Fava Bean Soup (Bessara) Recipe. Iced Variation
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Fava Bean Soup (Bessara) Recipe. Iced Variation

Fava Bean Soup This is a funky and much beloved Moroccan classic, called Bessara. Fava Bean Soup soup costs pennies It also takes no time to make, but it tastes like a million bucks, much more seductive than the sum of its modest parts.…
Honey cake
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Honey Cake Recipe. Gluten-Free Adaptation Included

Honey Cake: Rosh Hashanah couldn't be too far off. It is to the High Holidays what latkas are to Chanukah. This honey cake is for keeps! I actually succeed in turning quite a few people on to my honey cake. It is moist and spicy and easy…
fishballs
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Moroccan Fishballs in Lemon Sauce Recipe. All Variations

Fishballs Moroccan Style: They are our Moroccan/Sephardi answer to Gefilte Fish, easy, fragrant, zippy and delicious. No problem using this exact fishballs recipe using meat or poultry: Simply substitute ground beef, chicken, turkey, or…
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Lamb and Pine Nut-Stuffed Grape Leaves Recipe

These stuffed grape leaves are a real treat, and might cure you of all misguided urges you might have to open a can and find a dozen insipid ready-to-eat grape leaves. Instead, spend a few minutes on the preparation of these fabulous gems, and…
Semolina almond cake
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Semolina Almond Cake Recipe. Gluten-Free Variation

Semolina Almond Cake It is a delightful Sephardi/Moroccan dessert classic made from semolina and almonds, and soaked in a lemon syrup. It goes by some other, fun names in Sephardi Kitchens: Basbusa, Tishpishti. The idea is the same in…
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Pumpkin Chestnut Mousse Recipe. Gluten-Free

Pumpkin Chestnut Mousse Does pumpkin with red beans and chestnuts sound funky enough for you? The best part is, no, make that the best parts are: No cooking, delicious, and nutritious enough to be much more than dessert, indeed part…
frozen chocolate coconut cake
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Frozen Chocolate Coconut Cake Recipe

Frozen Chocolate Coconut Cake Killer dessert., seriously. I don’t even care what season it is, I don’t hesitate to whip it up anytime, for any occasion. I developed this wonderful dessert to accommodate Kosher Keepers, who can't have…
levana-cooks-tilapia-niçoise-en-papillotte
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Fish en Papillote Recipe

Fish en Papillote Fish en Papillote is a neatly packaged meal. Only, not that kind of a package! Enclosing the fish and its toppings in foil, parchment or wax paper seals in all its flavors. The package acts as a mini pressure cooker.…
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Mock Crab Pasta Salad Recipe

This Mock Crab Pasta Salad includes many of my favorite summer flavors! The only cooking that goes on in this dish is boiling water to soak the pasta. Mock Crab is easily available in the freezer section of your supermarket, and is all natural.…
panzanella
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Panzanella Recipe

The cute name Panzanella comes from the Italian word “pan”, which means bread. Panzanella is loaded with bright flavors and fragrant herbs like mint and basil. The ideal leftover dish, as it is made from 2-to-3-day-old bread. Gluten-free…
Gazpacho
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Gazpacho Recipe

Gazpacho   I don't think you'll be rolling your eyes and saying "Huh? AGAIN?" after you taste mine. I have a couple wonderful secret ingredients that do wonders with this perennial favorite: Watercress, and capers. They add a…
Fresh Peas soup
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Chilled Minted Fresh Pea Soup Recipe

Fresh Pea Soup   A delightful summer soup: bright green, light and deeply flavored. In my humble opinion, we are not paying enough attention to the wonderful possibilities of fresh peas. Often, fresh peas are demurely located…