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Dairy dishes

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Dairy dishes

Knafeh

A dairy knafeh with kadaif pastry, goat cheese, dried apricots and pistachios, finished with rosewater syrup. Recipe by Michael Axelrod.

Quick Chocolate Cake with Sour Cream Frosting

A simple yet surprisingly delicious cake. I used 1/3 less sugar in both the batter and the frosting (it's still plenty sweet for my taste). It's best to use 20% sour cream; with 15%, the frosting is…

Simple Mandarin Orange Cake

This mandarin orange cake is wonderful, above all, for its simplicity. So, working mothers, young wives, children interested in experimenting in the kitchen, and other amateur cooks, take note! Ingre…

Tender Cottage Cheese Bake

A cottage cheese bake is a recipe in the "healthy baking" category! It comes out very tender and delicious, and berries or dried fruit give it a "twist" ;-) Ingredients gvina levana - 750 g eggs - 3…

Baked Curd Cheese Sufganiyot

Of course, this is not a recipe for classic sufganiyot—it is more like curd cheese muffins. But if you are looking for a lighter recipe with only a little oil, this is the perfect option :) You will…

American Doughnuts

American doughnuts—delicious and beautifully decorated—have become firmly established in Hanukkah cuisine and are now one of the symbols of the holiday, alongside classic sufganiyot and dreidel spinn…

Pancakes Made from "Leftovers"

Our pancakes are almost always made from "goodies." Soured plant-based milk and fermented goat's milk yogurt are just the thing: they make excellent bubbles. When we don't have any on hand, we can ad…

Stollen

For our family's "Mazel Tov," I decided to bake something new and not overly sweet. I found a recipe for stollen and baked it yesterday... and it is so delicious! The recipe may seem complicated, but…

Hot Chocolate with Cognac

Winter is coming around again—and with it, time to add to our collection of hot chocolate recipes! After all, what could be more pleasant than a cup of fragrant hot chocolate on a chilly, rainy day?…