Baking

Bulemas

By Linda Capeloto Sendowski 12 Comments

Bulemas or Boyus, depending on what town your grandparents came from, are spirals of stuffed dough, baked in the oven until crisp. Spinach and cheese filling is my favorite. Yeast dough is stretched until, it is a long rectangle, then filled, rolled into a cylinder, sealed at … [Read more...] about Bulemas

Honey Cake

By Linda Capeloto Sendowski 1 Comment

Extra Moist Honey Cake I think I have tried at least 20 different honey cake recipes over the years. The cakes are always too dry and some are too crumbly. Last year I used my banana cake recipe for inspiration and came up with this. You could leave out the nuts and dried fruits … [Read more...] about Honey Cake

Pastelicos (meat and rice borekas)

By Linda Capeloto Sendowski 3 Comments

Pastelicos are triangular borekas with a savory meat and rice filling. As with other Sephardic pastry, you can find versions in different shapes, with different dough and different spice blends. This is the recipe my mother always made, but with the addition of the cinnamon and … [Read more...] about Pastelicos (meat and rice borekas)