71 Rosh Hashanah Recipes to Celebrate the Jewish New Year
Wherever you’re observing the High Holidays this year, it’s time to plan a festive meal filled with Rosh Hashanah recipes. At a traditional Rosh Hashanah table, you’ll find round loaves of challah to symbolize the circle of life, and many-seeded pomegranates, which represent the 613 commandments in the Torah. For sweetness in the new year, it’s tradition to dip apples in honey and bake fragrant honey cakes. To help you round out the meal, we’ve collected our best Rosh Hashanah recipes—including crispy-skinned roast chicken, abundant bowls of salad, autumnal side dishes, apples in (almost) everything, and a few other symbolic foods. Scroll down to make your celebration of the new year a whole lot sweeter.
Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Anna Stockwell1/71Majestic and Moist New Year's Honey Cake
Recipe developer Marcy Goldman calls this Rosh Hashanah recipe the “queen of the realm—rich, nicely spiced, in a word, majestic in taste and stature.” It’s extra moist and softly sweet.
Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Susan Ottaviano2/71Simple Roast Chicken
When all else fails, roast a chicken. Or roast two, so you can use the leftovers for an easy meal in the new year.
Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Lillian Chou4/71Braised Butternut Squash in Spiced Coconut Gravy
Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Anna Stockwell5/71Olive Oil Apple Cake With Spiced Sugar
Olive oil helps this dairy-free autumnal cake stay moist. Choose sweet apples, such as Golden Delicious or Gala, and gently fold the batter for a tender apple cake.
Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Prop Styling by Alex Brannian, Food Styling by Mariana Velasquez6/71"Tzimmes" Chicken With Apricots, Prunes, and Carrots
Tzimmes is a traditional Jewish side dish, generally made with some combination of carrots, prunes, honey, cinnamon, and apricots. For this roast chicken dinner, your bird will bask in the sweet and warming flavors of tzimmes, and all it takes is one sheet pan. It’s the perfect centerpiece for a low-key Rosh Hashanah spread.
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Photo by Evan Sung11/71Roasted Beets With Crispy Sunchokes and Pickled Orange-Ginger Purée
In this deconstructed beet salad, the combination of beets and ginger gives you a great spectrum of flavors, while crunchy toasted cashews and a mess of crispy sunchoke chips lend contrasting texture.
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Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Kaitlin Wayne13/71Apple Sticky Toffee Pudding
When traditional Rosh Hashanah apple cake meets sticky toffee pudding, dessert is really something to remember.
Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Prop Styling by Beatrice Chastka, Food Styling by Anna Stockwell14/71Creamy Potato and Leek Gratin
Cutting leeks into large pieces gives them a presence equal to disks of potato, while cooking the vegetables separately before combining—the leeks are braised in butter, the spuds are simmered in milk and cream—preserves their distinct flavors. Serve this one with a side of salmon or perhaps a whole branzino.
