Ruth Galai's family recipes
I'm dedicating this pie to Yaron - whenever Yaron would come home from a trip, or from the army for the weekend, his response to my usual question "So, what do you want me to prepare when you come home?" would be "Cherry Pie" (or alternatively, "Apple Pie"). For this pie, I use the dough which... Continue Reading →
This is a recipe which I got recently from Yael Birav. We were invited on Succot to celebrate the holiday together with their family, and Yael brought along this wonderful cheesecake, which was a delicious "finale" to a terrific dinner in Efrat and Rami's garden with the Birav family and friends. Yael kindly sent me the recipe the next day,... Continue Reading →
This is a typical Central European cheesecake. It has a "short" cookie-dough crust on the bottom, and a meringue of beaten eggwhites on top. The cheese filling has a touch of lemony aroma from grated lemon zest. The cake is firmer than the typical creamy American style "NY Cheesecake", and different also from the many... 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 →
The chocolate base for this cake is the same as in the "Nutella" Brownies which I posted a few months ago... You can bake the "brownies" in a round cake tin if you want to use it as a cake. After cooled, you can top it with sweetened whipped cream, turning it into a delicious... Continue Reading →
This is a new addition to our family's recipes; since I saw this recipe in a magazine a few months ago, I have made it several times. It is SO easy to make, so light and good, and I know that it is going to become a family favorite. Note that the ingredients can be... Continue Reading →
This is the birthday cake that I prepare for all the birthdays in our family. It grew out of the distant memory of the birthday cakes that my mother used to prepare for my birthdays, so long ago. Since my birthday often takes place during the week of Passover, the original cake was made with a Passover sponge cake base. I use a basic torte recipe for... 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 →
These brownies are moist, tasty, and so easy to make. A few days ago, I was looking for a recipe in my recipe "file" - (i.e., a large box of jumbled-up odd-size scraps of paper, oil-stained pages of recipes, newspaper clippings, recipes from old magazines....), and I came across this recipe which I had jotted on a... Continue Reading →
I got this recipe from my friend Malka; through the years it became a very popular cake in our family, and was often sent with the boys to the army, or on trips or picnics. Ingredients: 200 grams bittersweet chocolate (approx. 7 oz)200 grams butter (approx. 7 oz)3/4 cup sugar5 eggs5 Tablespoons self rising flour... Continue Reading →
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