Sunday, December 20, 2009

Purim and Hamentashen Questions Answered by The Challah Connection

Purim and the acceptable hamentashen cookie are generally the accountable of abundant altercation and abounding questions. The Challah Connection has set out to acknowledgment those questions and set the almanac straight.

Westport, CT -- If there is one Jewish anniversary area adroitness and “turning aggregate upside down” is not just acceptable, but expected, it is Purim. In due fashion, The Challah Connection of Westport, CT has launched its own gourmet arrangement of the actual acceptable hamentashen cookie.

Hamentashen, the three-cornered cookie that symbolizes the hat of annoyer Haman from the aboriginal Purim story, is fabricated with a acceptable chef that is cut in circles and bankrupt calm with a atom of filling; about poppy seed, raspberry, apricot or prune.

Jane Moritz, Challah Connection Owner, has apparent bags of pounds of hamentashen captivated as allotment of the Purim baskets (michloach manot) that her aggregation designs and ships. However, she saw an opportunity, “consumers are consistently analytic for new versions of old things,” says Moritz.

And so with that, Jane has formed with 2 adept compound and cookbook writers to advance her own “spin” on hamentashen. “I was analytic for something gourmet, corrupt and outrageous. Something that would absolutely accomplish humans acknowledge a reinvention of this old apple pastry.”

The after-effects are 2 admirable creations; Sour Cherry drizzled with amber ganache and Lemon Poppy Seed. Both recipes activate with a pastry chef that uses unsalted adulate (unlike a lot of hamentashen that is pareve and uses no dairy at all), boilerplate and orange abstract to accord it a bit of acidity as able-bodied as added key ingredients. Both are certified kosher.

Working with Ms. Moritz on compound development were Mary Goodbody and Judith Sutton, nationally acclaimed aliment writers, cookbook editors and compound developers. Among some of the books they accept accounting or edited are, Sweet Gratitude: Bake a Thank-You for the Really Important People in Your Life; Truffles: Ultimate Luxury, Everyday Pleasure; Recipes for a Very Small Island; and The Family Kitchen (coming Spring 2006).

The anniversary of Purim begins on the black of March 13. It is attitude to accord ability of aliment on Purim, to announce adulation and friendship. For added advice about the anniversary and its traditions and to adjustment hamentashen and Purim baskets, appointment www.challahconnection.com or alarm assessment free: 866-(CHALLAH) 242-5524.

ABOUT US
The Challah Connection, based in Westport, CT, is an online abundance for adequate allowance baskets and adequate broiled goods.

Jane Moritz
Westport Baking Company/The Challah Connection
Tel: 866-242-5524
http://www.challahconnection.com

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