Braised brisket, roast chicken, honey desserts and more: These are our best recipes for Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur.
Rosh Hashana Dinner Recipes
Brisket Joan Nathan About 6 1/2 hours, plus overnight chilling
Easy
Baked Fish With Pomegranate Sauce Joan Nathan, Oded Halahmy 1 hour
Roasted Chicken With Caramelized Cabbage Eric Kim 1 hour 20 minutes, plus 1 hour brining
Sweet and Spicy Roast Chicken Melissa Clark 1 hour 15 minutes, plus at least 30 minutes’ marinating
Braised Brisket With Plums, Star Anise and Port Melissa Clark 6 hours, plus marinating
Braised Lamb Shanks With Peppers Florence Fabricant, Annette Gertner 3 hours
Easy
Roast Chicken Mark Bittman 50 to 60 minutes
Georgian Chicken in Pomegranate and Tamarind Sauce Joan Nathan, Phyllis Glazer, Miriyam Glazer 1 hour 30 minutes
Braised Brisket With Pomegranate Juice, Chestnuts and Turnips Joan Nathan, Michael Solomonov 5 hours
Rosh Hashana Desserts
Russian Honey Cake Samin Nosrat, Michelle Polzine 4 hours, plus overnight chilling
Honey Cake Joan Nathan 1 ½ hours, plus at least 3 hours’ chilling and 25 hours’ resting
Babette Friedman’s Apple Cake Joan Nathan, Daniel Rose 1 hour 40 minutes
Red Wine Honey Cake With Plums Melissa Clark 1 1/2 hours, plus cooling
Honey-Apple Bread Pudding Melissa Clark 1 1/2 hours
Baklava Naz Deravian 2 hours and 30 minutes, plus at least 4 hours resting
Rosemary-Honey Almond Tart Yewande Komolafe 2 hours, plus 1 hour’s chilling
Olive Oil Plum Cake Martha Rose Shulman 1 hour 15 minutes
Apple Crumble Samantha Seneviratne About 1 hour 10 minutes
Rosh Hashana Challah and Bread Recipes
My Favorite Challah Joan Nathan 1 hour
Challah Bread Claire Saffitz 1 hour 20 minutes, plus proofing and cooling
Olive Oil Challah Melissa Clark, Myrna Aronson 3 hours 40 minutes
Cinnamon Babka Claire Saffitz 1 hour 30 minutes, plus proofing and cooling
Fennel and Orange-Scented Challah Joan Nathan About 1 hour, plus rising time
Sephardic Challah With Whole Spices Julia Moskin 4 to 5 hours
Onion Poppy-Seed Rolls Joan Nathan 30 minutes
Healthy
Honey Spice Bread Martha Rose Shulman 1 hour
Whole-Wheat Date Bread Melissa Clark 1 hour 10 minutes, plus cooling
Kugel Recipes and More Rosh Hashana Sides and Starters
Potato Kugel Francis Lam, Itta Werdiger Roth, “Spice, Spirit” 2 1/2 hours
Joan Nathan’s Matzo Ball Soup Joan Nathan 1 hour 15 minutes, plus 3 hours’ or overnight refrigeration
Easy
Honey-Roasted Sweet Potatoes and Apples Ali Slagle 40 minutes
Apple Jelly Yewande Komolafe 2 hours, plus cooling and canning
Roasted Carrot Salad With Arugula and Pomegranate Melissa Clark 45 minutes
Easy
Tabbouleh With Apples, Walnuts and Pomegranates Joan Nathan, Michael Solomonov 15 minutes
Yerushalmi Kugel Melissa Clark, Adeena Sussman 3 hours
Pomegranate Salad Tara Parker-Pope Total cooking time: 15 min.
Vegan Matzo Ball Soup Joan Nathan 1 1/4 hours, plus chilling
Yom Kippur Break-Fast Recipes
Overnight French Toast Samantha Seneviratne 1 hour, plus chilling
Challah Bread Claire Saffitz 1 hour 20 minutes, plus proofing and cooling
Potato Kugel Francis Lam, Itta Werdiger Roth, “Spice, Spirit” 2 1/2 hours
Honey-Apple Bread Pudding Melissa Clark 1 1/2 hours
Everything-Bagel Smoked Salmon Dip Ali Slagle 5 minutes
More-Vegetable-Than-Egg Frittata Mark Bittman 30 minutes
Cinnamon Babka Claire Saffitz 1 hour 30 minutes, plus proofing and cooling
Chocolate Babka Melissa Clark 3 1/2 hours, plus 6 to 24 hours' rising
Crunchy Noodle Kugel à la Great-Aunt Martha Melissa Clark About 1 hour
More Rosh Hashana recipes
Braised Chicken Thighs With Sweet Potatoes and Dates Melissa Clark About 1 ½ hours
Easy
Baked Fish With Pomegranate Sauce Joan Nathan, Oded Halahmy 1 hour
Classic Noodle Kugel Melissa Clark 1 1/2 hours
Honey Cake Joan Nathan 1 ½ hours, plus at least 3 hours’ chilling and 25 hours’ resting
Challah Bread Claire Saffitz 1 hour 20 minutes, plus proofing and cooling
Cinnamon Babka Claire Saffitz 1 hour 30 minutes, plus proofing and cooling
Beet and Barley Salad With Date-Citrus Vinaigrette Joan Nathan 1 1/2 hours
Sweet Potatoes With Tsimmes Glaze Susan Spungen 45 minutes
Tsimmes (Beef, Carrot and Sweet Potato Stew) Joan Nathan About 3 hours, plus overnight chilling
Sheet-Pan Chicken With Roasted Plums and Onions Melissa Clark 1 hour, plus at least 2 hours’ marinating
Libyan Aharaimi (Fish in Tomato Sauce) Joan Nathan 1 hour
Citrusy Roast Chicken With Pears and Figs Melissa Clark 1 1/2 hours, plus marinating
Easy
Applesauce Cake With Cream Cheese and Honey Frosting Julia Turshen About 1 hour 45 minutes
Apple Prune Cardamom Cake Joan Nathan, Genevieve Gergis 45 minutes, plus at least 1 hour for soaking prunes
Smoked Bulgur and Pomegranate Salad Joan Nathan, Ori Menashe 1 1/2 hours
Matzo Ball Soup a la Mexicana Priya Krishna, Fany Gerson About 4 hours
Roast Chicken With Apricot Glaze Priya Krishna, Fany Gerson About 2 hours
Honey Ice Cream With a Kick Priya Krishna, Fany Gerson, David Lebovitz 15 minutes, plus several hours’ chilling and freezing
Apple Butter Rugelach Samantha Seneviratne 3 hours, plus cooling
Plum Cobbler Bars Erin Jeanne McDowell 1 1/2 hours, plus cooling
Swiss Chard and Lamb Torte With Fennel-Pomegranate Relish Joan Nathan, Erez Komarovsky 2 1/2 hours
Fresh-Fig Cake With Honey Cream-Cheese Frosting Melissa Clark, Eli's Table 1 1/2 hours, plus cooling
Classic Beef Brisket With Caramelized Onions David Tanis About 4 hours, plus overnight marinating
Orange-Almond Mandelbrot Joan Nathan 1 1/4 hours, plus chilling
