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Matzo balls in Persian fruit soup
March 28, 2010 at 3:00 pm | Tags: apricot, fruit, holiday, parve, Passover, prune, soup | 11 Comments
I had a particular Persian meatball dish in mind when I made this — meatballs stewed in a broth of dried fruit. Fruit plays a central role in savory cooking in Persian cuisine. While dried fruit is more commonly associated with another holiday, Tu Bishvat, Passover also happens to fall in the spring, and thus fruit is still appropriate.
In this dish, it gives Ashkenazi matzo balls an unusual twist. The matzo balls provide firm texture in place of meatballs, and the fruit soup — well, it speaks for itself, a mix of sweet and savory thanks to some onions and garlic.
In terms of the fruit you use, you could follow my lead, or improvise. Continue reading Matzo balls in Persian fruit soup…
Rhubarb apricot jam
June 7, 2009 at 1:00 am | Tags: apricot, jam, parve, rhubarb, vegan | 9 Comments
I’ve been thinking of looking for rhubarb for a while now. Fortunately, rhubarb found me. I ran into it at the Carmel market this past Friday, for the first time. Rhubarb isn’t that well-known here — it’s grown locally, but this is only the second time I’ve seen it being sold in Israel. In the time it took me to buy a bunch (for 15 shekels), at least three people came and asked what this weird vegetable was, and then spent some time looking quizzically at it before moving on.
Indeed, it’s kind of a hard sell to people who don’t know what it is. Unlike something like, say, apricots, which you can neatly split in half and give to people to taste, rhubarb needs to be cooked. Not only that, how do you explain that this vegetable that most resembles celery is actually baked into desserts? It might be a while before rhubarb really takes hold here. (Photos after the jump) Continue reading Rhubarb apricot jam…
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