Read about the wonderful daughter-mother-grandmother team that brought us a taste of a Sudanese Purim at a recent Wimshul Cooks workshop. Click on the links in the text to find the recipes. As well as making baklava and date stuffed biscuits in the session, we enjoyed a slice of Daisy’s grandmother’s busbusa which we ate whilst drinking … Continue reading
Patricia Jacard will be running a Wimshul Cooks’ workshop in July demonstrating traditional Sephardic dishes using aubergine including Aubergine Pasties, Aubergine Tart and Aubergine Gratin. (All dishes are vegetarian). And we shall be eating the dishes at the end of the evening! Patricia is over from Chile for a visit in England so this is … Continue reading
6 medium potatoes 1 onion 3 eggs, beaten 1/3 cup matzah meal 1 ½ teaspoons of salt ¼ teaspoon of pepper 4 tablespoons of oil ¼ teaspoon of baking powder Tip: Using a magimix with grating attachment makes light work of the grating. Preheat oven to 180C/350F/Gas Mark 4. Peel onion and grate. Peel the … Continue reading
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by Camilla McGill I have been a member of our Synagogue since 1999 and have been picking up Jewish customs and traditions on the way and claiming the ones I like for our family. I have four children aged 10, 12, 15 & 17 and in the past few years I have had a growing … Continue reading
Article by Liz Ison At the recent barmitzvah of Owen Woolf, we were treated to a really special Kiddush lovingly prepared and baked in Cardiff and personally delivered to Wimbledon Synagogue by Owen’s grandmother, Renee (pronounced Reenie). Wimshul Cooks caught up with Renee afterwards. How did you come to agree to bake for the Kiddush? … Continue reading
By Mindi Ison Unpacking the Pesach dishes is like greeting old friends you have not seen for a whole year. My children were always so excited to see their blue and white plates decorated with beautiful birds which are used for fried matzo. They were not so thrilled to see the small grey bowls from … Continue reading
“Havurah” means a community of friends. Havurah suppers for young families are held a few times a year at the synagogue on a Friday, after a short, family friendly Shabbat service. Each family brings a vegetarian dish to share and we often have a mix of home cooked and readymade food. To make sure everyone … Continue reading
By Diane Barnett As told to Liz Ison My first memory of food was as a very young child during the Second World War when rationing was in place. There wasn’t much sense of “Jewish food” then. My mother, pregnant with me, her first child, had moved down from Hull to live with her parents … Continue reading
by Claudia Camhi Here are some excellent healthy recipes created or modified by Paulina Bystritsky and her mother-in-law, Ellen Sheridan. Click here for Paulina’s tips on preparing healthy food. SAVOURY DISHES Parsnip and Apple Soup The recipe for this soup was passed on from the chef at the Petersham Hotel. A weekday lunch, sitting at a table … Continue reading
Article by Claudia Camhi Take note of Paulina Bystritsky’s amazing low salt, low fat and low sugar tips and recipes. I have had some interesting conversations with my friend Paulina about how to modify recipes to make them more healthy. Here are her tips and some excellent recipes created or modified by Paulina and her … Continue reading
This recipe for courgette bake has been sent in by Claudia Camhi: My mother whisked up this recipe on her last visit to London and it was truly amazing. Again, a good way to get children to eat greens. Ingredients 5 courgettes 1 onion 2 eggs 1 (250 gram) pot of ricotta 1 (250 gram) … Continue reading
Another fabulous yogurt-inspired dish from Claudia: This is a quick and versatile recipe and a tasty way to persuade my children to eat greens and a nice alternative for picnic and communal eating. I made it up bringing together dough used to make aubergine pasties and trying to make a slightly lower fat version of … Continue reading
Jo Freeman, a great friend of Rabbi Sylvia Rothschild, has sent us this special recipe for gefilte fish. Jo writes, “I agree with Rabbi Lionel Blue who says that the Jewish year is marked by smell and taste. I would add ‘life’. Every day my love is shown to family and friends through food! We do have … Continue reading
Thank you, Mindi, for this lovely recipe – the perfect cake to send off with your son or daughter heading off for university in the Autumn. This is a quick sustaining cake to make for a busy Mummy. My four children loved it. Starting with my elder daughter Caroline I would bake one at the … Continue reading
A post submitted by Liz Ison… My mother, Rachel Nathan, always makes a batch of matzah pudding for our family each Passover. It reminds me of Passovers past in our childhood home in Hampstead. We often ate it for lunch after coming home from synagogue on the first day of Pesach. To me, it is … Continue reading
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