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Home | Round-Ups | 11 Rosh Hashanah Recipes
By David Leite
Published Aug 28, 2021, Updated Sep 12, 2023
These 11 Rosh Hashanah recipes will give you a few deee-lish ideas for this year's Jewish New Year's celebrations. Brisket, roast chicken, latkes, challah, plenty of apple and honey recipes, and some sweet dessert ideas, too. Shanah Tovah.
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Contents
- Honey Glazed Chicken with Garlic Confit
- Braised Brisket with Red Wine and Honey
- Pomegranate Roasted Beets with Goat Cheese
- Potato Latkes with Apple-Date Chutney
- Goat Cheese with Honey
- Apple Jelly
- Roast Chicken with Sweet Potatoes and Dates
- Challah
- Figs in Port
- Apple Cake
- Honey-Ginger Apple Tarts
- Rosh Hashanah FAQs
Kate Sears
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Honey Glazed Chicken with Garlic Confit
This simple roast chicken meal is made with chicken pieces that are basted with honey and balsamic vinegar, and then roasted in garlic confit with lemon slices. It's perfect for entertaining or special occasion meals.
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Sang An
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Braised Brisket with Red Wine and Honey
This braised brisket with red wine and honey is sweet and tangy and fall-apart tender and so perfect it makes us go weak in the knees. And it’s a hunk of beef large enough to feed a crowd soit has that going for it, too.
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I made this braised brisket today for our family Seder, and it was delicious. At serving time, we passed the reheated broth over the sliced brisket, which was delicious.
Easiest brisket I’ve ever made. My new go-to recipe. Thanks!!
beth s.
Kristin Teig
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Pomegranate Roasted Beets with Goat Cheese
I like to serve this salad on a bed of lightly steamed beet greens because it’s a nice textural contrast, it looks really pretty, the greens are full of good nutrients that shouldn’t go to waste, and they're free! How many more reasons do you need?
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Sang An
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Potato Latkes with Apple-Date Chutney
These potato latkes are, per tradition, blissfully crisp outside, tender inside. Andthe wonderfulness doesn’tstop there. Adollop of sweet apple-date chutney takes the place of the usual applesauce and the requisite plain sour cream takes on a holiday lilt thanks to a pinch of ground cinnamon.
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Potato latkes are a very subjective dish–everyone has their secret ingredient or step to make them come out crispy and yet soft on the inside. This recipe gets it all right.
It’s the first time I’ve used a recipe, and just like all the other recipes I’ve tried on this website–it’s a keeper. I plan on making these and two other latke recipes from this site for my holiday get-together get-together–who doesn’t like a party where everything is fried. Yum!
marilyn
wideonet
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Goat Cheese with Honey
A beautifully made, straightforward dessert can be a lovely ending to a meal. While you're picking up some gorgeous goat cheese at the farmer's market, try some local honey to drizzle on top.
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Angie Zoobkoff
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Apple Jelly
This apple jelly works well on both sweet and savory dishes. Honey, earthy rosemary, sweet apples, and a bit of tanginess from lemon juice.
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A beautiful apple jelly recipe with precise instructions. I doubled the recipe, and it came out perfect.
sumeet
David Loftus
7 of 11
Roast Chicken with Sweet Potatoes and Dates
This roast chicken with sweet potatoes and dates is worthy of a Rosh Hashanah celebration, but is just as welcome at your next casual gathering or Sunday supper.
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Gulsina
8 of 11
Challah
This challah is a traditional Jewish bread made with yeast, flour, water, eggs, and oil, that’s perfect for the Sabbath, Rosh Hashanah, or any other special occasion.
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This is the best challah recipe I’ve ever used. I’ve made A LOT of challah, but never have I achieved the springy, fluffy quality this one has!
I absolutely love it and will definitely be making it again. The outside had a nice firm texture–very pretty and dark–while the inside was light and soft. I loved it!!
achilles
Frankie Frankeny
9 of 11
Figs in Port
These figs in Port wine, made with fresh figs, tawny port, sugar, and black peppercorns, is a simple, elegant summer dessert.
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Angie Zoobkoff
10 of 11
Apple Cake
This easy apple cake is made with a couple of crisp apples and a tangy buttermilk cake batter, giving it a lovely fresh apple flavor.
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My 6-year-old son requested this delicious apple cake for his birthday! A family favorite!!
katie
Ngoc Minh Ngo
11 of 11
Honey-Ginger Apple Tarts
Honey-ginger apple tarts are rustic perfection. Flaky pastry crust, wrapped around a sweet-tart filling. And then everything is sprinkled with crushed cinnamon-sugar walnuts. See? Absolute perfection.
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Rosh Hashanah FAQs
What foods are traditionally eaten at Rosh Hashanah?
There are several traditional Rosh Hashanah foods that herald the beginning of the Jewish New Year and symbolize the hopes for a prosperous year ahead.
Apples and honey are two of the most common foods traditionally consumed during the holiday. They can be served in sweet or savory dishes and are often enjoyed by simply dipping apple slices in honey. Their sweetness is symbolic of hope for a good year.
Challah is also very popular during the holiday but is specifically baked into a round shape to symbolize the infinite cycle of years and seasons. It is frequently sweetened with apples or raisins.
Pomegranates are another sweet fruit consumed at Rosh Hashanah. They’re frequently eaten as the “new fruit,” which hasn’t been eaten yet in the year. The fruit’s many seeds symbolize good deeds and merits to perform and acquire in the upcoming year.
Are there any foods to avoid during rosh hashanah?
Some Jews avoid nuts during Rosh Hashanah, as the numerical value of the Hebrew word for walnuts (egozim) is the same as the word for sin. It is also believed that eating nuts can increase the production of phlegm, which can be disruptive to prayers.
Rosh Hashanah is celebrated with sweet foods for a sweet and prosperous year, so many avoid vinegary or bitter foods. Dairy and meat are not typically served at the same meal.
what does rosh Hashanah celebrate?
Rosh Hashanah celebrates the Jewish New Year. It’s held in September and lasts for two days. It’s celebrated by enjoying symbolic foods, such as apples, honey, and dates, engaging in prayer, and blowing the shofar horn.
We’ve given you a smattering of our favorites, but if you’re looking for more, check out our entirecollection of Rosh Hashanah recipes.
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About David Leite
I count myself lucky to have received three James Beard Awards for my writing as well as for Leite’s Culinaria. My work has also appeared in The New York Times, Martha Stewart Living, Saveur, Bon Appétit, Gourmet, Food & Wine, Yankee, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, The Washington Post, and more.
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Delicious recipes!!!
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Thanks, Maureen!
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