Tzimmes is a traditional Jewish stew featuring sweet and savory flavors. It is typically made with carrots, potatoes, and meat, but there are many variations of the dish. This article presents three delightful Tzimmes recipes: Carrot and Apple Tzimmes, Sweet Potato Tzimmes, and Brisket Tzimmes. Each recipe offers a unique twist on the classic dish while staying true to its essence.
1. **Carrot and Apple Tzimmes**: This classic Tzimmes recipe combines the sweetness of carrots and apples with the richness of honey and spices. Plump raisins and a hint of lemon zest add extra layers of flavor, making this dish a perfect balance of sweet, tangy, and savory.
2. **Sweet Potato Tzimmes**: This variation of Tzimmes introduces the vibrant color and natural sweetness of sweet potatoes. Paired with tender carrots and a medley of spices, this dish is a feast for both the eyes and the taste buds.
3. **Brisket Tzimmes**: This hearty and flavorful recipe elevates the Tzimmes experience by incorporating tender beef brisket. The slow-cooked brisket falls apart beautifully, infusing the stew with its rich juices and enhancing the overall depth of flavor.
Whether you prefer a classic or a creative take on Tzimmes, these recipes have something for everyone. From the sweet and tangy Carrot and Apple Tzimmes to the vibrant Sweet Potato Tzimmes and the savory Brisket Tzimmes, these dishes are sure to satisfy your cravings and leave you wanting more.
TZIMMES
I found this tzimmes recipe a long time ago. It has become our traditional side dish for every holiday feast and is a favorite of young and old alike. It also complements chicken or turkey quite well. -Cheri Bragg, Viola, Delaware
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Side Dishes
Time 2h5m
Yield 12 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°. In a greased 13x9-in. baking dish, combine sweet potatoes, carrots and plums. Combine orange juice, water, honey, brown sugar and cinnamon; pour over vegetables. , Cover and bake for 1 hour. Uncover; dot with butter. Bake until vegetables are tender and sauce is thickened, 45-60 minutes, carefully stirring every 15 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 309 calories, Fat 4g fat (2g saturated fat), Cholesterol 10mg cholesterol, Sodium 99mg sodium, Carbohydrate 66g carbohydrate (36g sugars, Fiber 7g fiber), Protein 4g protein.
CARROT AND SWEET POTATO TZIMMES
This is a favorite from my childhood - my mother would make it for festive meals.
Provided by SHEBETH
Categories Side Dish Vegetables Sweet Potatoes
Time 55m
Yield 12
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Oil a 9x13-inch baking dish with canola oil.
- Bring a large pot of water to a boil, and stir in the baby carrots. Reduce heat to a simmer, and cook the baby carrots until firm but tender, about 10 minutes. Stir in the sweet potato chunks, and simmer for 5 more minutes; drain.
- Place the carrots, sweet potatoes, and prunes into the prepared baking dish, and stir to combine. In a bowl, whisk together the reserved pineapple juice, honey, orange juice, salt, and cinnamon until smooth, and pour the mixture over the carrots, sweet potatoes, and prunes. Cover the baking dish with aluminum foil.
- Bake in the preheated oven until the mixture is bubbling, about 30 minutes. Remove from oven, and take off the aluminum foil. Mix in the pineapple chunks and cornstarch until thoroughly combined, and return to the oven until slightly thickened, about 10 more minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 185.6 calories, Carbohydrate 46.3 g, Fat 0.5 g, Fiber 5.1 g, Protein 2 g, SaturatedFat 0.1 g, Sodium 183.2 mg, Sugar 31.7 g
TZIMMES
No Rosh Hashanah celebration is complete without a serving of tzimmes, a dish of root vegetables and dried fruits. The fruit and honey in the mix symbolize the sweetness of the New Year. The carrots and sweet potatoes are cut into rounds to honor the tradition of hope for goodness and sweetness without end. This version of the classic dish gets a savory undertone from a full cup of vegetable broth, making it all the better to pair with a slice of brisket or roast chicken.
