![]() ![]() So to those celebrating, Chag Purim Sameach! And for everyone else, I hope you give these a go! They are worth it just for the pistachio paste alone □. Uri has bakeries in Israel and New York, and based on the types of recipes in this book, I definitely need to visit one of these bakeries one day! After some trial and error I finally settled on the dough recipe by Uri Scheft from his book ‘Breaking Breads’. Which is where the below recipe originates. From my observations it looks like the shortbread like dough is quite common in America and in US based recipes. After more discussion and some research online and in a few of my cookbooks, I decided to forge ahead with my super untraditional hamantaschen recipe.įrom my research on hamantaschen the shortbread like dough was a 20th century adaptation of the original, as it was easier to make and had a slightly longer shelf life. Well, that had me seriously questioning my hamantaschen idea, and for a moment considered making this version and a traditional poppyseed one with yeasted dough. Secondly, the shortbread like pastry sometimes used nowadays (like the one below), is definitely not traditional! A yeasted dough is the traditional way to make them. Great, if you aren’t set on a traditional hamantaschen that is! After speaking to a few people, I have since discovered that firstly, traditionally hamantaschen are filled with a poppyseed filling. When I noticed Purim was fast approaching I thought a pistachio version with my newly perfected pistachio paste would be great. ![]() This year I have been baking with pistachios a lot, and trying to perfect a homemade pistachio paste (since none seems to be available to buy at any store I have so far looked at!). Last year I made her Marzipan Sprinkle Hamantaschen and they were delightfully fun. The recipes from Molly Yeh’s blog ‘My Name is Yeh’ are a great example of this. And many of the ones I have seen are variants on the traditional versions. My only experience with them is seeing pictures pop up on Instagram the week or so before Purim. Purists look away now, these are not traditional hamantaschen! Hamantaschen (made during the Jewish festival of Purim) are only a recent discovery for me, so I don’t have any preconceived ideas or traditions to guide me as to how they ‘should’ be. ![]()
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