Tzimmes

  • Portion size: Serves 6 as a side
  • Hands-on time 25 min. Simmering time 1 hour 30 min
  • Difficulty: easy
Recipe by: Helen Graham

Tzimmes is a Ashkenazi Jewish side dish of stewed fruit and root vegetables that’s traditionally served on Rosh Hashanah. Its inherent sweetness signals a sweet new year. This tzimmes recipe is from Helen Graham, executive chef at Bubala.

Find your perfect roast chicken recipe to pair with this sweet side.

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Ingredients

  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 large onion, finely chopped
  • 3 garlic cloves, finely sliced
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 2 tbsp sea salt flakes
  • 2 tsp baharat (or ½ tsp ground ginger, ½ tsp ground nutmeg and ½ tsp ground cumin)
  • ½ tsp freshly ground black pepper
  • 2 sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into rough 1cm chunks
  • 2 parsnips, peeled and cut into rough 1cm chunks
  • 4 carrots, peeled, trimmed and cut into 1cm rounds
  • 500g dried prunes, roughly chopped
  • 100g maple syrup
  • 500ml vegetable stock
  • 200ml orange juice
  • 150ml rice vinegar
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Method

  1. Heat the oil in a medium saucepan over a low-medium heat and add the onion, garlic, cinnamon and salt. Cook gently, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes until soft. Add the baharat and black pepper, then cook for a further 5 minutes.
  2. Add all the remaining ingredients to the pan, give it a good stir and leave to gently simmer (uncovered) for 1½ hours. Stir the mixture occasionally but gently. It’s ready when the liquid has almost fully reduced and the vegetables are tender.
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  • Nutrition

    • 406kcals Calories
    • 7.4g (1.3g saturated) Fat
    • 5.4g Protein
    • 71.7g (54g sugars) Carbs
    • 15.1g Fibre
    • 5.1g Salt

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    “Tzimmes is quite a sweet dish – think of it as the Jewish equivalent of the sweet potato and marshmallow pie served on Thanksgiving – and needs to be paired with something deeply savoury for balance. A roast chicken, brisket or short ribs work beautifully, and if you want to keep it vegetarian, I would go for rice and some sort of soy-braised brassica.” Helen Graham

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