Passover

I love Jewish heritage and food. When I was fortunate enough to visit the Holocaust memorial Museum in Washington DC this past fall, I was introduced to this wonderful cookbook: The Holocaust Survivors Cookbook. This book is full of recipes, pictures, and stories from many Holocaust survivors. Check out the Survivor cookbook website for more information. I would recommend buying this book.

This may be the Easter season for Christians, but it is also Passover for those of Jewish Faith. These are some of my favorite Jewish recipes.

Passover French Toast

Kosher for Passover store bought sponge cake or marble cake (or homemade)
1 -2 eggs, beaten
Butter (1 tbsp)

Cut cake into slices of bread about one inch thick. Preheat butter in frying pan over low heat. Dip each side of the cake into beaten egg mixture. Place the cake dipped in egg mixture in the frying pan and brown on both sides.

Potatoe Latkes

2 1/2 lbs. White Potatoes (6 medium)
1 cup raw onion
1/2 cup carrots
1/4 cup matzo meal
1 1/2 teasp. salt
1/4 teasp. pepper
4 egg whites
pan spray

Peel and grate the potatoes and vegetables, add to a large bowl and add the remaining ingredients. Put 1/4 cup of the mixture to muffin tins that have been sprayed with pan spray.
Bake in a 375 oven for 45 minutes and remove, flipping them onto a cookie sheet. Cook for 10 more minutes or until crisp.

Honey Golden Chicken

1 chicken, cut into serving pieces
1/2 lemon
2 teaspoons ground ginger
salt to taste
1/3 cup oil
1/4 cup honey

Rub chicken pieces iwth lemon. Sprinkle with 1 teaspoon ginger and salt. Combine oil, honey and remaining ginger and brush the chicken with this mixture. Roast it in a moderate oven (350 F) for 1 1/2 - 2 hours, basting occasionally with honey mixture.

Apple Cake

CAKE:
3 eggs
3/4 cup sugar
1/3 cup oil
3/4 cup cake meal
5 apples, peeled & sliced (Granny Smiths are best) TOPPING:
1/3 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 cup sugar
2 tsp. cinnamon

In a medium sized mixing bowl, beat the eggs with the sugar and oil until the mixture is light. Add the cake meal and mix well. Pour half of the mixture into a lightly greased 8 or 9 inch square baking pan. Distribute half the apples over the batter. Pour the remaining batter over the apples and cover with the remaining apples.
Combine topping ingredients in a small bowl; sprinkle over the apples. Bake in a preheated 350~ oven for approximately 1 1/2 hours.
Serves 8-9. You can double the recipe and bake in a 9x13 pan.

To learn more about Passover go here.

For more Kosher recipes go here.

For more Passover celebration ideas go here.