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Shabbat Shalom
#shabbatshalom # menenas #ma’amoul #sheshbesh #shabbatalegre
Stella Hanan Cohen
Jun 11, 2020


Traditional Sweet Treats
In Sephardic custom handcrafted marzipan (masapan), date and nut-filled shortbread (menenas), sesame and almond brittle (boulokonio),...
Stella Hanan Cohen
Jun 4, 2020


Meringues with Mastic - Ashuplados kon almastica
These elegant, ivory-colored clouds of meringues are crunchy to bite into but yet so soft and chewy inside, infused with pine scented...
Stella Hanan Cohen
May 12, 2020


Happy New Year
Wishing you all good health, happiness and wonderful times sharing good food amongst family and friends!
Stella Hanan Cohen
Dec 29, 2018


Pastry Puffs topped with honey, nuts & cinnamon "Piticas"
During Hanukkah, Festival of Lights, fried foods dominate the menu to emphasise the miraculous oil that is central to this holiday....
Stella Hanan Cohen
Nov 30, 2018


Marzipan - Masapan
From the nuns of the Convent of San Clemente in Toledo, Spain, the Jews of Medieval Spain acquired the unique skill of handcrafting...
Stella Hanan Cohen
Oct 7, 2018


Shortbread filled with dates and walnuts - Menenas
Dates are one of the symbolic foods presented on the Sephardic New Year celebratory table. Delectable date-nut-filled shortbread cookies,...
Stella Hanan Cohen
Aug 28, 2018


Meat and Herb-filled Potato Croquettes rollos de karne i patata
A scrumptious addition to this year’s festive Sephardic Passover table are potato croquettes stuffed with a mouthwatering meat, fresh...
Stella Hanan Cohen
Apr 7, 2017


Sephardic Cultural Evening
A memorable Sephardic Cultural Evening was held at the Spanish embassy last week in Zimbabwe hosted by the Ambassador of Spain Alicia...
Stella Hanan Cohen
Mar 9, 2017


Shabbat Shalom - Tikkun Olam
#ShabbatShalom #TikkunOlam
Stella Hanan Cohen
Feb 10, 2017


Fun Afternoons
I just spent a fun afternoon with Alicia Moral, the Spanish Ambassador, preparing for the forthcoming Sephardic Cultural Evening soon to...
Stella Hanan Cohen
Jan 16, 2017


Almond Frangipane-filled Filo Triangles Filos D’Almendra (Sansaticos)
These elegant, mouth-watering, triangle-shaped filo pastries are filled with ground almond paste scented with orange blossom water and...
Stella Hanan Cohen
Dec 25, 2016


Saffron-Glazed Baby Chickens Stuffed with Couscous and Almonds.
See recipe in Stella's Sephardic Table, page 161. (Serves 4-6) Add a Moroccan Sephardic flavour at Hanukkah to your festive table with a...
Stella Hanan Cohen
Dec 9, 2016


Sephardi Moroccan Festive Table
Celebrate Hanukkah this year by adding an exotic Sephardi Moroccan touch to your festive table, along with the traditional fried delights...
Stella Hanan Cohen
Dec 3, 2016


Doughnut Puffs - Bimuelos (beignets)
Doughnuts, or deep-fried fritters, are the symbolic food amongst Judeo-Spanish communities on Hanukkah, when the Festival of Lights, the...
Stella Hanan Cohen
Dec 3, 2016


Breaking the Yom Kippur fast the Rhodesli way
#roska #reshikas #biscochos #rusk #boyos #sutlac #masapan #friedfish #pumpkin #spinach #travados #menenas #feta #pastabake #YomKippur...
Stella Hanan Cohen
Oct 14, 2016


Rosh Hashanah festive sweets
#stellassephardictable #sephardiccuisinebystella #roska #masapan #shamali #travados #sweets #meringue #roshhashanah #candied #spoonsweet...
Stella Hanan Cohen
Sep 29, 2016


Roska Festive Bread
Shabbat Shalom! Roska festive bread. See page 182 of Stella's Sephardic Table #sephardiccuisinebystella #stellassephardictable #blessings...
Stella Hanan Cohen
Sep 8, 2016


Shabbat Shalom!
#Sabbathbride #kiddush #lechadodi #roska #challah #sabbathcandle #blessings #roska #Sabbath #Sabbathbride #festive
Stella Hanan Cohen
Sep 1, 2016


Sephardic Rhodesli brunch
For recipes see Stella's Sephardic Table#stellassephardictable #sephardiccuisinebystella #reshikas #brunch #rosca #sutlach...
Stella Hanan Cohen
Jul 15, 2016
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