Ruth Galai's family recipes
This recipe I found in an old cookbook which belonged to my mother. The name of the book is "The Complete American-Jewish Cookbook". Unfortunately, the first pages are missing, so I don't have the name of the author. When I was young, I always loved these light and creamy desserts - and I still do... Continue Reading →
This is a very pleasant, light dessert, and SO easy to prepare. It is made by preparing a variation of ganache, but using milk chocolate. Being that I am a milk chocolate "junkie", I choose to use milk chocolate when making this version of chocolate parfait. It is delicate and has a touch of chocolate... Continue Reading →
This is a very refreshing dessert, and very easy to prepare. It can be prepared and frozen in little individual glasses, which is what I usually like to do. Alternatively, you can pour the mixture into a plastic box, freeze it, and scoop it out with an icecream scoop into serving bowls or icecream cones. Another option: pour the... Continue Reading →
I used to love these cream puffs when I was a little girl; my mother used to make them on holidays or when company came; Sometimes, on my way home from school, I couldn't resist making a detour, and going into the bakery on Broadway (I think the name was "Florence"s", and it was somewhere on 82nd... Continue Reading →
This is a very light dessert, and so easy to prepare. It is very refreshing and great at the end of a meal. I used to make this icecream way back in the 1970's, and was recently so kindly reminded of it by Sarah Sharon, who used to be our neighbor many years ago. Thanks,... Continue Reading →
(Prepared without an ice-cream machine!) I think that the food in this part of the world (Israel) is the best - but one of the things which I really missed when coming here in the 1960's was REAL vanilla ice-cream! The ice-cream here in those days was made with vegetable fat and with fake vanilla... Continue Reading →
This is a recipe which we inherited from Savta Rivka - whenever we came to Tel-Aviv for Saturday lunch, I always hoped that I would see a bowl of this pudding-mousse ready and waiting, on the side-board shelf in the dining area. Sometimes Savta would make the pudding while we were there; I was always amazed... Continue Reading →
For many years this was a favorite dessert when we had company for holiday meals.. It is light, creamy, delicious - and worth the effort. Ingredients: 1 Tablespoon gelatin 1/4 cup cold water 4 large eggs, separated grated rind of one lemon 1/2 cup of lemon juice 1 cup sugar 1 cup whipping cream pinch... Continue Reading →
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