Cafe Liz
Kosher vegetarian recipes from my kitchen in Tel Aviv
Passover mushroom croquettes
March 20, 2010 at 9:00 pm | Tags: bechamel, dairy, holiday, matzo, matzo meal, mushroom, Passover, Spanish | 1 Comment
Pork-obsessed Spanish cuisine is not known for being kosher friendly, but classic croquettes can easily be made not only kosher and vegetarian, but kosher for Passover, to boot.
Croquettes are breaded dumplings filled with a bechamel cream, flavored with any number of things. I learned the technique from my friend Arturo, who threw himself a croquette birthday party with seven different kinds of dumplings — including ham, shrimp, ham and shrimp … and then for the vegetarians, mushroom and spinach. Arturo was nice enough to invite me over during his three (!!) days of preparations, so after watching seven batches of croquette fillings come off the flame, I felt confident enough to give it a go myself. Continue reading Passover mushroom croquettes…
Mina (Passover spinach pie)
April 12, 2009 at 1:00 am | Tags: cheese, dairy, Jewish, matzo, Passover, pie, spinach, Turkish | 6 Comments
This is another family recipe that simply means Passover to me. My mother learned this recipe from her Turkish grandmother and aunts growing up in Brooklyn. Apparently the word mina means pie in Judeo-Spanish (commonly known as Ladino), and the proper name for this recipe is actually mina de espinaka — spinach pie. My family seems to have shortened the name to mina, since we don’t really make any other kinds of traditional Turkish pies.
Believe it or not, my mother’s recipe calls for canned spinach — by the time my mother was a child, her grandmother had already switched to prepackaged convenience. I’m lucky enough to have an easy supply of fresh spinach, which I use instead — I get no strange flavors from the can or the freezer, and this is probably closer to how this recipe was made back in Turkey for generations (or so I’d like to believe).
Like all family recipes, this one was handed down to me without any actual measurements. So these are the quantities I use, and my preparation style. Continue reading Mina (Passover spinach pie)…
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