oh yeah?” I said. “Try me.”
Moroccan Pumpkin Soup
January 2, 2018
Pumpkin seems like the most all-American of vegetables. There’s jack-o’lanterns at Halloween, pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving, and, these days, pumpkin spice lattes all fall long. But long before the advent of the Thanksgivukkah pumpkin donut, Sephardim and Italian Jews incorporated this festive gourd into their autumnal holiday meals. At Sukkot, Bukharians eat stuffed pumpkins while […]