It is that time of year when I start thinking about my Jewish High Holiday cooking. This year I thought I might shake it up just a bit and put a more modern spin on some of the traditional fare.
Flavorful make ahead Roasted Carrot Soup with Coriander
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Now my family knows it’s not Rosh Hashanah without my late Mom’s famous sweet and sour brisket. So I wouldn’t dare mess with that. But if we’re being honest, it would be nice to change things up a bit every now and then at least with the accompanying dishes. After all, our generation has an abundance of exciting foods at our disposal that just weren’t available back in the day. So this year I want to welcome 5784 with some new twists on old traditions by infusing some of my traditional Rosh Hashanah recipes with trendy ingredients like cumin, golden kiwi, arugula, blood oranges, and sticky dates. You know, foods that explode with flavor and turn the usual dishes into memorable holiday meals.
My go to source for fabulous kosher recipes is Kosher.com. It should definitely be your online kosher lifestyle resource because it offers much to celebrate during the High Holidays. They have crafted new, updated, and creative seasonal recipes that incorporate an array of not-so-traditional ingredients. “Our goal is to inspire home cooks,” says Kosher.com’s editor-in-chief, Chanie Nayman. “We have thousands of tantalizing recipes for any occasion. And each one features the freshest and highest-quality ingredients that meet the most rigorous kosher standards.”
Chef Esty Wolbe, host of Easy Does It on Kosher.com
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I highly recommend visiting Kosher.com to explore thousands of kosher recipes by famous kosher chefs, helpful articles and cooking tips, entertaining cooking videos, and everything else you need to make your holiday table – from Rosh Hashanah through Sukkot – a place that truly has something for everyone. I especially love Chef Esty Wolbe*, host of ‘Easy Does It’ on the site and @cookingwithtantrums on Instagram. As she says “We are blessed with rich culinary traditions and more recently with a surge in the kosher product market. We are seeing wonderful new foods each year making it easier to fuse old world recipes with modern twists to bring something familiar, yet fresh, to the table. You can find traditional recipes like tzimmes, brand new ideas like celery root breadcrumbs and everything in between.
For example, start the meal with Fingerlicken Challah, amazingly soft on the inside with a nice crunch on the outside, and a make-ahead Roasted Carrot Soup with Coriander, recipe below. Then dazzle your guests with a gorgeous Salmon Over Pomegranate and Golden Kiwi Arugula Salad as the appetizer. For the main course, if your family will allow it (mine won’t!) pair the quintessential Hearty Pot Roast with a Cumin Spiced Brisket With Leeks and Dried Apricots, a decidedly non-traditional take on a holiday favorite.
Don’t neglect your side dishes because they should be exciting, too. I plan on serving the time-honored Tzimmes with Honey alongside Jeweled Butternut Squash featuring pistachios, pomegranate seeds, and chopped dates.
Sticky Date Pudding with Butterscotch Sauce
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And no holiday meal would be complete without dessert. One of my favorite Julia Child quotes is “A party without cake is just a meeting. But don’t settle for dry, crumbly honey cake when you can make it light and fluffy and delicious with Honey Bundt Cake. Or go in a more unexpected direction while still nodding to the tradition to eat dates, and serve Sticky Date Pudding with Butterscotch Sauce. Or lighten things up with Baked Pears with Honey and Cinnamon.
Be sure to pair your dessert with the fabulous Wissotzky Teas that I told you about a while back. They have new and exotic chai offerings: Ginger and Turmeric Spiced Chai, Pumpkin Spiced Chai, Salted Caramel, or Spiced Nana Mint Chai. Mint tea drinkers can savor Wissotzky’s new line of Simply Nana Teas, which unleash a subtle layer of earthiness and invigorating minty flavor in natural green, black, and herbal flavors.
Many of the products used in these recipes are produced by Kayco, the leading kosher food distributor in the U.S. Look for brands such as Gefen, Hadar, Silan, Mighty Sesame, Bartenura and Kedem, among others, for delicious kosher ingredients.
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Roasted Carrot Soup with Coriander
A luscious and flavorful soup that can be made in advance. Perfect for the High Holidays!
- Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
- Yield: 6 servings 1x
Ingredients
1/4 cup vegetable oil, divided
9 carrots (about 2 and 1/2 pounds), peeled and cut into large chunks
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
2 onions, chopped
3 cloves garlic, minced or 3 cubes Gefen Frozen Garlic
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 375°F.
Toss the carrot chunks with two tablespoons of the oil. Sprinkle with the salt and pepper. Arrange the carrots on an aluminum foil-lined baking sheet. Roast in the center of the preheated oven, turning the carrots three times, until soft and roasted, about 45 minutes. Set aside.
Heat the remaining oil in a large soup pot or Dutch oven. Add the onions; cook, stirring, until softened, about three minutes. Stir in the garlic and ginger for one minute. Stir in the fresh coriander, mint and ground coriander for one minute. Stir in the carrots until well coated with the onion mixture and the herbs.
Pour in the chicken stock. Bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer, until the carrots are very tender, 15 to 20 minutes.
In batches, puree the soup in a blender or food processor.
Garnish each bowl with sprigs of fresh coriander.
Notes
If you prefer your soups quite thick, feel free to reduce the stock by half a cup. Conversely, to thin the soup, add a bit more stock.
Soup can be covered and refrigerated for up to 48 hours. Return to a low heat and reheat before serving.
Tip: If you don’t have time to roast the carrots, simply add the chopped carrots after the herbs have been stirred in and increase the cooking time to about 30 minutes.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 65 minutes
- Category: Soup
- Method: Roasting
- Cuisine: Jewish/Kosher
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