In Israel, spring has sprung. In the mornings you see a great number of women shlepping wheeled shopping carts on buses, intent on filling them up at the shuk. I can relate to them. Here’s my shopping cart, rather worse for wear but full of good things: lavender and mint in pots and lotsa garlic. Well, yes, garlic…what else would I go to shuk for, twice in one week? Fresh green garlic has arrived, and Mimi is one happy blogger. So far I’ve only made 1 batch of garlic confit (recipe here), but there’ll be more.
It’s not too soon to plan Passover menus. Here’s an updated roundup of recipes that suit the holiday. Enjoy!
Meat
Moroccan Beef Tajine – just leave the chickpeas out and it’ll be delicious all the same.
Poultry
Chicken Roasted on a Bed of Onions
Chicken Thighs in an Almond Crust Substitute matzah meal for the breadcrumbs.
Garlic Chicken or Turkey Bites
Fish
Red Mullet in Chermoulah Sauce
Salmon with Preserved Lemons and Garlic
Trout Baked with Pickled Lemons Didn’t preserve any lemons? Never mind – use fresh ones.
Fish Fillets in a Walnut Crust
Fish Fillets Baked With Tomatoes and Herbs
Vegetables
Jerusalem Artichokes and Mushrooms
Pan-Roasted Cauliflower and Broccoli
Tajine of Sweet Potatoes, Carrots and Prunes
Onions Roasted with Olive Oil and Herbs
Swiss Chard and Potato Rollups
Potatoes and Sweet Potatoes
Sweet Potatoes Roasted in Date Syrup
Mafroum – Tunisian Meat-Stuffed Potatoes Substitute fine matzah meal for the flour.
Soup
Green Soup with Chicken Dumplings
Jerusalem Artichoke Soup and Tomato/Mint Soup
Miscellaneous Goodies
Mayonnaise and Aioli in 5 Minutes
6 Ways to Use Up Leftover Wine
Don’t forget about your almond lemon macaroons! Here in our house, it wouldn’t be Pesach without those chocolate covered treats!
How right you are, Mrs. S. I’m going to put those macaroons on the Pesach roundup right now. And a chag kasher v’sameach to you and your family!
Do you make all of these dishes during Pesach? This year we are going out of town for the holiday, so I won’t be doing any cooking which feels very strange indeed.
A., I don’t cook every dish in the roundup, and I cook others I haven’t posted about.
I whipped up a batch of the almond lemon macaroons for everyone to eat after their erev Pesach nap and they went down very well, as did the garlic turkey bites, which I made fresh for the second seder. They were delicious and made a nice change from chicken. Thanks for great ideas and enjoy the rest of yomtov!
Mrs. Belogski, I’m always glad to read your gracious comments. Moadim le simcha, and Shabbat shalom!