Dessert
Sweet Jellied Coconut Squares- Coconut Sweetmeat
With all the Asian and Pacific coconut desserts out there (mochi, bibingka, haupia, etc., etc.), it’s always surprising when a recipe using a similar...
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Pancakes à la Gundel- Thin Pancakes with Walnut Filling and Chocolate Rum Sauce
Thin Hungarian pancakes, stuffed with a sweet walnut filling and drizzled with a sweet chocolate rum sauce make an elegant dessert or a decadent...
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Boszorkanyhab- Witches’ Froth- Baked Apple Mousse
Even if this recipe hadn’t looked very good, I might have made it anyways just because of its name. Luckily for me it was...
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Yongun Chonggwa- Candied Lotus Roots
Aren’t these pretty? The timing of these was just about perfect because they taste exactly like jelly beans. I kid you not. I think...
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Ginger Jelly with Honey Molasses Syrup
Another country, another ginger-centric recipe. I suppose you could consider this a grown up version of jello: it has a more sophisticated flavor and...
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Cold Coffee Soufflé
This is exactly the type of dessert I generally avoid. Namely because it relies on one critical step that I usually botch: unmolding the...
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Coconut Cream Pudding
This dessert is about as sophisticated as a Snack Pack Pudding cup. I don’t necessarily mean that as a bad thing- I was eating...
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Israeli Malabi Pudding
It was only after I chose Israel as one of my first culinary destinations that I learned a debate as to whether Israel has...
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Indonesian Fried Bananas
Last weekend I went to the Punahou Carnival. Although I was extremely excited to see a sign for gluten-free nacho plates (!!!), I still got a little jealous...
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Gluten-Free Amaranth Honey Cake
I guess honey cake is traditional for Rosh Hashanah because I saw versions of it in many of the Israeli cookbooks I looked through. It was...
