Cultured Palate: Dishes from Israel
| January 3, 2018
Jachnun
Jachnun is an innovative dish popularized in Israel by Yemenite Jews. It’s a bread that cooks for hours at a low temperature, which means that it can be served on Shabbat, when Jews are prohibited from cooking.
Made of whole wheat flour and clarified butter, the dough is rolled up and placed in the oven on a low heat on Friday afternoon. The oven remains on, and the bread is slowly cooked until it’s ready to be eaten on Saturday morning. Traditionally, it’s eaten with hard boiled eggs and a spicy condiment called skhug.
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