198 | DESSERTS DANI WRITES: What place food has in our family. I always loved food and was always very connected to it, since I can remember myself food has had a huge place in my life. I love eating good food and experience places and cultures through it. Food has always had a big place in our family, both as a family where it is just my parents, Lior and I but also as an extended family. I remember family meals where you had to take quickly quickly the food you want to your plate because if not it will end, and this is the beauty about our family. We are all very connected and this is one way of expressing this connection- by sharing a mutual love and joy to sitting together around the table and eating together. And also by making food for one another. In my family, we sit together almost every evening and eat dinner together, we talk about our day and share experiences and I just love to have this time that we spend together almost every evening. This is one of my favorite habits in our family because it really connects us and makes sure that we spend time together. I also love having Shabbat dinners with my expanded family, and usually with Granny and Saba, it is a beautiful tradition that connects us as a family and makes the weekends much more special. Spending time with my family is one of my favorite things in the world, and yes- even more so when it is food related. MERINGUES ¾ cup aquafaba, reduced* 100g of sugar** Seeds, scraped from a vanilla pod ¼ tsp cream of tartar *After opening a can of chickpeas to make steak (see MEAT AND BURGERS) I was left with aquafaba, the liquid from the can. I poured ¾ cup of the liquid into a small pot and boiled it for 10 minutes, to reduce it. If there is less than ½ cup after reducing, just top it up with the liquid from the can. Set aside to cool. **Weigh 110g of sugar and then blitz it in the food processor to make it fine. Add the vanilla seeds to the sugar. Preheat the oven to 130°C. Line 2 large baking sheets with baking parchment or a silicone mat. Whisk the aquafaba and cream of tartar in a mixmaster at high speed.
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