Holishkes
Ingredients for 10 servings:
Holishkes
- Lean ground lamb 1 kg
- Cooked long grain rice 600 g
- Dried apricots 110 g
- Onion 2 pc.
- Fresh garlic 4 cloves
- Water 3 tablespoons
- Cabbage leaves 20 pcs.
- Salt 2 teaspoons
- Freshly ground black pepper ½ teaspoon
- Eggs 2 pcs.
- Sweet paprika 2 teaspoons
- Fresh dill 1 small bunch
- Sauce:
- Chopped tomatoes / tomato pulp 600 g
- Onion 2 pc.
- Muscovado cane sugar 3 tablespoons
- Lemon juice 2 tablespoons
- Red wine 100 ml
- Cinnamon pinch
- Salt pinch
- Freshly ground black pepper a pinch
- Raisins handful (optional)
Pearl couscous
- Pearl couscous 500 g
- Water 1 liter
- Za'atar 3 teaspoons
- Salt 1 teaspoon
- Pepper pinch
Tzimmes – carrots with dates
- Carrots 1 kg
- Dates 150 g
- Sugar 3 tablespoons
- Honey 3 tablespoons
- Raisins 200 g
- Whole cinnamon 4 pcs.
- Water 200 ml
- Zest of 2 oranges
Preparation:
Holishkes
- Place the lamb and rice in a bowl, add 1 teaspoon of salt, pepper and sweet paprika. Add finely chopped apricots, onion, dill and garlic. Whisk the eggs with water and mix with the meat mixture.
- Remove the core from the cabbage. Boil water in a large pot and soak the cabbage leaves in it for a few minutes. Remove from pot, peel off outer leaves and repeat process until you have about 20 leaves.
- Shape the meat mixture into ovals the size of a large egg. Wrap each one in one cabbage leaf so that the mixture is completely enclosed. Place the cabbage parcels on the bottom of an ovenproof dish.
- Prepare the sauce: peel the onion and chop it into thick slices, mix with the remaining ingredients. Pour the sauce over the dish.
- Cover the dish with a lid, place in the oven on the rack and bake according to the instructions shown on the display.
Pearl couscous
- Pour the couscous into an ovenproof dish, add salt, pepper and za'atar and mix the ingredients together.
- Pour hot water over it, place it in a deep baking tray and bake according to the instructions shown on the display.
Tzimmes – carrots with dates
- Peel the carrots, cut them into slices and place them on a flat baking tray.
- Pour in water mixed with sugar and honey, then add raisins, dates, orange zest and cinnamon bark.
- Place in the oven and bake according to the instructions on the display.
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