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Master of Parve Desserts!KosherEye "Foodie" Friend
Rabbi Shoshana Ohriner is a very unique person; she feeds both the soul and the body and as she told KosherEye, "it is really the same." A conservative rabbi, Rabbi Ohriner is a hospital Chaplain, and lives in New York with her husband and son. She describes herself as having a love of baking and a passion for confectionary arts. Growing up in California, her family loved to cook and Rabbi Ohriner's interest in baking started when she was in college. Her incentive to start baking – the terrible parve desserts that were served at many social functions she attended. "I began to experiment with new ingredients and methods to stretch the limits of parve baking, while still using natural ingredients." With no formal training, (she did take several recreational baking classes at the Institute of Culinary Education in New York City), the results of stretching the limits of parve baking are very impressive. Rabbi Ohriner has a repertoire of many traditional and non-traditional recipes that will impress family and friends. Whatever the reason a person has for avoiding dairy, she believes that no one should have to sacrifice good taste to achieve those goals, especially when it comes to dessert. She is currently moving towards using as many natural ingredients as possible in her recipes, and is reworking some of her older recipes to use oil or natural margarine, such as Earth Balance. KosherEye asked Rabbi Shoshana Ohriner several questions: What is your very favorite parve dessert recipe? What Passover parve dessert recipes do you make every year? Rabbi Ohriner has created three wonderful Passover recipes for KosherEye: Frozen Strawberry Parfait with Basil Meringues, Coconut Panna Cotta with Lime Curd and Flourless Chocolate-Hazelnut Cookies. You are in for a treat! To share her excitement for parve desserts, Rabbi Ohriner has created an online website, Couldn't Be Parve. Please visit her and enjoy her wonderful recipes. |