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Categories side-dish
Time 1h20m
Yield 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Melt 2 tablespoons of the butter in a medium skillet over medium heat and then add the carrots, sweet potatoes and onions. Sauté, stirring frequently, until lightly browned all over, about 8 minutes. Spread the vegetables evenly in a 9-by-13-inch casserole and tuck the ginger, apricots and prunes around the dish.
- Add the vegetable broth and honey to a small bowl and whisk together to combine. Pour over the fruits and vegetables, then submerge the cinnamon stick. Cover the dish with aluminum foil and braise for 30 minutes. Remove the foil, stir the mixture and continue cooking (uncovered) until the vegetables are tender and the sauce is reduced and thickened to a syrupy consistency, about 30 minutes more.
- Break the remaining 2 tablespoons butter into small pieces, dot over the top and gently stir to coat the vegetable mixture in the reduced sauce. Sprinkle with a pinch of sea salt and a light shake of cinnamon. Serve topped with mint and parsley.
SWEET POTATO, CARROT AND DRIED FRUIT CASSEROLE
This dish is inspired by several tsimmes recipes in Joan Nathan's "Jewish Cooking in America." Tsimmes, a Yiddish word that means "fuss," doesn't have to be fussy at all. Sometimes the dish contains meat (and is fussier than this one), but sometimes it's just fruit and vegetables. Warning: You may find yourself eating this for breakfast.
Provided by Martha Rose Shulman
Categories easy, side dish
Time 1h15m
Yield Serves eight
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Butter or oil a 3-quart baking dish.
- Place the carrots and sweet potatoes in a steamer set above 1 inch of boiling water, and steam for five to 10 minutes, until just tender. Drain and toss with the remaining ingredients in a large bowl. Combine well, and scrape into the prepared baking dish. Place in the oven, and bake 40 to 50 minutes, stirring every 15 minutes, until the sweet potatoes and carrots are thoroughly tender. Dot the top with butter, and bake another 10 minutes until the top is lightly browned. Remove from the heat, and serve hot or warm.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 171, UnsaturatedFat 1 gram, Carbohydrate 39 grams, Fat 2 grams, Fiber 6 grams, Protein 2 grams, SaturatedFat 1 gram, Sodium 205 milligrams, Sugar 22 grams, TransFat 0 grams
TSIMMES (BEEF, CARROT AND SWEET POTATO STEW)
Tsimmes is a medieval German Jewish holiday beef stew that spread with the Jews to Eastern Europe. It was originally made with carrots and turnips, then when potatoes came to the Old World, they were added. When the dish came to the New World, sweet potatoes often replaces the white potatoes. Now I've tweaked it to my taste: I substitute the yellow yams or sweet potatoes with the white Japanese sweet potatoes that I love. I use flanken, a cut of short ribs found at kosher butchers, but any cut of short ribs will do, as will beef stew meat. I keep the bones in for flavor - and add a bay leaf for the same reason - and, rather than skimming the fat as it cooks, I simply put the stew pot in the refrigerator overnight so I can easily remove the hardened fat the next day. (A generation or two before me, cooks would have saved that fat for cooking and baking.) Instead of adding a little matzo meal to thicken the broth, I find no need for that, especially if I reduce the sauce a little before serving. I add pitted prunes, which are sweet enough to eliminate the need for brown sugar or honey and, at the end, I add parsley for color.
Provided by Joan Nathan
Categories dinner, meat, soups and stews, vegetables, main course
Time 11h
Yield 6 to 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- A day before serving, heat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Season the meat with 1 tablespoon salt and 1 1/2 teaspoons pepper.
- Put the meat and the bay leaf in a Dutch oven or other large, heavy pot, and add enough water to cover (about 8 cups). Bake, covered, for about an hour, then remove from heat, let cool and refrigerate overnight.
- The next day, the fat will have congealed on top; using a slotted spoon, remove and discard the layer of fat.
