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Erev Rosh Hashanah, the first night, starts at sunset on Sunday, September 25th this year. Traditionally, two challah loaves are served.

This year I've decided to do one regular egg challah for dipping into the honey and to use for sandwiches with any left. The second is going to be a plum jam and rosemary challah. Since the jam will keep up to a month in the refrigerator, I made a batch on Wednesday so it is ready to go. It was a little thin when I bottled it, but it is thickening nicely with refrigeration.

I managed to get two clean old preserves jars and slightly more than half of a four oz. jelly jar out of the batch.



Here's the recipe for the jam and the challah for anyone interested. I'll probably bake the challah on the 25th.

Plum and Rosemary Challah

I think my Rosh Hashanah Festive Meal Sunday night menu is finalized.

Apples and honey
Plum Jam and Rosemary Stuffed Challah
Pumpkin Soup with Pumpkin Spiced Matzah Balls
Apple Glazed Chicken
Honey Maple Carrots
Orzo Salad

I think we'll pass on dessert.
That'll do.

Menolly wrote:I think we'll pass on dessert.
That'll do.

Agreed. The meal as planned presents plenty of the sweetness that ought to be part of the Rosh Hashanah meal. A dessert course would be gilding the lily.

Rosh Hashanah Festive Meal prep has begun. I have the Orzo Salad finished, the matzah balls resting overnight in the refrigerator, and the challah in the oven as I type. Pictures to come later, when I'm recovered from cooking for several days, or perhaps after we eat it all.

I know I said no dessert, but I forgot about honey cake. I'm not going to serve one tomorrow night, but I'll probably bake one on Monday.

Mostly step-by-step breakdown of the Plum and Rosemary Challot I made for last night's Festive Meal. I figure it's easier to share the original post on my Facebook timeline, than to type it all up again.

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Presentation

Interior view

Next item for the Festive meal was the Pumpkin Spiced Matzah Balls in Pumpkin Soup.
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Orzo Salad for the Festive Meal.
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The main dish of the Festive Meal:
Apple Glazed Chicken Thighs
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The second side dish for the Festive Meal was Bourbon Maple Glazed Carrots
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The plum and rosemary filled challah is approaching its last legs, and I'm working the next couple of mornings, so French toast it is!
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This is my favorite recipe out of everything I made this Yuntiff.
Jake Cohen's Upside Down Apple Honey Cake
It is seriously amazingly good.
https://www.facebook.com/560391364/post ... jyH68kL3l/


*edit*
I was asked to post the recipe for those who don't Instagram. I totally understand, as I resisted Instagram for years. However, I try not to repost someone else's work without permission, which I don't have.

After searching, I did find the recipe on the Williams-Sonoma site. Here it is for those who prefer.
https://blog.williams-sonoma.com/rosh-h ... ake-cohen/

Next up for me will be Break Fast after sunset Wednesday night. I'll go super easy, since it's still just the three of us.

Smoked whitefish
Lox
Creamed herring
Bagels
Cream cheese
Lettuce, tomato, onion, full sour pickles
Creamy cole slaw

If guests were coming, I would probably purchase Trader Joe's cheese blintzes and mae a blintz casserole as well. But the bagels and fish will work for us.

No capers?
[pout]

Savor Dam wrote:No capers?
[pout]

Bah...
In this household that is a given, nu?
I didn't list the heavy sprinkle of salt on the lox to attempt to mimic belly lox, either.

Cain, bashert...but in this forum, isn't your audience broader than just household members who understand (whether or not they share) your assumptions?

Capers would be chosen all round. I strongly suspect Dam-sel won't add salt. In any case, your other readers may not think of these second-nature-to-you enhancements, nu?