Chicken Fesenjan with Walnuts and Pomegranate Syrup
This very famous Persian dish is considered a festive dish served for important occasions.
Black-Eyed Bean Salad
Sephardic Jews serve black-eyed beans for the New Year, representing new life and abundance.
Sanbat Wat (Ethiopian Shabbat Stew)
Often declared the national dish of Ethiopia, a wat is a stew, and doro wat is a spicy chicken stew eaten with one’s fingers using injera bread to scoop up the morsels of food and gravy and to temper the heat of the seasonings.
Chopped Liver
Another by-product of the Shabbat chicken - thank goodness those Eastern European Jews didn’t waste anything!
Round Challah
Normally, two loaves of elongated challah are served for Shabbat, but for the High Holidays a round challah, sometimes containing raisins, is customary.
Hamantaschen Dough (Dairy)
Here’s a dough that is firm but light, because of the baking powder.
Hamantaschen Prune Filling
Prune filling, a widely popular filling for these triangular cookies, became traditional in 1731.
Hamantaschen Dough (Pareve)
Another version of dough when you want your pastry to be dairy-free.