Jerusalem on Passover

We took a little trip to Jerusalem on Monday of Passover week. Folks who have visited the Israel Museum will recognize this horseman. Most of the Museum is closed off for renovations, but the Shrine of the Book, the replica of Solomon’s Temple and the Youth Wing, as well as part of the gardens, are [...]

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Passover Cooking: Herbed Cheese Matza Brie

I confess: I woke up this morning thinking that if I have to cook with matza or matza meal once more today, I’ll scream. Turning to my old edition of Jewish Cookery for inspiration, I find pages of Passover recipes. Page after of page of recipes based on matza!
Never mind, I won’t scream. I’ll cook [...]

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Passover Cooking: Kugel Crust for Mushroom/Leek Tart

I invented the tart on Rosh HaShannah. The family likes it, so I repeat it every so often, but for Passover of course I needed a flourless crust. Becky T. sent me this recipe, which is basically a potato kugel thinned out and pre-baked to hold its shape.
The tart made a filling side dish, having [...]

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Passover Cooking: Broccoli Kugel Without Matzah Meal

Many thanks for this tasty recipe to Mrs. S. who posted it to her own blog, Our Shiputzim, and suggested it to me privately.  It met with my family’s approval and I’ll be making it again over Pesach. It’s a real easy pleaser; a reliable vegetable dish that takes almost no trouble to make.
The recipe [...]

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Passover Cooking: Meat-Stuffed Potato Patties

I served these delicate, flavorful, crisp-skinned patties as appetizers on Shabbat. They were a hit. The few remaining ones also reheated well. Thanks to Becky T. for the idea.
Stuffed Potato Patties
about 10 patties

Ingredients:
250 grams ground beef or turkey
2  eggs
2 cloves of garlic
1/4 cup cilantro or parsley, leaves only
1 stalk of scallions
1 tsp. salt
pepper
1/2 tsp. [...]

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Passover Cooking: Garlic Chicken (or Turkey) Bites

Thanks to Mirj, of RecipeZaar fame, for this recipe.
Because I can’t leave a recipe alone, I changed a few things. Mirj’s recipe calls for chicken breasts – I used turkey fillets

because I had six frozen ones that needed to get used up. I also added seasonings. Finally, I ran out of plain matzah meal in [...]

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Passover Cooking: Spinach Soup with Roasted Garlic

Can you guys take another recipe starring garlic?
Er…it won’t be the last garlic recipe… One more, and then I’ll stop.
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Many thanks to Amy P. for contributing this dish. I took some liberties with the original recipe, which calls for vegetable stock and more garlic. I had some beef stock on hand and so used that. [...]

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Passover Cooking: Almond-Lemon Macaroons

Big thanks again to Abbi, who directed me to this recipe from NY Times Online. At her suggestion, I dipped the cooled cookies in chocolate, and skipped a long refrigeration stage included in the original instructions. They were so easy to make – I just sort of zipped it all together in between other cooking [...]

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Passover Cooking: Potato Starch Noodles

So how are everyone’s Pesach preparations going? I’ve been printing out some recipes contributed by readers and have started the cooking for the Pre-Passover Event.
To start, let me introduce these old-fashioned soup noodles. Children especially love them, but many times I’ll find grownups hovering over the plate and fishing a few out, too. If I [...]

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