Jewish pastry art is an original blend of Eastern and Mediterranean traditions, allowing tourists to enjoy truly unforgettable tastes of local desserts. If you aren’t familiar with Jewish pastry art, let’s take a look at the tasty Jewish pastry. Jewish pastry can be not only served for family dinner but can be also eaten as a tasty snack. Make a cup of tea or coffee, take your favorite book, gamble in an online casino (for example real money online casino Canada , if you are living in Canada), and enjoy the beautiful taste of knafeh, leks, or hamantash.

Knafeh

This unusual pastry is made of the finest Kadaif noodles, soft goat cheese, and a coating of sweet almond syrup. The result is a unique, sweet, and savory flavor that will melt the hearts of even the most discerning gourmets. It’s an incredibly tasty dessert with a tender and crispy crust, and with a slightly salty melted cheese inside, sure to please fans of something unusual and delicious. The orange color of the knafeh is turned with food coloring. 

Making it at home is not difficult at all, but the main thing is to find the right ingredients. Knafeh should be served warm with some strawberry or raspberry jam and white wine or a nice tea instead. Combining it with coffee, garnished with a cap of whipped cream, is not a bad option.

Leks

This delicious Jewish cake is baked especially for Rosh Hashanah (New Year’s Eve, which is celebrated for two days according to the lunar calendar in September or October). On these days, Jewish people do not serve pickled foods, so that the coming year will not be sour. As for sweets, we eat a lot of them, because it’s considered to have a happy and sweet year.

Hamantash

Hamantash is a traditional Jewish biscuit, the name of which translates as “Haman’s bag/pocket/bag”. The pastry has a triangular shape and is made for the holiday of Purim, and its name is a reminder of an extremely unpleasant biblical character for Israelis. The biscuits are filled with sultanas, poppy seeds, jams, curds, and pounded walnuts.

Rugelach

On another Jewish holiday, Hanukkah, they make a rugelach pastry, incredibly tender and delicious bagels with a sour and spicy filling. The cottage cheese dough is first folded into triangles and covered with a filling (jam, sultanas, poppy seeds, dates, marzipan, crushed nuts, chocolate, or cinnamon). They are then rolled up into crescent shapes and baked.