Two Great Rosh Hashanah Recipe Ideas

This year, Jewish year 5771 begins at sunset September 8, 2010 - nightfall September 10, 2010*. There are many religious observances on this day. However, this article will be covering the foods and what they symbolize in short-order. I have included two different Rosh Hashanah recipes that I hope you will enjoy. Eating foods with stuffing symbolizes a year filled with blessings. Yaprakes, or stuffed grape leaves, is a good example of this. Many Rosh Hashanah meals include fruit as a symbol of a "sweet" New Year. Using apples is a good example of this, such as fresh homemade applesauce.

Rosh Hashanah Recipes-Yaprakes

Ingredients for the stuffing:

3 tablespoons olive oil
2 onions, chopped
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 cup long-grain white rice, soaked in water for 30 minutes and drained
2/3 cup peeled, seeded, and diced tomato
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Ingredients for the wrap:

36 to 40 brine-packed grape leaves, well rinsed and patted dry
1 cup olive oil
Juice of 2 lemons

Directions:

Warm the olive oil over medium heat in a saute pan. Add the onions and cook about ten minutes, but be sure to stop before they are browned. Add the garlic and stir about five minutes. Add the drained rice and the remaining ingredients.

On your clean work surface, lay out the leaves shiny side down. Remove stems from all of the leaves. Place one teaspoon of filling to each leaf toward the top where the stem used to be. Only use one teaspoon per leaf as the rice expands during cooking. Also, because of this, be sure to not wrap too tightly, as they will end up splitting apart. Roll the leaves by one full roll down, then fold each side in, then continue to roll down from the top.

Put the rolled leaves in a single layer in a large saucepan. Now add the live oil, water and lemon juice. Cook over a medium heat until the liquid boils, then reduce heat to low and allow to simmer until filling is cooked which takes about 30 minutes. Place on a platter and do not serve until room temperature.

Rosh Hashanah Recipes-Applesauce

Ingredients:

4 apples
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

Directions:

Peel and core apples, then slice them. Place the apples and water into a pan. Cover and cook over medium heat until this mixture boils. Place heat on low and simmer for about 20 minutes. Stir in the sugar and stir until all the sugar dissolves. Remove from heat and stir in cinnamon. This can be served either warm or cold.

Please enjoy Rosh Hashanah and may your year be filled with many blessings and peace! I hope you were able to enjoy the couple of recipes I included.

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