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Preparation info
  • Allow

    1–2

    • Difficulty

      Complex

Appears in

By Itamar Srulovich and Sarit Packer

Published 2014

  • About

The recipe for these eggs originates from the Jewish ban on cooking on the Sabbath, which gave birth to many dishes throughout the Jewish world, dishes that would cook slowly from Friday afternoon till Saturday lunch. Traditionally the eggs would be placed in a pot with a big joint of meat and some pulses and grains, then left to cook overnight. The eggs would be pulled out and eaten for breakfast, and the rest of the dish kept warm for lunch. The slow cooking of the eggs makes the whites g