What is a Balaboosta?
Balaboosta (n.)(bah-lah-b00-sta) A Yiddish term meaning the perfect housewife, homemaker, wonderful mother, cook, and gracious hostess. She does it all and does it well.
I make simple food with easy recipes and I like to try new things. My family and friends love my cooking and always ask me to share, with them, what I know about food, flavor, and technique.
I'm not a professional chef and I've had no formal culinary training. What I know and do in the kitchen comes from three women...Nana, Grandma Della, and Rose, my mom. Each one of them knew more about putting a meal on the table than any fancy chef in a white hat. They were the ultimate
Balaboostas.
What I offer you is a lifetime of experience in the kitchen with my compliments and theirs. I hope they'd be proud. I will bring you my recipes as I make them with photos of the actual food I'm preparing. I'm no professional photographer either but I promise, my food will speak for itself in every picture.
The food on my table isn't stacked in a trendy tower.
Instead, my food is stacked with flavor and full of my passion for cooking. So please come in, make yourself comfortable, and enjoy.
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Disclaimer: While most of my recipes are "Jewish Style", I do sometimes cook with pork. This might have been a great disappointment to some but my grandmothers knew that I live in modern world. I light Shabbos candles religiously but I have to admit...I do not keep a Kosher home.
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RETURN TO MY MOST RECENT RECIPES
Perhaps you've heard of Mandel Bread, Mandel Broit, or the Italian version Biscotti.
Perfect with a cup of tea, my Fruit & Nut Mandel is a variation somewhere between the cookie and a fruit cake.
These cookies make a eye pleasing addition to any holiday cookie gift box!
Ingredients...
- 4 Eggs
- 3/4 Cup Sugar (you can substitute Splenda for all or part of the sugar)
- 1/2 teaspoon pure Vanilla extract
- Rind of an Orange
- Rind of a Lemon
- 1 & 1/2 Cups Flour
- 1 Cup Sliced or Whole Almonds
- 3/4 Cup Dried Cranberries
- 1/2-3/4 Cup Raisins ( I like the white raisin for this)
- 3/4 C Pistachio Nuts (roasted/shelled)
Here's how you do it...Prepare you pan...Line a loaf pan with doubled parchment. (You will wrap the loaf in this paper later.)
Preheat your oven to 325F- Beat the Eggs & Sugar until smooth.
- Add the Vanilla & Rinds
- Add the Flour
- Stir in the nuts and fruit.
- Pour the batter evenly into the parchment lined loaf pan.
- Bake at 325F until lightly browned. 30-45 min.
- Lift loaf out of pan with parchment.
- Cool on rack.
- Wrap in the parchment and refrigerate overnight (or at least 6 hours).
When ready...- Slice thin using a serrated knife.
- Place slices on a parchment lined cookie sheets and bake at 300F 15 min until light brown.
- When completely cooled store in airtight container. Freezes well.
Perhaps you've heard of Mandel Bread, Mandel Broit, or the Italian version Biscotti.
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