Does anyone here like Sephardic Jewish cooking?

rachel89 · April 28, 2015, 04:49:06 PM

Does anyone like Sephardic Jewish cooking? It borrows elements from the Middle East, Spain, Italy, Greece, the Balkans, North Africa, and Turkey. it tends to be very healthy (not the sufganiyot), but few people know anything about it. You do need an olive oil tap in installed in your kitchen...

Devlyn · April 28, 2015, 05:18:46 PM

I'll try anything, what's on the menu?

Is there a signature dish?

Hugs, Devlyn

Jill F · April 28, 2015, 05:34:16 PM

Does pastrami count? I loves me some pastrami. I like it all sorts of ways, even plain as a snack.

rachel89 · April 28, 2015, 07:35:30 PM

I love pastrami too, but you have to add rye, but its not Sephardic. Try bourekas, stuffed grape leaves, "meat cigars", stuffed peppers, shakshouka (really filling and really cheap), kofta, and fried artichokes are just a few. Fried artichokes would definitely be the signature appetizer/side dish of Sephardic cooking though.

Devlyn · April 28, 2015, 08:21:06 PM

Now we're getting somewhere! Articokes, though, ugh. They give me the heebie jeebies. I've noticed you're turning into one of our foodies over here, I like this section too.

Hugs, Devlyn

Dee Marshall · April 28, 2015, 08:46:03 PM

I love everybody's cooking. We have a huge cookbook with recipes from every country where Jews have settled. I got it for Sweetie one year when she was complaining about having the same old stuff every holiday. Haven't made anything from it lately. Time to pull it off of the shelf.

rachel89 · April 28, 2015, 10:23:36 PM

I've always been a foodie, I'm just learning to chillax (a term used in honor of the friend I came out to who hates the word with all his heart and soul

) I'm really also really adept at making a really nice stir-fry, courtesy of my late grandfather.

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