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Deli Favorites

Below you’ll find a collection of beloved deli recipes you never knew you needed. There’s nothing quite like a piping hot bowl of Matzo Ball Soup or a mile-high pastrami sandwich from your favorite Jewish delicatessen. Unfortunately, we can’t always get to the deli when a craving strikes, and homemade is the next best thing (except for Bubbe’s cooking, of course).

Since the early 19th century, Jewish delis have been an icon of Jewish culture, attracting the Jewish community and beyond. While deli recipes may differ from location to location, you can rely on a few staple items to appear on every menu.

Learn to make your own pastrami, several different recipes for matzo ball soup, blintzes, latkes, mushroom barley soup, New York-style cheesecake and more.

Golden braided challah bread placed on a dark wooden chopping board with a rustic red-striped kitchen towel underneath. Nearby are a jar of honey and honey dipper.

Sourdough Challah

Horizontal shot of floater matzo balls in a shallow bowl of vegetarian matzo ball soup with carrot slices, pieces of celery, and golden saffron broth. Spoon, fresh vegetables, and linen napkin on the white marble counter beside the bowl. Tiles and white jar in background.

Vegetarian Matzo Ball Soup

Matzo ball soup - horizontal shot of classic Jewish chicken soup with fluffy matzo balls on a white countertop. Spoon and linen napkin beside the bowl, fresh green herbs and white ceramic jar in background.

Matzo Ball Soup

Overhead shot - sinker matzo ball soup on a white marble surface. Soup includes dense sinker matzo balls, chicken, carrots, celery, and golden broth in a white soup bowl with spoon, cloth napkin, cracked matzo and fresh green herbs beside the bowl. Classic Jewish soup.

Sinker Matzo Balls

Horizontal shot of floater matzo balls in a shallow bowl of Jewish chicken soup with carrot slices, pieces of celery, and golden broth. Spoon and linen napkin on the white marble counter beside the bowl. Tiles and white jar in background.

Floater Matzo Balls

Square featured shot - White bowl of vegetarian chopped liver topped with chopped hard boiled egg and chopped parsley, with a wooden spatula, bunch of fresh parsley, wooden platter of crackers, and linen napkins beside it, on a marble countertop.

Aunt Bev’s Vegetarian Chopped Liver

Square crop - two slices of cheesecake on plates with fresh blueberries beside them, a whole cheesecake with slices cut out and pie server in background.

Classic Cheesecake

Square Crop - a piece of kugel on a small plate with fork on wooden table, dish of kugel and another slice in background.

Pineapple Raisin Noodle Kugel

Wider horizontal shot - plate of challah french toast drizzled with Kahlua cream sauce, napkin and platter of french toast in background, powdered sugar with small spoon behind.

Challah French Toast with Kahlua Cream Sauce

Fluffy scrambled eggs on a plate with fork and cloth napkin, on a marble countertop. Wooden cutting board with egg carton - brown and white eggs, and fresh parsley. Another plate of scrambled eggs in background.

How to Make Fluffy Moist Scrambled Eggs

Featured - Cinnamon Babka sliced on cutting board with cinnamon stick bundle. coffee and towel in background.

Cinnamon Babka

Horizontal shot of sliced babka with swirling chocolate filling, chocolate chunks on white cutting board with wood background.

Chocolate Babka

Plate of Kasha and Bows with fresh parsley garnish, larger dish and canister of kasha in background.

Kasha Varnishkes – Kasha and Bows

Close up shot - crispy golden latkes on a white plate with sour cream and applesauce. Fork and knife with cloth napkin on the side. Pile of potato pancakes in the background.

Gluten Free Crispy Yukon Gold Latkes

A square slice of kugel with a crunchy cookie topping on a white plate with a decorative border.

Vanilla Noodle Kugel

Horizontal shot - dish of chopped liver garnished with chopped hard boiled egg and fresh parsley, with lettuce, serving knife and rye bread pieces, on a wooden cutting board.

Chopped Liver

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