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Israeli recipes

Tahini on everything, and the aubergine done six ways. 10 Israeli recipes, from the everyday to the ambitious.

The 10 recipes cover 8 of the site’s categories, among them 2 breakfasts, 2 holiday dishes, 1 appetiser or small plate, 1 bake, 1 dessert and 1 healthy dish. Of these, one is ready in 30 minutes or less, start to finish. For 5, the method times a wait such as rising, chilling or marinating, and the time at the top of the recipe includes it. By difficulty: 5 easy, 4 medium and 1 hard.

As written, 10 are vegetarian, 2 gluten-free and 1 dairy-free. Another 2 meet a diet label only with a swap the recipe names, and the recipe says which.

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Israeli recipes — all 10 recipes

Sabich
Israeli
Prep
25m
Cook
15m
Serves
4
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Lunch

Sabich

Pitta stuffed with fried aubergine, boiled egg, hummus, salad, pickles, amba and a great deal of tahini…

70 min · Easy
Israeli Couscous Salad
Israeli
Prep
15m
Cook
25m
Serves
4
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Side dish

Israeli Couscous Salad

Toasted pearl couscous with roast vegetables, herbs, lemon and a handful of toasted almonds. Good hot, better at…

40 min+ · Easy
Malabi
Israeli
Prep
15m
Cook
10m
Serves
4
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Desserts

Malabi

A set milk pudding perfumed with rose water, poured into glasses and topped with red syrup, coconut and crushed…

3.5 hr+ · Easy
Malawach
Israeli
Prep
15m
Cook
12m
Serves
4
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Bread

Malawach

Yemenite-Jewish laminated flatbread fried in a dry pan until the layers separate and blister, served with grated…

27 min · Medium
Challah
Israeli
Prep
40m
Cook
30m
Serves
12
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Bread

Challah

An enriched, eggy bread with a fine, feathery pull and a mahogany crust, braided in six strands. Made with oil…

4 hr · Medium
Potato Latkes
Israeli
Prep
25m
Cook
25m
Serves
6
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Side dish

Potato Latkes

Grated potato and onion, wrung out hard, bound with egg and a spoonful of the potato's own starch, and fried until…

50 min · Easy
Sufganiyot
Israeli
Prep
35m
Cook
20m
Serves
16
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Holiday Specials

Sufganiyot

Enriched doughnuts fried without a hole and filled after the fact, so the jam is a surprise rather than a topping…

3 hr · Medium
Green Shakshuka
Israeli
Prep
15m
Cook
20m
Serves
4
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Breakfast

Green Shakshuka

The green version: eggs baked into a pan of wilted greens, leek and herbs rather than tomato, with feta and a lemony…

35 min · Easy
Jachnun
Israeli
Prep
40m
Cook
180m
Serves
6
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Bread

Jachnun

Buttered dough stretched thin, rolled up and baked overnight until it turns dark and sweet. Yemenite Jewish Saturday…

4 hr · Hard
Israeli Bourekas
Israeli
Prep
40m
Cook
30m
Serves
12
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Appetizers

Israeli Bourekas

Flaky puff pastry parcels filled with a mix of potato and feta or cheese, brushed with egg and sprinkled with sesame…

70 min+ · Medium