- Add the sweet potatoes, onions, carrots and prunes to the meat, and stir to combine. Bake, covered, for another hour, then remove the lid and cook until the potatoes are cooked, the meat is tender and the water is reduced, another 30 minutes to 1 hour. Season to taste. If there is more broth than you'd like, ladle some out and save for another use. Sprinkle with parsley just before serving.
SWEET POTATO TZIMMES
"Tzimmes" is one of those Yiddish words that loses something in translation. It is probably best defined as confusion or a mishmash...which is probably where this casserole gets its name. This recipe can be made 2 days in advance; cover and refrigerate until ready to bake. You can vary the proportion of carrots to sweet potatoes.
Provided by Alan in SW Florida
Categories Yam/Sweet Potato
Time 1h10m
Yield 10-12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a 3-quart casserole or baking dish (or 2 smaller baking dishes) with non-stick cooking oil spray.
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add the carrots and sweet potatoes; cover, and reduce the heat to medium-low. Cook about 15 minutes, until the vegetables are easily pierced with a fork.
- Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, combine the orange juice,honey,salt, and cinnamon. Set aside.
- Drain the vegetables and transfer them to the prepared baking dish. Add the prunes and toss gently. Stir the orange juice mixture and drizzle over the top. Sprinkle with the butter pieces. (At this point, the tzimmes can be covered and refrigerated until ready to bake.) Cover with aluminum foil and bake 20 to 25 minutes, stirring once or twice, until warmed through. If the tzimmes becomes dry, add a few more tablespoons of orange juice.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 199.5, Fat 3.7, SaturatedFat 2.2, Cholesterol 9.2, Sodium 192.2, Carbohydrate 42.1, Fiber 4.3, Sugar 24.6, Protein 2.1
SWEET POTATO, CARROT, APPLE, AND RED LENTIL SOUP
This winter pureed soup will warm you up on the inside while still protecting the waistline.
Provided by zhidaoma
Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Soup Recipes Vegetable Soup Recipes Sweet Potato Soup Recipes
Time 1h10m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Melt the butter in a large, heavy bottomed pot over medium-high heat. Place the chopped sweet potatoes, carrots, apple, and onion in the pot. Stir and cook the apples and vegetables until the onions are translucent, about 10 minutes.
- Stir the lentils, ginger, ground black pepper, salt, cumin, chili powder, paprika, and vegetable broth into the pot with the apple and vegetable mixture. Bring the soup to a boil over high heat, then reduce the heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until the lentils and vegetables are soft, about 30 minutes.
- Working in batches, pour the soup into a blender, filling the pitcher no more than halfway full. Hold down the lid of the blender with a folded kitchen towel, and carefully start the blender, using a few quick pulses to get the soup moving before leaving it on to puree. Puree in batches until smooth and pour into a clean pot. Alternately, you can use a stick blender and puree the soup right in the cooking pot.
- Return the pureed soup to the cooking pot. Bring back to a simmer over medium-high heat, about 10 minutes. Add water as needed to thin the soup to your preferred consistency. Serve with yogurt for garnish.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 321.6 calories, Carbohydrate 52.9 g, Cholesterol 21.6 mg, Fat 9 g, Fiber 9.5 g, Protein 9 g, SaturatedFat 5.1 g, Sodium 876.3 mg, Sugar 15 g
Tips:
- For a sweeter tzimmes, use sweeter varieties of apples and carrots, such as Honeycrisp apples and Rainbow carrots.
- If you don't have sweet potatoes, you can substitute them with parsnips or turnips.
- To make the tzimmes ahead of time, cook it according to the recipe and then let it cool completely. Store the tzimmes in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days, or in the freezer for up to 3 months.
- When you're ready to serve the tzimmes, reheat it over low heat until it's warmed through.
- Serve the tzimmes with roasted chicken or beef, or with a side of mashed potatoes or rice.
Conclusion:
Carrot, apple, and sweet potato tzimmes is a delicious and versatile dish that can be enjoyed for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. It's also a great way to use up leftover vegetables. With its sweet and savory flavors, tzimmes is sure to be a hit with your family and friends.
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