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Recipes from
Norman's
Zuccini & Eggplant
Fridata (Dairy)
- - 1 lb zuccini
- 2 medium eggplants
- 1 1/2 cup crumbled Feta and grated
Parmesan cheese
- 2 eggs separated
- 1/4 cup matza meal
- olive oil
- Salt and pepper
- Sear the eggplants over an open
flame, or under the broilers untilthe
skin is black and blistered and the flesh soft and pulpy.
- Carefully remove the skins with
a sharp knife (if small amounts of the charred skin
remain, they will only give a better flavor).
- In a large bowl mash the pulp
well. Cool for 15 minutes.
- Boil Zuccini in a little water
until very tender. Drain and mash with eggplant pulp.
- Preheat oven to 350 (180°C),
Separate the eggs. Beat the yolks untilcreainy
and the whites until stiff.
- Add the yolks to the eggplant
and stir in well, then add the cheese, and salt and pepper,
Fold in the whites and turn
the mixture into a buttered or oiled beep baking pan.
- Bake at 350F (180°C) for about
30 minutes, or until a rich brown crust is formed.
Recipe Source: COOKBOOK OF THE IEWS OF GREECE |
Eggplant
& Cheese Fridata (Dairy)
- - 2 large eggplants
- 1 1/2 cups crumbled Feta and grated Parmesan cheese
- 2 eggs separated
- olive oil
- Salt and pepper
- Sear the eggplants over an open flame, or under the broilers
until the skin is black and blistered and the flesh soft and
pulpy.
- Carefully remove the skins with a sharp knife (if small
amounts of the charred skin remain, they will only give a
better flavor).
- In a large bowl mash the pulp well. Cool for 15 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350 (180°C), Separate the eggs. Beat
the yolks until creamy and the whites until stiff.
- Add the yolks to the eggplant and stir well, then add the
cheese, and salt and pepper.
- Fold in the whites and turn the mixture into a buttered
or oiled beep baking pan.
- Bake at 350F (180°C) for about 30 minutes, or until
a rich brown crust is formed.
Serves 4.
Recipe Source: COOKBOOK OF THE IEWS OF GREECE
Olive
Spread
- - 1/2 can of pitted green olives
- 3/4 cup crushed almonds
- 1 clove garlic crushed
- 1/4 cup chopped freshbasil
- Blend the olives, garlic and almonds.
- Add the basil and blend minimally.
Bean
Salad
- - 1/2 cup vinegar
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup oil
- 1 tsp salt
- Mix the above and pour over the following bean mixture:
- 1 can cut green beans
- 1 can cut yellow beans
- 1 can red kidney beans
- 1 can chick peas
- 1 onion sliced in rings
- 1 green pepper sliced in rings
Vegetarian Kishke
- - 1/2 cup oil
- 2 celery stalks
- 2 carrots
- 1 onion
- 1 1/2 cup flour
- 1 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 tsp paprika
- pepper
- Saute in oil the celery, carrots and onion.
- Add rest of ingredients, mix.
- Place in tin foil and roll
- Bake 1 1/2 hours at 350°F or 180°C.
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Vegetable Pie (Dairy)
- - 1 cup green beans
- 4 medium zucchini
- 1/2 cup fresh spinach
- 3 eggs beaten
- 2 cup mixed Parmesan and Feta cheese, coarsely grated
- 1/4 cup matza meal
- 1 Tsp chopped fresh dill
- 2 Tbs olive oil
- Salt and pepper
- Sesame seeds
- Preheat oven to 350F (180°C). Boil or steam the beans
and zucchini separately until just tender.
- Grind them, with the spinach, in a coarse grinders or chop
them very fine.
- Mix the eggs with the cheese, match meal, dill, oil, and salt
add pepper.
- Add the vegetables and mix together well
- Pour into a fairly deep, well-oiled
baking pan.
- Sprinkle with sesame seeds and
bake at 350f (180°C) for 30-35 minutes.
Serves 4
Comments: This is a Romaniet dish, very like the Sefardic frittata
but of different origin.
Recipe Source: COOKBOOK OF THE
JEWS OF GREECE |
Boccoli Kugel
- - 6 eggs
- 60 oz frozen broccoli
- 4 tbsp onion soup mix
- 4 tbsp flour
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- corn flake crumbs
- Oil a 9" by 12" pan.
- Spread a thin layer of corn flake crumbs.
- Mix the ingredients and pour into the pan.
- Spread a thin layer of corn flake crumbs on top of the mixture.
- Bake for 1 hour at350°F (180°C) or until brown.
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Molly's Hallah Kugel
- - 1 old halah diced
- 2 apples peeled cored and sliced
- 1 can drained crushed pineapple
- 1/2 cup raisins
- 5 eggs
- 1/3 cup oil
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 pinch salt
- Soak halah in warm water until soft.
- Mix eggs, oil and sugar.
- Add other ingredients.
- Drain halah and add to mixture.
- Bake at 350°F (180°C) for one hour.
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