Recipes

Passover Matzah Ball Recipe

Recipe from Carolyn Gilbert

These are the matzah balls that Carolyn’s mother, Phoebe Hymson, made for Congregation Beth Adam for many years.  Guaranteed to be solid, not mushy and not hard.  They come out perfectly every time.  For use with your favorite chicken soup recipe.

Serves 10-12

Ingredients:

2 Manischewitz matzah ball mix recipes (from the box)

2 recipes from the Manechewitz matzah meal box

1 C matzah meal

Juice from one onion.

1. Mix mixture above and refrigerate for half an hour.

2. Boil in WATER (not SOUP!) flavored with onion juice for 40 minutes.

Also posted in Passover recipes | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Matzo Buttercrunch Recipe

This matzo buttercrunch recipe comes recommended from Susan in Cincinnati.  It’s from Cooking Light magazine.

It involves matzah crackers, butter, brown suger, and chocolate chips.  Now that is one delicious way to doctor up the matzah!


Also posted in Passover recipes | Leave a comment

Italian Charoset Recipe

This recipe was shared with us by Frank Tamburello.

Ingredients:

3 cups pitted and chopped dates
1/3 cup of raisins
1 2/3 cups chopped almonds
2 tart apples, peeled, cored and grated
Juice of 2 large oranges

Instructions:

Combine, stir well, cover and refrigerate.
(This can be done in food processor.)

Also posted in Passover recipes | Tagged , | 1 Response

Ashkenazic Charoset Recipe from cookbook author Zell Schulman

This recipe doubles well.  Prepare it the morning of the seder, cover it well, and refrigerate.

Ingredients
1 cup chopped nuts (pecans, almonds, walnuts, or a mixture)
5 small apples, peeled and cored
1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
3 tablespoons sweet wine, or more to taste
1 ½ tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground ginger

Processor Method:
1. Place the nuts in the bowl of a food processor fitted with the metal blade.  Pulse 2 to 3 times to chop.  Remove to a small bowl and set aside.

2. Cut the apples into 1-inch pieces.  Add to the food processor with the lemon zest, wine, sugar, cinnamon, and ginger.  Pulse 2-3 times until everything is chopped into medium pieces.  Scrape the bowl as needed, making sure nothing gets lodged into the blade.  Remove to a 1 quart bowl.  Fold in the nuts, adjust the seasonings, then cover and refrigerate.

Conventional Method:
With a sharp knife, chop the nuts and diced apples into a 1 quart bowl.  Add the lemon zest, wine, sugar, cinnamon, and ginger and combine.  Adjust the seasonings, cover, and refrigerate.

This recipe was used with permission from the author.  Simply Seders is a publication of Macmillan (1998).

Order your copy of Passover Seders Made Simple here.

Also posted in Passover recipes | Tagged , , | Leave a comment