Ruth Galai's family recipes
This dish I learned many years ago from Savta Rivka. It is a tasty and filling dish, perfect for a dairy meal. It's a great solution if you have left-over cooked white rice. The amounts don't matter - use as much rice as you want, and as many apples and raisins as you like. This... Continue Reading →
This recipe I got directly from Savta Rivka - since she cooked without referring to written recipes, I decided to watch her when she was making matza balls for Passover, and I wrote down exactly what she did. I always loved her matza balls; they were SO good - chewy, yummy. These matza balls are not the "fluffy" kind, which are popular in... Continue Reading →
This is actually the first cheesecake I made in Israel, in the 1970's, and it quickly became a favorite in our family. I learned it on Kibbutz HaMa'apil where we used to go every Shavuot holiday, together with Saba and Savta Itzhak (Biziu) and Rivka (Regina). We loved going there with the kids for the festivities of the... Continue Reading →
Fried Matzas - (Matza Metugenet) I dedicate this recipe to the memory of Saba Itzhak (Biziu). I had not been acquainted with this Passover dish until I saw Saba making it for us on the morning after the Passover Seder, many, many years ago. Each matza or matza half has to be prepared individually; I... Continue Reading →
Our whole family has fond memories of the cucumber salad (MIZERIA) we used to eat at Saba and Savta's house in Tel Aviv. This is a very refreshing salad of thinly sliced cucumbers with snipped dill. This salad is prepared just as it was in pre-war Krakow, Poland. Savta often made it to accompany the... 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 →
This is the apple pie that we often used to eat when visiting Saba and Savta on Pinsker St. in Tel Aviv. I remember how we all enjoyed eating this pie - and I remember constantly "straightening the edges" until the entire pie was gone! Luckily, we have the recipe directly from Savta, and I... Continue Reading →
Chopped Meat Patties (better known in our family as ZRAZIM - in Polish - and Ktsitsot - in Hebrew) "Zrazim" - how many jokes have been made at our family meals and picnics about these tasty little meat patties. We loved eating Savta's "zrazim" whenever we came to Tel Aviv. At the same time, we... Continue Reading →
Here is another recipe that I was lucky to get from Savta Rivka. It is a real "family-type" cake, and the basic dough recipe is enough for two very large roulades. I usually make one chocolate one, like the one written below, and another one with poppy seeds (recipe to be posted), or cheese (also... Continue Reading →
Here is a cheese-filling variation of the chocolate roulade which I learned from Savta Rivka. Note that the dough is enough for two large roulades. I am listing the recipe as I got it from Savta; I usually make two roulades, as she used to prepare - one with chocolate filling, and one with either cheese or poppy-seed filling. If you want to make... Continue Reading →
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