Jackie Azulai Returns to MasterChef with Artistic Moroccan Fish Risotto Recipe

The Israeli culinary competition MasterChef reopened with six returning contestants showcasing their refined cooking skills. Among them, Jackie Azulai impressed the judges with a unique dish combining risotto and Moroccan fish, earning high praise. Other standout dishes included Aviva Pivko's mille-feuille moussaka and Nissim Zlait's elevated fish and chips.

Jackie's Moroccan fish risotto recipe serves four and involves preparing a vegetable broth with carrots, celery, onion, garlic, and bay leaf, followed by cooking Arborio rice with butter, white wine, and roasted vegetables. The fish, specifically grouper fillets, is gently folded into the risotto off the heat to maintain texture, finished with parsley and optional Parmesan.

Aviva Pivko's dish features a crispy pastry layered with goat cheese cream, fried eggplant, and roasted cherry tomatoes, served alongside a tomato sorbet. The recipe details the preparation of the sorbet, goat cheese cream, dough discs, and the assembly of the mille-feuille with garnishes including basil, chili slices, and olive oil.

Nissim Zlait presented fried grouper or sea bass fillets with Swiss chard leaves and remoulade sauce. His recipe includes curing the fish briefly in a salt and sugar mix, frying in tempura batter, and preparing a remoulade with egg yolks, vinegar, lemon, anchovies, capers, Parmesan, Thai chili, and crispy fish skin.

These recipes highlight the contestants' culinary artistry and are shared as provided by the chefs themselves. The episode aired on August 10, 2026, on Keshet 12's MasterChef Dream Team series.