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Pitta stuffed with fried aubergine, boiled egg, hummus, salad, pickles, amba and a great deal of tahini…
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.
Pitta stuffed with fried aubergine, boiled egg, hummus, salad, pickles, amba and a great deal of tahini…
Toasted pearl couscous with roast vegetables, herbs, lemon and a handful of toasted almonds. Good hot, better at…
A set milk pudding perfumed with rose water, poured into glasses and topped with red syrup, coconut and crushed…
Yemenite-Jewish laminated flatbread fried in a dry pan until the layers separate and blister, served with grated…
An enriched, eggy bread with a fine, feathery pull and a mahogany crust, braided in six strands. Made with oil…
Grated potato and onion, wrung out hard, bound with egg and a spoonful of the potato's own starch, and fried until…
Enriched doughnuts fried without a hole and filled after the fact, so the jam is a surprise rather than a topping…
The green version: eggs baked into a pan of wilted greens, leek and herbs rather than tomato, with feta and a lemony…
Buttered dough stretched thin, rolled up and baked overnight until it turns dark and sweet. Yemenite Jewish Saturday…
Flaky puff pastry parcels filled with a mix of potato and feta or cheese, brushed with egg and sprinkled with sesame…