Jewish recipes
17 Jewish recipes for a home kitchen, from 10 minutes. Have some of the ingredients already? Match them to what you have.
Dinner
45 min
Jewish · dinner
Crispy potato latkes
Shredded russets and onion squeezed very dry, bound with egg and matzo meal, and shallow-fried until lacy, crisp and golden. Serve with applesauce and sour cream.
55 min
Jewish · dinner
Caramelized onion potato knishes
Mashed potato and slow-cooked onion tucked inside squares of puff pastry. Crisp outside, soft and sweet within.
90 min
Jewish · dinner
Classic matzo ball soup
Fluffy matzo balls in golden chicken soup with carrots and dill.
90 min
Jewish · dinner
Potato kugel
Crispy-edged Jewish potato pudding of grated potatoes, onion, eggs and schmaltz, baked golden.
Lunch & snacks
10 min
Jewish · lunch
Lox and caper toast
Sourdough, cream cheese, smoked salmon, red onion and capers. Ten minutes and no cooking.
10 min
Jewish · lunch
Smoked salmon and cucumber bagels
Toasted bagels with cream cheese, ribbons of smoked salmon and cool cucumber. Capers give it a salty finish.
15 min
Jewish · lunch
Smoked brisket mustard rye
Warm, sliced smoked brisket piled on rye with sharp yellow mustard and a pickle on the side.
15 min
Jewish · lunch
Smoked whitefish salad
Deli-style flaked smoked whitefish with mayo, sour cream, celery, dill and lemon, for bagels.
15 min
Jewish · lunch
Hot pastrami on rye
Steamed, piled-high pastrami on seeded rye with spicy brown mustard.
240 min
Jewish · lunch
Brisket and latke sandwich
A Hanukkah 'double down': tender braised brisket and crunchy coleslaw sandwiched between two crisp oversized potato latkes.
Breakfast
Baking & sweets
60 min
Jewish · baking
Braided challah
A soft, rich egg bread braided into a glossy loaf, with a tender, slightly sweet crumb.
90 min
Jewish · baking
Homemade boiled bagels
Chewy, glossy bagels in a style between New York and Montreal: a stiff, slow-proofed dough, boiled in honey water and baked dark with seeds.
90 min
Jewish · baking
Rugelach
Flaky cream cheese dough rolled around jam, nuts and cinnamon sugar.
180 min
Jewish · baking
Homemade bialys
Chewy, unboiled New York rolls with a shallow well filled with caramelized onion and poppy seeds.
180 min
Jewish · baking
Homemade bagels
Chewy, honey-boiled bagels with a blistered crust and seeded tops.
210 min
Jewish · baking
Chocolate babka
A rich, buttery yeasted loaf twisted with dark chocolate filling and brushed with syrup for a glossy, sticky crust.
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