Parve Jewish Recipes
Decadent Chocolate Treat
Though many parve Jewish recipes are prepared following Jewish law, they can still be simple to make. With such a large part of the population following parve, or kosher guidelines, food manufacturers have offered more and more parve ingredients, designed to make your cooking and baking easier and more enjoyable. Some cooks concern themselves with whether they’ve followed the proper guidelines in cooking kosher foods, but it’s not as intimidating as it may seem.
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In order for parve Jewish recipes to meet legal standards, they must not include any animal or dairy ingredients. Kosher law states that animal food and dairy foods can’t be eaten at the same meal. Parve foods are neutral, which means they can be enjoyed with both dairy foods and animal foods. Once you learn the regulations, it’s much easier and more enjoyable to prepare a parve Jewish recipe.
If a food is to adhere to parve standards, it cannot include butter or animal fat. Over the years, delicious recipes have been developed to create dishes that fall within the guidelines of parve Jewish recipes, while delivering high-quality finished products. If you love desserts, you’ll be able to find ways to keep them parve. Sweets can be made with vegetable oil instead. Don’t think you have to forgo your favorite foods because they contain animal or dairy ingredients. You can still enjoy the foods you love.
Rich, decadent chocolate treats are within reach. Recipes today offer substitutions and alternate cooking methods to produce delicious foods you wouldn’t guess are “safe” to eat.
Parve Jewish recipes can result in delicious, satisfying dishes. With a little planning, you can rest assured that the culinary masterpiece you created falls well within your religious guidelines. The only guilt you’ll feel may come as a result of learning the calorie count!
French Chocolate Truffles
Ingredients
• 6 ounces semisweet chocolate
• 2 ounces butter
• 2 egg yolks
• 1/4 tsp. peppermint extract
• unsweetened cocoa
• 2 ounces semisweet, ground chocolate
Preparation:
- Melt 6 ounces chocolate.
- Add butter, stir until melted.
- Stir a bit of chocolate mixture into yolks, then mix into chocolate.
- Cook over double-boiler for 2 minutes, with stirring.
- Stir in peppermint, place bowl in ice water, and stir until firm.
- Divide into 20 mounds on waxed paper or foil.
- When mixture is firm, roll in cocoa, then ground chocolate.
- Dry at room temperature overnight. Cover tightly for a day or two, or freeze for longer storage.