Sephardic recipes

A Sephardic recipe from Greg Henry's new cookbook, Savory Pies - Meat hand pies with egg, parsley, and herbs sprinkled with sesame seeds. Kosher

This slow-cooked, hearty rice and brisket is a family favorite that will warm you up even on the coldest winter days.

For over 2,000 years Middle Eastern and North African Jews have ushered in the Jewish New Year by joyously blessing and eating symbolic foods, also known as simanim. Many Mizrahi and Sephardic families have incorporated a unique seder into their Rosh Hashana meal with some or all of the simanim below. For those interested in [...]

These Turkish borekitas are made with pastry dough and cheese filling. It's a traditional Sephardic recipe and an easy appetizer.

Orly Elyashar has a sense of humor about the community she grew up in. Called the Hamadani or Hamedani Jews, the name, she explains “translates to know it all. Hama means everything and everyone and d

Leek patties, or keftes de prasa, are a classic Sephardic holiday dish. This vegetarian version is a perfect appetizer for your Rosh Hashanah table. Keftes de prasa, or leek fritters is one of those dishes that is beloved throughout the Sephardic world, especially Turkey, Greece and Romania, but little known in America, where most Jews...Read More »

As Hanukkah is deeply entwined with food, especially fried food, we've found some delicious Sephardic recipes to add to your celebration, sourced with permission from Hélène Jawhara Piñer's cookbook, Sephardi: Cooking the History.

You'll wonder how you ever lived without these traditional Persian recipes. From rice to stew to kebabs, these dishes bring a true taste of Persia!

Today's recipe is related to a delicious dolmeh called Persian stuffed onions or dolmeh piaz. Onion slices are used for all seasons of the year

Now this is a beautiful cake. Why more so than any other? Because it is neither cake nor pudding, neither pure sweet nor pure bitterness, neither entirely Eastern nor entirely Western.