These 11 Rosh Hashanah recipes will give you a few delish ideas for this year’s Jewish New Year’s celebrations. Brisket, roast chicken, latkes, challah, plenty of apple and honey recipes, and some sweet dessert ideas, too. Shanah Tovah.

A sliced piece of braised brisket with red wine and honey laying on a cutting board with a large knife and covered with braised onions.
Sang An
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Braised Brisket with Red Wine and Honey

This braised brisket with red wine and honey is sweet and tangy and fall-apart tender and so perfect it makes us go weak in the knees. And it’s a hunk of beef large enough to feed a crowd so it has that going for it, too.
Recipe

I made this braised brisket today for our family Seder, and it was delicious. At serving time we passed the reheated broth over the sliced brisket and it was delicious. Easiest brisket I’ve ever made. My new go-to recipe. Thanks!!–Beth S.


Several sweet potato and apple latkes on a paper towel with a bowl of applesauce in the background.
Squire Fox
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Sweet Potato and Apple Latkes

These crispy fried sweet potato and apple latkes are made with matzoh meal, sweet potatoes, and apples. They can be made ahead, which makes them perfect for holiday gatherings, or a quick weeknight dinner.
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A partially sliced loaf of challah on a wooden cutting board.
Gulsina
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Challah

This challah is a traditional Jewish bread made with yeast, flour, water, eggs, and oil, that’s perfect for the Sabbath, Rosh Hashanah, or any other special occasion.
Recipe

This is the best challah recipe I’ve ever used. I’ve done it a LOT but never have I achieved the springy, fluffy quality this one has! Absolutely love it and will definitely be using it again. The outside was a nice hard texture, very pretty and dark, while the inside was light and soft. I loved it!!–Achilles


A white platter filled with turnip and apples segments, topped with thyme sprigs.
Columbus Leth
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Glazed Turnips and Apples

These glazed turnips and apples are easy, healthy, and on the table in minutes. Made with butter and cider vinegar and thyme. It doesn’t get simpler–or better.
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A whole roast chicken rubbed with paprika on a baking sheet with carrots and sweet potatoes.
Christina Holmes
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Roast Chicken with Vegetables

A simple chicken dinner with lots of savory flavors. Paprika makes all the difference here, imbuing the easy sheet pan technique with an elegant finish.
Recipe

This roast chicken with vegetables was fabulous!!!! Though I will forever love a “classic” roast chicken, this is a wonderful variation to keep in my arsenal. The vegetables really put it over the top…they were so perfectly caramelized. YUM! Tonight, the carcass is burbling on the cooktop with carrots and onions and such and I just know the broth is going to be wonderful too.–Karen


A jar of honey, rosemary, and apple jelly beside two lemons and a pile of rosemary twigs.
Maja Smend
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Honey, Rosemary, and Apple Jelly

This honey, rosemary, and apple jelly works well on both sweet and savory dishes. Honey, earthy rosemary, sweet apples, and a bit of tanginess from lemon juice.
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Pomegranate roasted beets with goat cheese on a large white serving plate, with a serving spoon.
Kristin Teig
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Pomegranate Roasted Beets with Goat Cheese

I like to serve this salad on a bed of lightly steamed beet greens because it’s a nice textural contrast, it looks really pretty, the greens are full of good nutrients that shouldn’t go to waste, and they're free! How many more reasons do you need?
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A yellow Le Creuset pot with Nach Waxman's sliced beef brisket inside
David Leite
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Nach Waxman’s Beef Brisket

The brisket is partially cooked, removed from the oven, and sliced. It's then returned to the oven to cook completely. Juicy, deeply flavorful, and amazingly tender. Genius.
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Three honey-ginger apple tarts on a white platter with 4 apples on the side.
Ngoc Minh Ngo
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Honey-Ginger Apple Tarts

Honey-ginger apple tarts are rustic perfection. Flaky pastry crust, wrapped around a sweet-tart filling. And then everything is sprinkled with crushed cinnamon-sugar walnuts. See? Absolute perfection.
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A black skillet with figs in Port wine and a spoon on the side.
Frankie Frankeny
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Figs in Port

These figs in Port wine, made with fresh figs, tawny port, sugar, and black peppercorns, is a simple, elegant summer dessert.
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A tarte tatin on a white plate on a wooden table.
HLPhoto
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Tarte Tatin

This tarte Tatin is my mother's caramel apple all dressed up, French style. It’s essentially apples, enveloped with caramel and butter, resting on a thin crust of pastry. A fancy upside-down tart.
Recipe

This tarte tatin looks beautiful and is delicious!–Diane


Originally published August 28, 2021




About David Leite

David Leite has received three James Beard Awards for his writing as well as for Leite’s Culinaria. His work has appeared in The New York Times, Martha Stewart Living, Saveur, Bon Appétit, Gourmet, Food & Wine, Yankee, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, The Washington Post, and more.


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