Israeli side dish recipes

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Hi,

A while ago someone asked for Israeli recipes. I don't cook much, but

when I did, I used a specific series of cook books - I happened to find

one today - for 'side dishes', and thought I'd see if there were some

adaptable to LC. Here are a few recipes: (nothing really 'Israeli' about

them apart from the person who wrote the cook book being Israeli).

Vered

AVOCADO SLICES CREAMED IN PARMESAN

4-5 servings.

2 large ripe avocadoes (700 gram)

one small onion finely chopped

1 heaping tablespoonful (T) of butter

1 T oil

2 cloves crushed garlic

1/2 cup heavy cream

salt, white pepper

a pinch of ground nutmeg

a pinch of sweet paprika

2-3 T chopped parsley

1/2 cup of grated parmesan cheese

1. Peel avocado and slice. Arrange slices in buttered ovenware.

2. Melt butter and oil in small pan, fry onion and garlic for few

minutes.

3. Add cream and parsley. Add salt, white pepper, nutmeg and paprika,

bring to boil.

4. pour sauce over avocado slices, sprinkle parmesan over and put in

oven for a few minutes, till cheese melts.

Serve immediately, while hot.

Longer baking of avocado may turn it bitter and inedible.

CELERY ROOT IN OLIVE OIL AND PARSLEY

4 large celery roots

4 T olive oil

5 T regular oil

salt, pepper

juice of 2 lemons

chopped parsley (garnish)

1. Peel celery roots and cube. Put both types of oil in pan and fry

celery cubes for about 5 mins.

2. Add some water to cover the celery, and bring to boil. Add salt,

pepper and lemon juice.

3. Cook on low fire, till the celery cubes soften and the sauce is

reduced almost completely, and only a bit of the oil is left at the

bottom.

4. Serve hot or cold, garnished with chopped parsley.

ZUCCHINI CHEESE AND NUT PATTIES

This sounds good - possibly use crushed pork rinds for bread crumbs and

soy /almond flour instead of regular flour:

1 kg (2.2 lb) zucchini

One large onion, chopped and fried

100 gr Kaschkaval (sharp yellow cheese), grated

100 gr nuts, coarsly chopped

3 T of bread crumbs (crushed pork rinds?)

3 T flour (almond/soy flour?)

3-4 eggs

salt

pepper

3 T chopped parsley

3 T chopped dill (I hope I translated correctly - it's what frequently

comes with garlic in cream cheese... )

frying oil

1. Finely grate zucchini. Spread salt and leave in coriander for an

hour.

2. Squeeze zucchinis in hands and put in medium sized bowl.

3. Add rest of ingredients, mix well.

4. Heat oil in pan, make patties using tablespoon or wet hands, fry both

sides till brown.