Favorite Passover Recipes

[bonzo2012]

I know a number of us here are Jewish or married to Jewish spouses, so with Passover starting this Friday I thought it would be fun to share some of our favorite Passover recipes!

I think I've said this before, but I'm really glad Passover isn't overlapping with Easter this year, since it makes meal planning for the family holidays much easier. But, I will be in tech rehearsals during Passover, which means I'll be needing to pack a dinner every night. That's a new challenge for me, since I don't think I've ever had a tech week so totally overlap with the holiday.

So, whether or not you keep kosher for the whole holiday, share those Passover recipes so we can all eat all the delicious food next week!

[toratoratori]

We're making Sephardic charoset this year, which I'm REALLY excited about. The recipe uses dates, ginger, and sesame seeds, ground into a paste. I have no idea how much of each - I assume (and hope!) my mom will be providing that info when we make it on Friday

I'm looking for recipes for something chocolatey I can make for dessert, if anyone has any suggestions!

[bonzo2012]

I love Sephardic charosets. My mom makes one that has a bunch of different dried fruits, dried coconut and nuts, and it all stews in the wine for a while until it's soft and sticky.

We made a really good chocolate orange cake for Seder last year, I'll see if I can find the recipe for you!

[bonzo2012]

Hmmm...so looking at my Pinterest boards, the chocolate orange cake was actually for Rosh Hashana (it had a honey glaze). Maybe I made this one for Seder last year?

www.marthastewart.com/315638/chocolate-cake-with-espresso-glaze

[bonzo2012]

toratoratori, let me know how your Sephardic charosets turned out! I'm curious about using ginger. The one I made uses prunes, dried apples, dried apricots, dried cherries, dried coconut and raisins, walnuts, a little bit of jam and of course wine. It's supposed to have cinnamon, but I completely forgot to add it in. Ooops!

We made my favorite sweet potato kugel to take to seder tonight. It uses sweet potato, carrots and apples. We bake it in a muffin pan so that all the pieces get the delicious caramelized edges. It was a huge hit the last time we had Easter at the ILs too!

[bonzo2012]

toratoratori, what did you end up making for your chocolaty dessert? I'm always interested in adding more recipes to my Passover list for next year!

[toratoratori]

May 3, 2016 12:10:05 GMT -5 bonzo2012 said:

toratoratori, what did you end up making for your chocolaty dessert? I'm always interested in adding more recipes to my Passover list for next year!

We didn't end up doing a chocolatey dessert - we already had so much food and only six people and I couldn't handle the idea of even more leftovers in the fridge!

The charoset turned out great, though! C especially was a big fan Yesterday she ran through the living room asking for matzah and I had to break it to her that the stuff that makes the matzah yummy was all gone.