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Rosh Hashanah meals usually include apples dipped in honey to symbolize a sweet new year. Other foods with a symbolic meaning may be served, depending on local minhag ("custom"), such as the head of a fish (to symbolize the prayer "let us be the head and not the tail").
Many communities hold a "Rosh Hashanah seder" during which blessings are recited over a variety of symbolic dishes.[21][22][23] The blessings have the incipit "Yehi ratzon", meaning "May it be Thy will." In many cases, the name of the food in Hebrew or Aramaic represents a play on words (a pun). The Yehi Ratzon platter may include apples (dipped in honey, baked or cooked as a compote called mansanada); dates; pomegranates; black-eyed peas; pumpkin-filled pastries called rodanchas; leek fritters called keftedes de prasa; beets; and a whole fish with the head intact. It is also common to eat stuffed vegetables called legumbres yaprakes.[24]
Some of the symbolic foods eaten are dates, black-eyed peas, leek, spinach and gourd, all of which are mentioned in the Talmud:[25] “Let a man be accustomed to eat on New Year's Day gourds (קרא), and fenugreek (רוביא),[26] leeks (כרתי), beet [leaves] (סילקא), and dates ( תמרי).” Pomegranates are used in many traditions, to symbolize being fruitful like the pomegranate with its many seeds.[27] The use of apples dipped in honey, symbolizing a sweet year, is a late medieval Ashkenazi addition, though it is now almost universally accepted. Typically, round challah bread is served, to symbolize the cycle of the year.[27] Gefilte fish and Lekach are commonly served by Ashkenazic Jews on this holiday. On the second night, new fruits are served to warrant inclusion of the shehecheyanu blessing.
Here you can find such recipes of Rosh Hashanah Cuisine:
Yummy Honey Chicken Kabobs
Baked Honey Mustard Chicken
Honey Mustard Grilled Chicken
Honey Roasted Red Potatoes
Roast Chicken with Rosemary
Spicy Rapid Roast Chicken
Challah I
Baba Ghanoush
Apricot Chicken I
Apple Cake V
Buttermilk Honey Wheat Bread
Apple Cake I
Braised Corned Beef Brisket
Fasoliyyeh Bi Z-Zayt (Syrian Green Beans with Olive Oil)
Jewish Apple Cake I
Bread Machine Challah II
Apricot Glazed Chicken
Applesauce
Apple and Orange Chicken
Deli Style Brisket
Honeybee Cookies
Sea Bass with Honeyed Apples
Honey Cake III
Honey Chicken
Sweet Potato Latkes
Challah II
Irresistible Whole Wheat Challah
Grape Leaves Aleppo
Buttermilk Honey Bread
Hot Honey Chicken
Jewish Grandma's Best Beef Brisket
Moist Holiday Honeycake
Bruce's Honey Sesame Bread
Grilled Halibut II
Middle Eastern Kibbeh
Val's Hungarian Jewish Chopped Liver
Carrot Souffle with Brown Sugar
Lemon Leek Roasted Cornish Hens
Hummus Casserole
Masala-Spiced Roast Chicken
Healthy Honey Carrot Cookies
Pineapple Kugel
Johnny Appleseed Meatballs
Bread Machine Challah for Shabbat and Festivals
Honey Cookies
Honey Cake I
Roasted Beets, Apples, and Fennel
Spice Cake I
Honey Cake II
Noodle Kugel (Dairy)
Raisin Honey Chews
Apple Beet Salad
Pixie's Indian Style Halibut
Crunchy Honey Wheat Bread
Honey Whole Wheat Challah
Pomegranate Relish
Soft, Chewy Rosh Hashanah Honey-Walnut Cookies
Sweet and Sour Cabbage Soup
Hummus from Scratch
Oriental Style Halibut
Quince Paste
Orange Juice Tzimmes
Veal Roast Blanquette
Grilled Halibut I
Fish in Ginger-Tamarind Sauce
Honey Cake with Orange Glaze
Carrot and Sweet Potato Tzimmes
Orange-Fennel Salad
Sweet Potato and Prune Casserole
Honey Bars
Honeyed Apple Cake
Fish and Tamarind Soup
Baked Brisket
Fruit and Honey Cookies
Tayglach
Tsimmes Salad
Pitcha
Microwave Apple Kugel
Honey Syrup Date Cake
Chocolate-Glazed Honey Cake
Grandma Sadie's Honey Cake