STELLA'S COOKBOOK

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 celebratory dish of crisp saffron-glazed baby chickens stuffed with couscous and almonds, stacked around a mound of fried potatoes or plain couscous in the centre. #Hanukkah #Sephardic #Moroccan #chicken #couscous

Celebrate Hanukkah this year by adding an exotic Sephardi Moroccan touch to your festive table, along with the traditional fried delights that dominate the menu to emphasize the miraculous oil that is central to this holiday. See recipes in "Stella's Sephardic Table". #events #Moroccan #Sephardic #Hanukkah

Doughnuts, or deep-fried fritters, are the symbolic food amongst Judeo-Spanish communities on Hanukkah, when the Festival of Lights, the miracle of the burning oil lamp in the ancient temple in 166 BCE, is celebrated. Bimuelos is derived from the Spanish word bunuelo, which was a popular yeast dough fritter in medieval Spain. I am offering my mother’s recipe that she recalls from her adolescence growing up in the Belgian Congo, called beignets. This delicious alternative is l