The New Passover Menu

by Paula Shoyer

Passover is a celebration of freedom—and Paula Shoyer's innovative Passover collection celebrates culinary freedom, while still honoring the holiday's dietary rules. Her dishes will set you free, combining all the nostalgic pleasure of family favorites with 65 contemporary creations sure to please a new generation of creative cooks. Covering both seder nights and all eight days of the holiday, Shoyer redefines Passover dining with an updated and global menu that includes Banana Charoset, Peruvian Roast Chicken with Salsa Verde, Moroccan Spiced Short Ribs, Sweet Potato Tzimmis, Eggplant Parmesan, and Frittata with Broccoli and Leeks. And don't forget the desserts (many gluten-free) that are Shoyer's speciality, including Triple Chocolate Biscotti, Opera Cake, and Pear Frangipane Tarts. To streamline your planning, there are eight full menus to use as is or to mix and match, along with suggestions for other meals. Passover has never been so easy or delicious!

Genres: Cookbooks, Food, Nonfiction

160 pages, Hardcover

First published March 10, 2015

Reviews

[Victoria · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautiful book, wonderful color photos showing the completed dish for many/most of the recipes. I appreciate the suggested meal plans that use the recipes in the book. Suggestions were listed for Shabbat dinner, for Middle Eastern charoset, for vegetarian main dishes, for Italian and French dinners and more.
Although I did not cook any specific recipe from this book, it is clear that the recipes / at least the ones I read / were well done ie: no ingredients used that were not listed in the ingredients (believe me, that happens), no missing details (preheat over but at what temperature?). Recipes included are for more contemporary palates: salmon gefilte fish, Passover rolls. Oven temperatures are given in Fahrenheit and in Celsius - convenient.
I picked up this book from the library bc it was recommended by a group of cooks of Passover foods. I skimmed it closely and noted some recipes. I enjoyed reading it even though I read it after Pesach was over for this year.

[Beth Polebaum · Rating 5 out of 5]

I borrowed this book from the library. It was so good, I just bought it!

[Denise Winkler · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great recipes - and not just for Passover!

[Linda · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think this was a little "too" new for me. I like to try a couple of different Passover recipes each year, but many of these recipes could easily be found in regular cookbooks or even in my recipe file. And I'm using less matzoh-based food each year. The best reference here is a conversion chart from flour to matzah products.

Reading this cookbook again during the pandemic and much more cooking, I am much more interested in these recipes in the context of Passover, and the shortcut to try new recipes without the arduous research of regular cookbooks. The dessert section is especially intriguing.

[Leonard · Rating 5 out of 5]

A nice collection of appetizing recipes. I can do these, so I made copies of about ten of them and am eager to try them out. Reviewed in Dec. 2021