Passover Recipes

Shalom Class!

I am already very excited for our Passover meal! I am looking forward to a truly meaningful and memorable Prayer Service will all my classes for this quarter. Here are some recipes that you may want to follow. You are to submit the recipe with the significance of your assigned food and the prayers for eating it together with the names of your group members next week.

Matzoh (Unleavened Bread)

Ingredients
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup wholewheat flour (or just another cup of all-purpose flour)
spring water (or plain, clean water)

Directions
Preheat oven to 450 F. Line two large baking sheets with parchment paper. Mix two flours together and add water until you have a soft, kneadable dough. Knead about five minutes. Let dough rest a couple of minutes.

Break off egg-sized portions of dough. Stretch as thinly as you can before rolling into thin, oval slabs that are as thin as possible. Prick each slab with a fork or pastry docker. Place on baking sheet and as soon as sheet is filled with matzohs, place in oven, and bake until crisp and buckled, about 3 minutes. Cool and eat.

(You should prepare three big matzohs for three rounds of eating, so just multiply the ingredients to achieve that amount. Each matzoh should be enough to be shared by the whole class, which should be around the size of a 14"-16" pizza.)

Maror (Bitter herbs dip)

Ingredients
traditionally, horseradish or romain lettuce is used
other bitter herbs like ampalaya leaves may be substituted.

Directions
Finely grate the herbs together to form a bitter dip for the matzoh. You may want to use a food processor but do not overdo so the maror will not become watery.

Kharoset (Sweet apple dip)

Ingredients
5 large apples
2 1/2 cup walnuts or another nut, chopped fine
5 tablespoonw grape juice, fresh squeezed is best
5 teaspoons honey
2 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon powder

Directions
Peel, core and grate the apple. Mix apple with the remainder of ingredients in a storage container with a lid mixing well. (You may also want to use a food processor but do not overdo because the dip may become watery. Place in the refridgerator for several hours, the apples should be turning brown.

Other reminders:
1. Those assigned to bring traditional Passover dishes, except the matzoh must divide the food into four containers to facilitate sharing. (So we will not have to get from just one dish.)
2. Those assigned to bring grape juice should bring enough for everyone in class to drink a small amount for three rounds. They should also bring paper cups.
3. Those assigned to bring roast beef should also bring toothpicks for everyone.

"We were slaves to Pharoah in Egypt, but God took us out from there, with a mighty hand and outstretched arm..."