Jewish (Sephardi) Rosh Hashana Recipes

"In my never-ending search for orange zest recipes, I came across this one in Levana Kirschenbaum's new book, Levana's Table. It's the most heavenly version of orange poppy seed cake I've seen so far. My only change to the recipe was to move it from the food processor to the stand mixer."

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Ingredients: eggs, margarine, orange juice...

"Traditional honey cake, made for Rosh Hashanah to ensure a sweet New Year but also prepared by honey-cake lovers for special occasions."

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Ingredients: cinnamon, cream of tartar...

"This is delicious and fragrant! Your house smells wonderful while the chicken is roasting and the neighbors knock on your door looking for invitations to dinner. I make this at least once a month."

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Ingredients: oranges, zest of...

"This is my daughter Nomi's all-time favorite way to eat rice. My friend Debbie, who is married to a Persian, makes this for her every time we're over at their house for a meal. I figured I was going to have to learn to make this myself, since Nomi just adores this rice and asks for it every time. It's a little complicated, but gets easier each time..."

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Ingredients: cooking oil, long grain rice...

"Basboosa are thin semolina squares covered in a honey and lemon syrup. Very Middle Eastern, this goes great with some sweet Turkish coffee or some mint tea."

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Ingredients: honey, lemons, milk...

"As per recipe request. Time consuming, but really worth it!"

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Ingredients: cinnamon, pepper...

"These marinated chicken legs come out beautifully glazed and juicy, and look like a lot more work than they really are! I marinated mine for only one hour and they still turned out nicely. Also, you can add sliced and scored potatoes to the baking pan if desired, to soak up some of the juices. Note: I originally tried this recipe for one serving,..."

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Ingredients: dill, frozen spinach, honey...

"You can serve falafel as a appetizer with tahinah for dipping or as a sandwich in pita bread with lettuce and tomatoes with tahinah and hot sauce"

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Ingredients: pepper, ground cumin...

"Israel has a zillion versions of hummous, but this is one version I could only find in the States. This was developed over trial and error (and lots of searching for recipes) until I got it just right."

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Ingredients: cumin, ground cayenne pepper...

"This soup has a flavor combination that is very popular in the Middle East. This is based on a Faye Levy recipe."

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Ingredients: ground cumin, celery & tops...

"This is a lovely use for apples! From "The Book of Jewish Food" by Claudia Roden. She suggests serving this with yogurt to balance the sweetness. The rosewater flavor is strong here, so if you are shy about rosewater consider cutting the amount in half. This would be lovely as a filling in a white cake, layered with vanilla pastry cream..."

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Ingredients: rose water, sugar, water...