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Tzimmes

1 tsp oil
4 to 6 carrots, sliced
1 large sweet potato, cubed
2 to 3 tsps. honey or 4 Tbsp. sugar
1/4 cup orange juice
dash of salt
2 slices pineapple, cut into pieces
1/2 tsp nutmeg (optional)

Coat bottom of 2-quart saucepan with oil and heat. Add carrots and cook on low heat for about 10 to 15 minutes. Add sweet potato, honey, orange juice, and dash of salt. Cook over low flame for 30 minutes.

Add pineapple and nutmeg, if desired. After 5 minutes, remove from heat. Serve warm.

USE: 2-quart saucepan
YIELDS: 4 servings

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Excerpted from Spice and Spirit, The Complete Kosher Jewish Cookbook, published by Lubavitch Women's Cookbook Publications

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Posted: Sep 28, 2011

happy new year to all eat and enjoy whatever u cook

Posted By nancy, parlin, nj

Posted: Sep 27, 2011

All yellow tzimmes

I use apricots, golden raisins, sweet potatoes, white potatoes, carrots, honey and cinnamon. Prepared in a crock pot takes the worry away of setting any temperature. Leave cooking most of the day, even if at work. Have made with or without flanken.

Posted By Laurice Taylor, Summerfield, Florida

Posted: Sep 19, 2011

tzimmes

Has anyone ever had tzimmes with kishka?

Posted By Karen, Indio, CA

Posted: Sep 18, 2011

tzimmes

it can also be cooked with flanken meat simmer with the carrot and white and sweet potatoes, yum!

Posted By nancy, parlin, nj

Posted: Sep 7, 2011

tzimmes

Tzimmes can be cooked on top of the stove or baked in the oven. Stovetop: I cover the pot and bring to a simmer; simmer gently stirring once in a while until all vegetables and fruits are tender. No such thing as overcooking-- just be careful not to burn the bottom!
Oven method: Bake covered at 350 degrees, mix every half hour until tender. Uncover for last half hour- the top kind of caramelizes and edges brown. The best!

Posted By Phyllis Hantman, Rockaway, NJ, USA

Posted: Sep 5, 2011

Re: Symbolic

On Rosh Hashanah it is customary to eat foods whose names allude to blessing and prosperity. For example, many have the custom of eating a carrot dish, because in Yiddish the word for carrots, meren, means to multiply.

Posted By Rochel Chein for chabad.org

Posted: Sep 1, 2011

Symbolic?

What does tzimmes symbolise?

Posted By Anonymous, Johannesburg, South Africa

Posted: Aug 4, 2011

For Sheila

This particular recipe calls for stove top cooking, no temperature is given. Enjoy!

Posted By Chana Benjaminson, New Bedford, Massachusetts

Posted: Aug 4, 2011

Tzimmes

What temperature does it cook at?
In the oven or on top of the stove?
Have not had this for many, many, many years. My mother would make it and i have not ever tried. Looking forward to it.
Thanks.

Posted By Sheila, Aurora, CO

Posted: Sep 3, 2010

Freezing tzimmes

I have prepared tzimmes many ways, using sweet potato, carrots and a variety of fruits. Sometimes I add pineapple or plums, sometimes dried dried prunes and apricots. I once added some apple slices! I have frozen many types of tzimmes and it always works well- just heat thoroughy and mix well before serving and enjoy!

Posted By Phyllis Hantman, Rockaway, Morris, NJ

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