Holidays
Pesach Recipes – Chocolate Caramel Brickle
Tuesday, March 1st, 2011Pesach Brickle (thanks to Delores Gross who calls it a Pitzel Brickel, with slight variations by Barbara Kline)
Preheat oven to 375 degrees
Ingredients:
Matzah
1 C butter
1 C brown sugar
Almonds – whole or chopped coarsely
2 packages Kosher l’Pesach semi-sweet chocolate and 2 packages milk chocolate chips
Grease a cookie pan with butter. Cover the pan with a layer of [...]
Pesach Recipes – Middle Eastern Lamb Kubeh
Tuesday, March 1st, 2011Barbara Kline’s Kubeh
Ingredients:
Ground lamb
Finely chopped onion
Finely chopped garlic
Salt
Pepper
Paprika
Cumin
Turmeric
1 egg
1 recipe of matzah ball mixture adding chopped parsley and ginger
All of the seasonings are to-taste. We make it quite spicy. Make matzah ball dough and refrigerate for at least one hour. Mix together the lamb and the following eight ingredients. Form a ball with the matzah [...]
Pesach Recipes – Spinach and Edam Cheese Souffle
Tuesday, March 1st, 2011Pesach Souffle (thanks to Edna Cohen)
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
Ingredients:
6 eggs, separated
1 lb spinach
1/2 lb edam cheese, sliced
1 lb cottage cheese
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg (or to taste)
matzah
Butter the inside of a soufflé dish and cover the bottom with a double layer of matzah.
Plunge spinach into boiling water and remove almost immediately, squeezing some of [...]
Pesach Recipe – Seven Layer Chocoalte Matzah Cake
Tuesday, March 1st, 2011*This is an amazing cake. One year, when I was a child, I practically poisoned myself with chocolate matzah cake I ate so much of it. ENJOY!
Seven Layer Matzah Cake
1/2 lb semi sweet chocolate
1 tblsp unsalted butter
1/2 lb or 1 jar raspberry jam without seeds (can also use marmalade)
2 eggs
2 tblsp brandy
3/4 C white wine [...]
Afikomen
Tuesday, March 1st, 2011A-fi-KO-men is actually a Greek word for “dessert.” During the Seder, we take one of the three matzot on the Seder plate and crack it in half. This is the “Ya-chatz” step in the 14 parts of the Seder. (Which makes for a very fun karate chop, “YA-chatz!!”) The larger half of the matzah is [...]
Chametz
Tuesday, March 1st, 2011Cha-METZ literally means “leavened.” Preparing for Pesach includes removing all of the chametz from your home. The laws of Torah tell us that we’re not to eat, own, or benefit from chametz during the festival holiday of Pesach. In Ashkenazic households, chametz includes grains as well as legumes. There’s a tradition of selling your chametz [...]
Recipe for the best Challah ever.
Monday, May 10th, 2010Barbara Kline’s Challah
This makes 2 small/medium size challahs. I find that it’s usually enough for 4-6 people.
First, make the yeast “sponge”
1/2 tumbler size glass hot water
1 tbls. yeast (or 1 envelope) regular not rapid rise
1 tbls. sugar
Stir together and let it do its thing while you combine the other ingredients.
Next, In large mixing bowl, combine:
4 [...]
Tashlich
Saturday, August 1st, 2009TASH-lich means cast or throw away.
Tashlich is a tradition that takes place on or shortly after Rosh Hashanah. We visit a river, stream, or any body of water and symbolically cast away our sins. We toss bread crumbs into the water and ask God to have compassion upon us.
Chait
Saturday, August 1st, 2009CHAIT literally means missing the mark.
Click here for a Hebrew Vocabulary Coloring Page
T’shuvah
Saturday, August 1st, 2009T’shu-VAH means repentence or returning. Return to being at One with ourselves and with God. According to Halacha, if you commit a cheyt, you can be forgiven if you do t’shuvah which includes:
1. Stop whatever it is that you are doing/have done!
2. Feel remorse for your actions
3. Appologize to whomever you’ve hurt and confess before [...]
