New Easy-to-Make Passover Holiday Dishes

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(Gerry Furth-Sides, recipes and photos courtesy of Melissa’s Produce). Melissa’s Produce has always been known for their quality products carefully curated from all over the world. The big news is their products that allow shortcuts in the kitchen for dishes that usually take hours or days. Passover includes a traditional Seder meal, followed by another eight days of celebration, where these shortcuts are especially welcome and allow the cook to enjoy more time with guests and family.

Passover Chicken Soup
By Melissa’s Corporate Chefs

 

Ingredients

1 Chicken Breast ground
1 Egg lightly beaten
1/3 cup Matzo Meal
Salt and Pepper to taste
Canela (Cinnamon Sticks) ground, to taste
10 cups Chicken Broth
1 cup Rice uncooked

Organic Parsley for garnish

For the noodles
3 Eggs
1/4 cup Water
pinch Course Salt
2 Tablespoons Chicken Fat, for frying

Directions

In a medium bowl, mix ground chicken, beaten egg, matzo meal, and desired amount of salt and pepper and a pinch of cinnamon.

Roll into small “meatballs”.

In a large saucepan over high heat, bring chicken broth to a boil.

Add uncooked rice and chicken meatballs.

Cover and lower heat to medium low; simmer for 20 minutes or until the rice and chicken are cooked.

Next, make the noodles. Beat eggs with wire whisk until fluffy. Add water and salt. Beat for 1-2 minutes. Heat chicken fat in large skillet over medium heat. Pour entire mixture into pan. Fry as you would make a pancake to golden brown on each side.

Remove from pan onto cutting surface and cut into thin noodle size strips. Add to Chicken Soup.

Ladle into soup bowls and garnish with a sprig of fresh parsley.

Slow Cooked Brisket with Mushroom Sauce
Recipe by Chef Tom Fraker



Ingredients

2 tablespoons Kosher Salt
2 tablespoons Freshly Ground Pepper
2 tablespoons Smoked Paprika
2 tablespoons Dried Basil
2 tablespoons Granulated Garlic
2 tablespoons Dried Oregano
2 tablespoons Ground Mustard
5 pounds Beef Brisket
2 cups Beef Stock or Broth
2 packages Melissa’s Dried Porcini Mushrooms or Dried Mushroom Medley
2 tablespoons Unsalted Butter
2 tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil
2 Melissa’s Perfect Sweet Onions, sliced thin; divided
12 cloves Melissa’s Peeled Garlic, smashed
2 Carrots, cut into bite size pieces
1/2 bunch Fresh Cilantro
2 tablespoons Unsalted Butter
2 tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil
2 tablespoons Unsalted Butter
1 pound Fresh Cremini Mushrooms, trimmed; quartered
2 tablespoons Unsalted Butter
2 tablespoons CornstarchDirections
In a bowl, mix together the 1st seven ingredients. Trim some of the excess fat from the brisket and rub the spice mixture all over the meat. Cover and refrigerate overnight.

Preheat the oven to 325ºF.

Bring the beef stock/broth to a boil, add the dried mushrooms, remove the heat and let soak for 30 minutes.

In a roasting pan, melt 2 tablespoons of butter and olive oil over high heat and add the meat. Sear the beef until browned, turn it over and repeat. Strain the mushroom liquid into the roasting pan and rinse, then add the reconstituted mushrooms. Add one of the sliced perfect sweet onions, the garlic, carrots and cilantro to the pan. Cover and cook for 4 hours or until fork tender. Remove from the oven and let rest.

In a saucepan, melt 2 tablespoons of butter and heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Caramelize the rest of the onions and remove from the pan. Add 2 more tablespoons of the butter and the fresh mushrooms. Sauté until tender, about 4-5 minutes. Remove from the pan and add to the onions.

Place the brisket on a cutting board and strain the pan juices into the saucepan. Add the onion/mushroom mixture and bring to a boil. Add 2 tablespoons of butter and whisk in the cornstarch. Bring to a boil and remove from the heat. Adjust the seasonings.

Cut the brisket against the grain, pour the gravy over and serve. Makes about 8-10 servings.

Passover Brownies
By Chef Andrew Faulkner

Ingredients

1/2 cup Butter
1/2 cup Sugar
7 ounces Semi-Sweet Chocolate
1 package Dried Cranberries (3 ounce package)
4 large Eggs – divided
1/4 cup Matzo Cake Meal
1/2 teaspoon Salt
Directions
Preheat oven to 400. Grease 7 1/2 x 11 x 2-inch baking dish.
In medium saucepan, melt butter and 1/4 cup sugar over low heat. Stir to dissolve sugar. Add chocolate and stir until melted. Remove from heat, set aside and cool to room temperature.
In a small bowl, beat 2 eggs until thick and pale yellow (4 minutes). Add vanilla, cinnamon and cake meal. Whisk into chocolate mixture.
Beat 2 eggs with electric mixer, slowly adding salt and remaining sugar, until stiff peaks form. Add cranberries and fold in chocolate batter and mix thoroughly by hand. Pour into prepared dish and bake until top is crusty (20 minutes).
Holiday Fruit Hamper
Melissa’s Produce even has the perfect gift basket for the host. The natural woven hamper basket is carefully packed with a generous variety of seasonal apples, pears plus juicy grapefruit, tangerines, oranges, and kumquats, then embellished with a festive bow.What host wouldn’t love a delicious and healthy gift?

See our Holiday Fruit Hamper>


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