The New Passover Menu is the newest cookbook written by Paula Shoyer. In this innovative new cookbook, Paula does an excellent, and I must say delicious, job of creating new recipes that work in the confines of the Passover dietary rules. Paula has found a way to include recipes for every type of cook. She combines the nostalgic Passover favorites with new inventive creations, such as Banana Charoset, Peruvian Roast Chicken with Salsa Verde, Moroccan Spiced Short Ribs, and Sweet Potato Tzimmis. Paula also includes many dessert recipe, which are her specialty, including several that are gluten-free. To help with your planning, she includes eight seder menus as well as suggestions for other meals. The menus are great to use as is or you can be creative and mix and match.
Here are three sneak-peek recipes that can be found in the cookbook:
This Lamb Stew with Apricots, Pear, and Mint was inspired by a recipe that Paula received from Moti Yitzhaky of Moti’s Market and Grill in Rockville, Maryland. Moti’s flavorful recipes are inspired by his Moroccan ancestry and beyond, and Paula skillfully includes that flavor in this hearty stew brightened up for spring with fresh pear and mint.
This Seder Plate Salad is Paula’s version of a French Niçoise salad, but instead of tuna Paula uses lamb. She also includes two of the ritual components of the Seder plate and table, kosher sweet wine and maror (the bitter herb, in this case, white horseradish). This salad also makes a nice lunch or light dinner during chol hamoed, the nonholiday days of Passover.
This Linzer Tart may be the reason you buy a rolling pin for Passover. In a pinch, a wine bottle works very well. You can make this dessert with any flavor jam you like. Paula even sometimes spreads a red jam on half the crust and apricot jam on the other half. The Tart has a gluten-free crust that requires 3 cups of three different kinds of ground nuts, but if you do not have enough of one type, you can substitute another.
Chopped liver!
Our favorite Passover dishes are always the sides and dessert! I’d love to try the lamb though. And I’d love to win the cookbook!!
(Sorry t took me so long to post I though could not get it to work before and though maybe if I hit I Posted it would let me post- so this post s a week late but I wanted to be honest) This contest looks awesome and you guys rock
I love the Seder plate salad idea!
I love try out new dishes since i am always hosing guests for Shabbos and Yom tov.
I love cookbooks! I’d especially love to check out this one!
Always looking for inspiring new Pesah ideas. These look great.
Soooo excited to try the lamb stew recipe for Pesach! I know my Sephardi son-in-law will appreciate and enjoy it!! Thank you!
It’s almost matzah brei time!! The Linzer tart looks amazing.
My mother in law’s chocolate brownies but my new favorite will be the Seder plate salad
Nervous about Passover this year. It is my first time doing the entire menu by my self!!! I am known for my Flourless Chocolate cake and coconut macaroons!
I like Paula’s recipes. I’m sure this cookbook is great
Would love to try some new recipes!!
I don’t have favorites yet, this is my first time.
I love anything with lamb in it. 🙂
To choose, oh the agony! 🙂 Charoset on everything, fluffy matzo ball soup and just good ‘ol natural foods.
matzo brei
I love creative Passover menus!
Just discovered this sight… looking forward to checking out these Passover recipes.
Brisket and vegetables-and I even love matzoh!
I love Matzoh ball soup the best
I happen to love cooking for PAssover-I love the challenge,and cooking stripped down,natural healthy meals. Of course flourless chocolate cake or chocolate mousse cake is pretty good too !
Winning this cookbook would get me through my Pesach cleaning with a smile! 😉
This book looks like a must-have!
matzo brei!
Thank you so much for these great recipes – we can now cook up storm for Passover! Shalom
Definitely lamb.
I try new recipes each year. This year I’m making a Flourless Whole Meyer Lemon Cake. Yum!
Banana chocolate chip muffins
Seder plate salad
I would love to win this cookbook.
My favorite Pesach recipe is for baked sweet potatoes with brown sugar and whole cranberry sauce.
My fav pesach recipe is chocolate chip meringues and lemon mousse parfait. Yum!
love your recipes!
pareve mud pie
Yum flourless brownies!!
It’s so nice to have so many diary choices. There is too much meat eaten during Passover.
Lamb Stew looks awesome!
yum i agree best way to do brownies
Lamb is what makes Passover different from all other holidays!
can i substitute beef for lamb?
flourless brownies made with pudding mix and potato starch!