Category Archives: Sephardi Recipes
Date Power Bars Recipe
Posted on 15th of September, 2010 by Lévana
Have you ever taken the time to read the ingredient list in some commercial brands of granola bars? I am sorry to say they are not the healthy snacks they are cracked up to be. By contrast, just look at this lineup of ingredients: Why even bother shopping for snacks,...
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Filed under: Breaking The Fast Recipes, Date Bar Recipes, Date Nut Bar Recipes, Dessert Recipes, Gluten Free Recipes, Pareve Recipes, Power Bar Recipes, Sephardi Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes
Moroccan Fishballs in Lemon Sauce Recipe
Posted on 25th of August, 2010 by Lévana
Picture Courtesy of Masterfile.com Our Moroccan answer to Gefilte Fish, easy, fragrant, zippy and delicious. No problem making this recipe substituting ground beef, turkey, bison or lamb, and proceeding exactly as instructed below. Ingredients: Cooking liquid: 2 tablespoons oil Good pinch saffron threads 1 teaspoon turmeric 3 cups water Fish...
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Filed under: Bread Recipes, Fish Recipes, Gluten Free Recipes, Kosher Fish Recipes, Kosher Food, Moroccan Recipes, Pareve Recipes, Saffron Recipes, Sephardi Recipes
Lamb and Pine Nut-Stuffed Grape Leaves Recipe
Posted on 18th of August, 2010 by Lévana
This treat might cure you of all misguided urges you might have to open a can and find a dozen insipid ready-to-eat grape leave rolls: Instead, spend a few minutes on the preparation of these fabulous gems, and enjoy them with family and friends! You can stuff the leaves with...
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Filed under: Gluten Free Recipes, Grape Leaves Recipes, Kosher Food, Kosher for Passover Recipes, Kosher Ingredients, Kosher Recipes, Lamb recipes, Meat Recipes, Moroccan Recipes, Recipes, Sephardi Recipes
Semolina Almond Cake Recipe. With Gluten-Free Variation
Posted on 11th of August, 2010 by Lévana
This improbable ingredient combination results in an incredibly moist and fragrant cake. It is important to use a shallow mold here, like a pie plate, no higher than 2 inches high, so the syrup that is poured at the end of baking reaches all the way to the bottom. Those...
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Filed under: Almond Recipes, Cake Recipes, Dessert Recipes, Gluten Free Recipes, Kosher Recipes, Moroccan Recipes, Pareve Recipes, Sephardi Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes
Makrod: Semolina Date Pastry Recipe. Gluten-Free Friendly
Posted on 22nd of April, 2010 by Lévana
I have always rather neglected this wonderful treat, as the traditional preparation requires frying, my nemesis: I don’t think I have more than a handful of fried dishes in my whole repertoire. But I tweaked the recipe to do my bidding as a baked, not fried, treat, and the result...
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Filed under: Dessert Recipes, Gluten Free Recipes, Gluten-Free Dessert Recipes, Kosher Recipes, Moroccan Recipes, Pareve Recipes, Recipes, Sephardi Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes
Planning the Perfect Passover Seder Menu: Complete with Recipes. Non-Gebroks
Posted on 20th of March, 2010 by Lévana
I grew up in a very modest household, but I remember fabulous food at every meal at my home, especially on Pessach. So much so that, fast forward more years than I care to admit, I actually wait for that time of year to showcase my culinary stars. So, what’s...
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Filed under: Artichoke Bottoms Recipes, Beef Recipes, Beets Recipes, Brussels Sprouts Recipes, Cabbage recipes, Cake Recipes, Celery Root Recipes, Chestnut Recipes, Chicken Recipes, Chocolate Cake Recipes, Chocolate Recipes, Coconut Recipes, Fennel Recipes, Gluten Free Recipes, Gluten-Free Dessert Recipes, Jewish Holiday Recipes, Jewish Recipes, Kosher Fish Recipes, Kosher Food, Kosher for Passover Recipes, Kosher Ingredients, Kosher Natural Foods, Kosher Recipes, Kosher Whole Foods Recipes, Lamb recipes, Macaron Recipes, main dishes, Meat Recipes, Moroccan Recipes, Natural Foods Recipes, Non Gebroks Recipes, Pareve Cake Recipes, Pareve Recipes, Passover Desserts Recipes, Passover menus, Passover Planning, Passover Recipes, Portobello Recipes, Quinoa Recipes, Recipes, Saffron Recipes, Salad Recipes, Seder Menus, Seder Recipes, Sephardi Recipes, Sephardi Soup Recipes, Soup Recipes, Tajines Recipes, Terrine Recipes, Vegetable Terrine Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes, Walnuts Recipes
Lamb Shanks with Artichokes and Mushrooms Recipe
Posted on 19th of March, 2010 by Lévana
Lamb shanks are one of the most ideal cuts of the lamb: Lean, tender, low maintenance, and best of all, very well priced! And I love their rustic, unpretentious look making your homemade dish look ….. homemade. The bones in the shanks contribute a succulent gelatinous texture. I am making...
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Filed under: Artichoke Hearts Recipes, Gluten Free Recipes, Kosher for Passover Recipes, Kosher Recipes, Lamb recipes, Meat Recipes, Moroccan Recipes, Mushroom Recipes, Passover Recipes, Saffron Recipes, Sephardi Recipes
Beef Tajine with Lemon Oregano Sauce Recipe
Posted on 19th of March, 2010 by Lévana
If my upcoming cookbook is endowed with so many wonderful recipes, you have my daughter Bella to thank almost as well as me: While I was writing this book, she would call me regularly and ask me with great urgency if I thought of including this or that dish. (“Mommy,...
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Filed under: Gluten Free Recipes, Kosher for Passover Recipes, Kosher Recipes, Meat Recipes, Moroccan Food, Moroccan Recipes, Recipes, Sephardi Recipes
Baked Salmon Moroccan Style Recipe
Posted on 19th of March, 2010 by Lévana
After including so many goodies in your salmon, no need to worry about side dishes: It’s all in! The trick with this dish is to make sure the vegetables are sliced very thin so they cook as fast as the fish. Make sure you don’t pile the vegetables too high...
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Filed under: Fish Recipes, Gluten Free Recipes, Kosher for Passover Recipes, Kosher Recipes, Moroccan Recipes, Pareve Recipes, Passover Recipes, Salmon Recipes, Sephardi Recipes
Baked Snapper in Sweet and Sour Sauce Recipe
Posted on 19th of March, 2010 by Lévana
I think you can tell: I am crazy about our Sephardi fish dishes: Glorious in their simplicity and their flavor pairings. Ingredients: 1/4 cup olive oil 1 medium onion, chopped 1 large tomato, peeled, seeded and diced small 1/4 cup wine vinegar 1/3 cup black or golden raisins 2 tablespoons...
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Filed under: Fish Recipes, Gluten Free Recipes, Kosher for Passover Recipes, Kosher Recipes, Moroccan Recipes, Pareve Recipes, Passover Recipes, Recipes, Sephardi Recipes
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