Category: Jewish Recipes
The Ashkenazi kitchen was shaped by a calendar and a body of law as much as by geography. No cooking on the Sabbath produced cholent, a stew put in the oven Friday afternoon and eaten hot at Friday lunch. The Hanukkah requirement to fry in oil produced latkes and sufganiyot. Bread braided for Shabbat became challah. The constraints came first; the dishes followed.
The Ashkenazi recipes here come mostly in traditional and lighter pairs.
Soups. Matzo ball soup, and whether your kneidlach sink or float; and beet borscht, served cold with sour cream.
Main dishes. Cholent, and holishkes, sweet and sour stuffed cabbage.
Sides and appetizers. Latkes; noodle kugel, which starts arguments about sweet versus savoury; and gefilte fish, made the way it was before the jar.
Bread, breakfast and sweet. Challah; blintzes filled with farmer cheese; babka, and sufganiyot.
Background reading: schmaltz, the rendered fat much of this cooking is built on, and three borschts compared. Full menus: Shabbat and Rosh Hashanah and Hanukkah.
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Prep: 20 minutes | Cooking: about 1 hour 10 minutes | Serves: 6 | Difficulty: Easy Quick Overview Cut carrots and sweet potatoes into even chunks so they…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Serves: 8 | Two versions: Chicken Cholent and Vegetarian Cholent | Difficulty: Easy Quick Overview Soak pinto and white beans, and chickpeas for the vegetarian pot, overnight Brown…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Active time: ~30 minutes | Total time: ~13–17 hours, plus soaking the beans | Serves: 8 | Difficulty: Easy Quick Overview Soak pinto and white beans overnight Brown…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Active time: ~1 hour | Total time: ~3 hours (including two rises) | Serves: 9 (about 18 doughnuts, 2 per serving) | Difficulty: Moderate Quick Overview Make a…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Active time: ~1 hour | Total time: ~3 hours (including two rises) | Serves: 9 (about 18 doughnuts, 2 per serving) | Difficulty: Moderate Quick Overview Bloom the…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Active time: ~40 minutes | Total time: ~4 hours (including rising and cooling) | Serves: 20 (2 loaves, 10 slices each) | Difficulty: Moderate Quick Overview Replace half…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Active time: ~40 minutes | Total time: ~4 hours (including rising and cooling) | Serves: 20 (2 loaves, 10 slices each) | Difficulty: Moderate Quick Overview Bloom yeast…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Prep: ~1 hour | Cooking: 2–2½ hours | Serves: 6–8 | Makes: approximately 16–18 rolls | Difficulty: Intermediate Quick Overview Prepare the cabbage exactly as in the traditional…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Prep: ~1 hour | Cooking: 2–2½ hours | Serves: 6–8 | Makes: approximately 16–18 rolls | Difficulty: Intermediate Quick Overview Soften a head of cabbage by freezing and…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Traditional Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Active time: ~1 hour | Total time: ~3 hours, plus chilling overnight | Serves: 8 | Difficulty: Medium Quick Overview Simmer the fish heads and bones with…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Active time: ~20 minutes | Total time: ~1 hour 20 minutes, plus chilling if served cold | Serves: 6 | Difficulty: Easy Quick Overview Peel the beets, cut…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Active time: ~30 minutes | Total time: ~55 minutes | Serves: 4–5 (about 12 patties) | Difficulty: Easy Quick Overview Grate potatoes, zucchini and onion; squeeze hard and…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Active time: ~35 minutes | Total time: ~45 minutes | Serves: 4–5 (about 16–18 pancakes) | Difficulty: Easy Quick Overview Grate the potatoes and onion on the large…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Active time: ~45 minutes | Total time: ~4 hours, plus chilling the broth overnight | Serves: 8 | Difficulty: Medium Quick Overview Simmer a whole chicken with carrots,…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Active time: ~30 minutes | Total time: ~1¾ hours | Serves: 10 | Difficulty: Easy Quick Overview Boil whole wheat egg noodles until just tender Blend half the…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Active time: ~30 minutes | Total time: ~1¾ hours | Serves: 10 | Difficulty: Easy Quick Overview Boil wide egg noodles until just tender Whisk eggs, cottage cheese,…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Active time: ~40 minutes | Total time: ~4½ hours (including rising) | Serves: 16 (2 loaves) | Difficulty: Moderate Quick Overview Replace half the all-purpose flour with white…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Active time: ~40 minutes | Total time: ~4 hours (including rising) | Serves: 16 (2 loaves) | Difficulty: Moderate Quick Overview Start the yeast in lukewarm water with…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Active time: ~45 minutes | Total time: ~1 hour 20 minutes, plus draining the cheese | Serves: 6 (about 12 blintzes, 2 per serving) | Difficulty: Moderate Quick…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Active time: ~45 minutes | Total time: ~1¼ hours (including resting the batter) | Serves: 6 (about 12 blintzes, 2 per serving) | Difficulty: Moderate Quick Overview Whisk…
