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Kate’s Plum Torte

December 28, 2012

Author: Lauren Gordon

 

 

Ingredients

1/4 lb (1 stick) butter, softened

3/4 cup plus 1 Tbsp sugar

1 cup unbleached flour

1 tsp baking powder

2 eggs

pinch of salt

6-8 plums, or apples, or fruit, sliced or split in half

1tsp cinnamon or more, to taste

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Cream butter and 3/4 cup sugar. Add flour, baking powder, eggs and salt and mix well. Spoon batter into an ungreased 9″ or 10″ springform pan. Cover the batter with fruit. Mix the cinnamon with the remained sugar and sprinkle over the top. Bake 40-50 minutes until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove and let cool.

 

Bubbie’s Hamantaschen

July 28, 2014

Author: Anne Samachson

 

 

 

Ingredients:

Sugar cookie dough

strawberry preserves

mohn (Poppy)

lekvar (Prune or apricot butter)

Directions:

Roll dough until thin

Cut in circles with overturned glass

Put tablespoon of filling in circle

Fold and bake

Eat! You’re too skinny!

 

 

Halloumi Peach Salad: A Summer Favorite of Ema’s

July 28, 2014

Author: Sasha Gayle-Schneider

 

 

Summer nights on the grill never tasted so good! Starting Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day, my Ema has fired up the grill and put me to work as her sous-chef. Using the holy land’s favorites: halloumi cheese and Israeli salad, and brought it to our humble table in New York City and added a sweet surprise.

Ingredients:

Salad:

2 packages of Halloumi cheese

4 peaches

Fresh arugula (you can substitute in your favorite green: kale, spinach, etc.)

Dressing:

Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Balsamic Vinegar

1 clove of crushed garlic

A sprinkling of mustard seed

(sunflower seeds optional)

Preparation:

Grill Halloumi cheese in small slices

Cut peaches in quarters and grill

Wait until grilled ingredients cool and toss in the salad