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Tips and recipes for eating well before and after the fast.
TIPS
PRE- YOM KIPPUR LUNCH
This meal should be earlier than usual in order to give time for the Seudah Hamafsekes, the meal right before Yom Kippur. We eat lunch at 11:30. Simple and filling.
Oven Baked Shnitzel
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Parsley Potatoes
These savory, easy-to-prepare potatoes, flavored lightly with parsley and a squeeze of fresh lemon juice, are a classic accompaniment for a fish main course. They're practical for serving with baked trout because they don't take much longer to cook than the fish does.
Whether to peel the potatoes is up to you. When they have attractive skins, I usually leave them on. If you don't have small potatoes, quarter your potatoes so they won't take long to cook.
700 gr. small potatoes
Salt
2 tbsp. margarine, olive oil, or vegetable oil
1 tsp. fresh, strained lemon juice
salt and fresh ground pepper
2 tbsp. chopped parsley
Scrub potatoes well. Peel if desired. Bring at least 2.5 cm of water to a boil in base of steamer. Boiling water should not reach holes in top of steamer. Set potatoes in steamer top and sprinkle with salt. Cover tightly and steam over high heat about 20 minutes or until potatoes are tender when pierced with a sharp knife.
Meanwhile, mix margarine, lemon juice, salt, pepper and 1 tbsp. parsley in a serving bowl.
When potatoes are done, remove them from steamer, drain briefly on paper towels, and transfer to serving bowl. Toss lightly with parsley mixture. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and toss again. Serve immediately, sprinkled with remaining parsley.
Makes 4 servings.
Lots of mixed green salad as you please.
Dressings
see Chef's Secret Salad Dressings
Lots of cold water.
Seudah Hamafseket Meal
In the afternoon, after Mincha, this meal is eaten. It needs to be concluded in the day before the onset of the fast. The meal consists of light foods.
MENU:
Chicken soup with Matza balls.
Plain roasted or boiled chicken without any spices.
More salad with dressing.
Plenty of grapes and melon (don't overdo it).
Matzah Balls
This recipe is from my cousin Gail. Easy to make, and it comes out great.
2 eggs
2 tbsp. vegetable oil
1/2 cup matzah meal
1 tsp. of salt
2 tbsp. of club soda (water may be used if club soda is not available).
Wisk eggs with oil. Add the salt. Mix in matzah meal. Add water and mix constantly. When finished, let it rest in fridge for twenty minutes. Fill pot half full with boiling water. Form mixture into small balls, tossing them into boiling water. Boil for 20 minutes. Carefully pour it into sieve and drain. It's best to freeze matzah balls for additional fluffiness. Add to boiling pot of soup. Bring to a boil again and eat ‘em all up.
BREAK-FAST
Some have a custom to eat meat or chicken after Yom Kippur. Since Yom Kippur is actually a holiday and we have been forgiven for our sins, it is fitting to eat a proper celebratory meal.
Turkey Rolada
1 kilo or 2 lb. rolled turkey "Rolada"
1/4 cup sugar
1 tbsp. oil
1 tbsp. flour
1 cup water
salt
2 tbsp. lemon juice
lots of garlic in any form
1/2 cup wine of your choice
handful of raisins
Mix all ingredients together. Always add seasonings and corn flour to cold water before mixing, otherwise it will clump. Marinate Rolada 20 minutes, or a few hours, or overnight.
Place in pan covered and cook at 325°-350° for 1-1/2 hours covered and 1/4 hour uncovered.
Pour off sauce, let cool and remove strings. Slice into a baking tray.
Thicken sauce with cornstarch, pour over the Rolada and enjoy it.
Rice
Rice increases in weight by three times after preparation. It is ease after you get the hang of it.
1 cup rice
1 1/2 tbsp. oil
1 1/2 tbsp. margarine
1-2 tsp. salt
1 tbsp. powdered soup mix (optional)
1 tsp white pepper
1 1/2 cup boiling water
Start water boiling. Add flavorings while water is still cold. Bring to a boil.
At the same time, in a rice pot, add oil and margarine. When good and hot, add rice. Saute until hot and white. Add boiling water (carefully!!) into rice, stirring continually. Cover with aluminum foil and top of a pot. Reduce heat to the lowest setting for 20 minutes. Uncover rice. Fluff with fork.
Salad and dressing.
Fresh bread and margarine, or some other spread.
Cold and hot drinks.
Menu For Dairy Break-Fast
Cheese and Mushroom Quiche
Pre-made pie crust or frozen flake dough
1 ½ cups yellow cheese
1 medium onion
1/4 lb. mushrooms
dash thyme
butter
salt
pepper
paprika
Custard
4 eggs
1 1/2 cups milk
3 tbsp. flour
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. dry mustard
Place pie crust or flake dough in pan. Cover bottom of crust with 1 1/2 cups yellow cheese. Cover cheese with onion and mushrooms – both chopped and sauteed in butter with salt, pepper and dash of thyme.
To make a custard, beat well together the ingredients mentioned above. Pour custard over mushroom layer. Sprinkle with paprika.
Bake at 375° for 40-45 minutes, or until solid in the center when jiggled.
Onion Soup
5 cups of onions sliced thick
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1 tsp. honey
6 tbsp. butter or margarine
1 tbsp. soy sauce
3 tbsp. wine
1/2 tsp. any mustard
dash thyme
a little white pepper
water
salt to taste
Saute onions and garlic until brown. Add all remaining ingredients except water. Add water slowly until you get desired consistency. (If you need, add a little onion soup mix).
Fresh loaf of bread and butter.
Cold and hot drinks.