Everyday Fare With Extraordinary Flair
Matzo Brei, made from broken matzo pieces fried in butter with egg, is a common Passover breakfast. This sweet version adds cream cheese and apple cinnamon-flavored Charoset for a delicious treat!
During Passover, I like to switch up breakfast with different ways to eat matzo. Some days it’s smoked salmon with cream cheese and dill on matzo. Other days it’s scrambled egg and avocado matzo toast.
…In this Matzo Tiramisu recipe, rich vanilla cream is layered with coffee-soaked matzo and topped with chocolate for a decadent Passover dessert....
This buttery, soft, and fluffy Babka recipe is a decadent cross between enriched bread and cake with a luscious chocolate swirl....
This classic Beef Brisket recipe is slow cooked in the oven until it’s tender enough to fall apart. I also give easy instructions on how to make it in a slow cooker, so you can prep it in the morning and come home to dinner. And if you’re pressed for time, I tell you how to make it in the Instant Pot too. Brisket makes a great Sunday supper and is kosher for Passover!...
This easy Charoset recipe features crisp sweet/tart apple, dried apricots, apricot preserves, toasted pecans, and aromatic cinnamon for a Passover dish that tastes like apple pie filling. It’s so delicious, you’ll want to eat it year-round!...
Kasha Varnishkes (Buckwheat Groats with Bowtie Pasta) is a hearty, warming dish. Here the nutty flavor of kasha is paired with caramelized onion, earthy mushrooms, comforting pasta, the richness of butter, and a pop of freshness from parsley. Winter! While most everyone I know is complaining about being cold, I’m sitting happily snuggled up in a sweater, wooly socks, sipping a hot drink to stay warm. Winter foods, like roast chicken of all kinds, beef stew, and cheesy stuff galore (like bisque, cobbler, and casserole) are my happy place. And being from Buffalo, I don’t mind snow…even when I have to drive in it!...
These perfectly crisp Carrot-Apple Latkes are mostly savory with a touch of natural sweetness from carrot and apple. I love blurring the lines between sweet and savory recipes, like serving savory garlic-y mashed potato cakes with sweet raspberry ginger mustard chutney. Or using black pepper in a chai-spiced ricotta cake with nutmeg-scented glaze. Once that perfect balance of flavors is struck, an ordinary dish becomes unforgettable....
Chaya (of Sweet and Savory Says It All) was kind enough to host our All Through the Year Cheer Hanukkah, so I’ll be sending this dish over to her. She is now accepting recipe submissions! According to History.com, “On each night of Hanukkah, the menorah is lit to commemorate a miracle which occurred after the Jews proclaimed victory over the Syrian armies in 165 B.C.E. When Jews came to rededicate the Temple-which had been defiled by the Syrians-they found only one small flask of oil with which to light the menorah. This flask contained only enough oil for one day, yet the lamp burned […]...
My grandmother made latkes (or potato pancakes, as my mother calls them) all the time while my mom was growing up. My mother has a serious dislike for latkes so she never made them (not even once!) when I was a kid. I tasted my first latke at a friend’s house and it was love at first bite. To reduce the fat, I baked these latkes in the oven instead of frying them. The latkes in this recipe have a slightly sweet taste because of the caramelized onion, which balances perfectly with the tangy yogurt sauce. Caramelized Onion and Potato Latkes with […]...
Blintzes make a perfect weekend brunch. Imagine this…it’s Saturday morning, you’re slowly waking up to the sunlight streaming in your window and the birds chirping…you get up and brew your coffee (what’s better than the smell of coffee brewing in the morning?) and your stomach starts to growl, leaving you wondering what to eat. Since it’s a little too late for breakfast (it is Saturday, you’re entitled to sleep in!) and too early for lunch you decide to have brunch. Luckily, this recipe only takes about 15 minutes to make. Cheese Blintzes (Yield: Serves 2: makes 4 blintzes total, 2 per serving) […]...
I’m Faith Gorsky, the writer, cook, and photographer behind An Edible Mosaic. My goal is to inspire you to get in the kitchen and try something new! Feel free to email me with questions or comments.
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