Kosher Scoop once again presents our ever popular menu planner- now enhanced with some wine pairings. We have been compiling these menus for each holiday, and have gotten wonderful feedback from you, our dear readers. Use this menu to give you ideas to help organize and plan your holiday meals. Look out for the wine pairings- a good wine makes a great dish even more special. Happy planning!
Appetizers:
Fish:
Herb Covered Sea Bass Pair with Binyamina Unoaked Chardonnay
Mexican Style Ceviche Pair this with Drappier Carte Blanche Champagne
Salmon Kebab Pair this with Pacifica Pinot Noir
Salmon Pate or Poached Salmon
Mushroom Medley and Meat Salad -a real favorite with men
Fancy Rolled Sole
Three Color Gefilte Fish -for the gourmet heimish cook
The Rebbetzins Gefilte Fish -great pesach and all year round. This is the recipe I make each year…..
Non-Fish Appetizers:
Mushroom Moch Chopped Liver -great on matzo!
Garlicky Roasted Eggplant and Red Pepper
Potato Beef Latkes -these may remind you of Chanukah, but served with applesauce, this can be a delicious pesach treat too.
Soups:
Mom's Matzo Balls -nothing like homemade matzo balls
Roasted Red Pepper Soup -great for color as well
Fennel and Leek Soup
Creamy Celery Soup
Creamy Carrot and Ginger Soup -use large carrots, they sometimes are sweeter, and there is less peeling that way.
Main Course:
Lamb with Lemon and Mint Sauce Lamb's Gamey Flavors are said to be a natural pairing for Syrah. The 2010 Tulip Syrah is bold enough to hold up to the game flavors and has ripe fruit and subtle pepper notes to boot.
Roast Duck or Chicken with Orange Cherry Sauce Pair this course with Baron Herzog Zinfandel. This ripe and fruity wine won't taste bitter with all the sweetness in the duck's sauce and will hold up to the rich and bold flavors of the duck.
Tangy Potato Chip Shnitzel Pair this course with Gamla Chardonnay. This Chardonnay from Israel will complement the sweet and tangy flavors in the dish with its own creamy tartness, rather than overpower them.
Ribs Red meat cooked in a rich sauce loves a bold red wine Binyamina Merlot will work great here.
Tangy Lemon Chicken
Seder Celery Root Chicken a family tradition- and personal favorite
Slow Roasted Lamb with Herbs and Mushrooms
Chinese Lemon Chicken Cutlets
Special Occasion Meat
Lemon Chicken
Sweet 'n Sour Tongue
Coke Brisket most popular searched meat on the site!
Side Dishes:
Creamy Turnip Mash with Crispy Shallots -a new twist on mashed potatoes.
Passover Broccoli Noodle Kugel Non Gebrokts
Apple Fritter -great for a sweet side dish, or try as warm dessert.
Carrot Kugelettes
Crispy Baked Root Vegetables -goes well with fish, meat and poultry.
Italian Wine Salad -one of my favorites. Light and refreshing.
Roasted Radishes -I make this with the leftover radishes from the seder.
Roasted Vegetables -can't go wrong with colorful roasted vegetables.
Roasted Glazed Acorn Squash
Stuffed Mushrooms -neat and elegant!
Salads:
Potato Beet Salad -a classic.
Crunchy Salad
Colorful Beet Salad with Oranges, Fennel, and Mint -love this combo!
Desserts:
Light Chocolate Mousse Pair this dessert with Herzog Reserve Late Harvest Zinfandel.
Burst of Sunshine Fruit Salad Pair this dessert with Morad Passion Fruit Wine
Grape Juice Sorbet Pair this dessert with Bartenura Moscato (or Sparkling Moscato)
Filbert Cake -a family classic .
Toll House Cake
Grape Juice Sorbet
Charoset Inspired Compote
Toasted Coconut Ice Cream -all coconut lovers line up!
Fruit and Chocolate Crumble -a great crumb recipe, if I may say so myself:)
Almond Topped Caramel Dacquoise
Baked Apples with Walnuts and Raspberry Syrup -so simple, so delicious.
Babi's Chocolate Hazelnut Torte
Chocolate Sponge Cake
