Rosh Hashanah 2013
Rosh Hashanah (Hebrew: ראש השנה, literally "head [of] the year"), is the Jewish New Year although the real name for this Feast of the Lord is called Yom Teruah (Hebrew: יום תרועה, literally "day [of] shouting/raising a noise") or the Feast of Trumpets according to the correct biblical calendar of the 1st and 2nd temple period, not Rosh Hashanah. It is the first of the High Holy Days or Yamim Nora'im("Days of Awe") which usually occur in the early autumn of the Northern Hemisphere. Rosh Hashanah is a two-day celebration, which begins on the first day of Tishrei. The day is believed to be the anniversary of the creation of Adam and Eve, the first man and woman, and their first actions toward the realization of mankind's role in God's world. Rosh Hashanah customs include sounding the shofar (a hollowed-out ram's horn) and eating symbolic foods such as apples dipped in honey to evoke a "sweet new year".
For Rosh hashanah this year I had 7 people for dinner. and on reflection I probably shouldn't have took the photo's with my phone!
Before dinner we say prayers with kiddush wine and apple challah dipped in honey. The reason why we eat sweet things during this holiday is to signify a sweet year ahead.
This year for a change I hollowed an apple and filled it with honey! It looked good for about 5 mins and then leaked out, but I think that still looked really interesting.
First course - gefilte fish platter. Gefilte fish was bought from the kosher butcher along with salmon cutlets, served on platters of green leaves with smoked salmon.
Second course - chicken soup with knaidlach, this was brought by grandmother in law, but when I do one next, I will link in a recipe.
and lemon slices, boiled green veg, white cabbage cooked in butter and roast potatoes.
Dessert - Apple & honey cake
Prior to Rosh Hashananah, I was perusing many websites for recipe ideas, and came across this: http://theshiksa.com/2013/08/16/honey-apple-cake/ so thought id give it ago. Well it tasted great, but certainly didn't look as great as Tori's, I will try better next year.
Ingredients:
- 3 eggs
- 3/4 cup honey
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1/4 cup light brown sugar
- 1 1/4 cup canola oil
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 3 cups all purpose baking flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp allspice
- Dash of ground cloves
- 4 Granny Smith apples - peeled, cored, and shredded
Method
Ok I am not a trained chef, I am a busy working mum of 2 very little children, and although I want to eat proper home cooked food and like to eat well, I don't have all the time in the world. If you want to do this recipe properly, check out the link above. I just throw everything in the electric mixer and then into a cake tin. I did buy a bundt tin especially for this and it did look more interesting than a normal cake tin.
Bake at 190 degrees for 75 mins until skewer comes out clear.
Machine Apple & Honey Challah
I attempted to use the recipe from shiksa in the kitchen, sadly she is much more of an expert than I am, but I gave it ago, it looked fab on the table and tasted great. Also the thing with making your own bread, is that you know how much salt and things are in it! 
I didn't use her ingredients, I used my old faithful bread machine challah recipe and added one peeled, cored shredded apple.
Ingredients
- 2 tsp dried yeast or a 7g sachet
- 200ml warm water
- 500g white bread flour
- 2 tbsp runny honey
- 2 eggs
- 60g unsalted butter
- egg glaze made with 1 egg yolk beaten with 1 tbsp water
- to deocrate poppy seats or a sprinkling of sugar
Method
Throw everything in bread pan, turn on dough setting - mine takes 1hr15.
When complete, I tried to follow the link above to plait it, not as easy as it looks, think i need another go! but it didn't look too bad.
- Using a pastry brush glaze with the egg glaze
- sprinkle with poppy seeds or sugar, I did sugar as it was for Rosh Hashanah
- Cook at 200 degrees for 45 mins or until the bread sounds hollow when tapped
Passover Seder Night
I unfortunately do not have many photos from some of the dinner parties that I have hosted, but I do have these ones, (prior to blogging) and wanted to share.
These were took from our Passover festival earlier this year, where I hosted a Seder night for 8 family members including myself and hubby (plus our 2 little ones). The green place cards are just card I bought from hobby craft and on the other side is a Passover colour in sheet which I downloaded from the internet. I thought it would keep the younger people amused, but strangely it was the older ones who loved it. It became a bit of a competition with the older members of the family, especially the grandparents!
I cooked vegetable soup to start (suitable for a macrobiotic guest and kosher for passover!), fish platter (smoked salmon and fish balls), roast chicken, roast veg, roast potatoes, steamed veg, followed by fresh fruit and kosher for passover ice cream.
Lots more lovely pics and recipes to follow soon......
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