Maxine Barrocas & Natalie B. Cohen

And “The Sephardic Cooks” from the Or Ve Shalom Congregation in Atlanta and “Dulce Siempre” by Julia Cohen Hanan

QUAJADO DE SPINACA CON FARFEL

2LB. fresh spinach, washed, cut and drained

6 eggs, beaten

1 cup grated Parmesan or Romano cheese

½ cup farfel, soaked in warm water and squeezed dry

4 oz. cottage cheese

2 tsp. salt

2 onions sautéed

Mix all ingredients thoroughly. Bake in greased, hot 9x9-inch baking dish in preheated 400^o oven for approximately 25 minutes.

BURMUELOS DE PATATA

3 large potatoes

¾ cup Matza meal

1 cup Parmesan cheese, grated

4 eggs, beaten

salt to taste

oil

· Peel potatoes, boil until tender and mash until smooth.

· Mix potatoes, Matza meal, grated cheese, eggs, and salt without beating.

· Heat oil.

· Drop mixture by tablespoons into hot oil.

· Fry on both sides until golden brown.

· Drain on paper towel.

Tip: More grated cheese makes these even tastier.

Maxine & Syvia's Special Passover Apple Cake

General information

9x13 pan

Oven: 350º

Time: 1 hour 15 minutes

Serves: 12

Ingredients

6 Granny Smith apples pealed and sliced

3/4 cup of sugar

2 tsp cinamon

Juice from 2 large lemons

6 eggs well beaten

2 cups of sugar

One cup of oil

2 cups of cake meal

2 tsp potato starch

One dash of salt Topping

1/4 cup of sugar

2 tsp cinamon

1/4 cup of chopped nuts (pecans)

Directions

Stir together apples, 3/4 cup of sugar, cinamon, and lemon juice...and set

aside.

Beat eggs gradually, beat in 2 cups of sugar, beat in oil, beat for 2

minutes more

Sift together cake meal, potato starch, and salt---fold into egg mixture

Pour 1/2 of batter into greased 9 x 13 pan

Drain apple mixture and place over batter

Cover with rest of batter, and sprinkle on topping

Bake until it tests done (1 hour & 15 minutes)