When is passover 2010?

The passover 2010, begins from Monday, March 29 and is an eight day commemoration of the Jewish Exodus from Egypt. During the Passover, no leavened bread is consumed and meals include Matzo, meat and herbs, Harsoret, eggs, greens and the like.

MANY PEOPLE are browsing online for Passover Recipes as the Passover, the eight day Jewish commemoration of the Hebrews escape from slavery in Egypt, in the first Jewish month of the year, Nisan. The Passover this year, begins on Monday, March 29 and last for eight days, to end on April 6.

The passover, as per the Biblical story, occurred at the time of the Exodus of Hebrew people from Egypt, where they had been ensalved under the Egyptian pharohs for eons, before Moses led them away from Egypt. Specifically when, according to the Hebrew bible, God sent the tenth plague to Egypt, killing all firstborn, death passed over the homes of the Hebrews, who had marked their doorposts with the blood of a spring lamb.

During the Passover, no leavened bread is consumed and meals include Matzo, meat and herbs, apart from Apple nut compote in red wine called Harsoret, eggs, greens and the like. A few common Passover recipes doing the rounds on the internet are:

The Seder Plate

The centerpiece of Passover meals is the Seder plate, which includes the symbolic foods which represent the harsh life of the enslaved Hebrews. The Seder plate takes a lot of time to prepare and contains six items on it, placed in a special order.

The Seder plate contains the Skank bone, a representation of the lamb sacrificed on the Passover night. As the sacrifice cannot be placed in the absence of a holy temple, people often put a roasted chicken neck in its place. Apart from this, there is the Matzo, a hard boiled egg, horseraddish roots (as bitter herbs), the Harsoret (as paste), onion or boiled potato (the vegetable) and Romaine Lettuce.

Carp Gefilte Fish

Ingrediants

4 pounds carp, ground
2 carrots, or 1 medium raw beet, peeled and grated
1 onion, ground
2 eggs, beaten
2 tablespoons horseradish, white or red
1 cooked egg, mashed
1 teaspoon salt
Basic Fish Sauce

Directions

Whip up the onion, eggs, and vegetables. Combine with ground fish and all seasonings. Mix well and set aside. Form fish mixture into balls, which should be added into the Basic fish sauce broth (boiling), left to simmer for two hours. After this, remove the balls from the liquid and place in a large serving platter.

Apple Sponge Cake

Ingrediants

7 eggs (yolk and white separated)
1 cup sugar
Juice of 1 lemon (3 tablespoons)
1/2 cup hot water
3/4 cup potato starch
1/2 cup ground nuts
2 apples, sliced thinly

Directions

Beat the egg whites until stiff with 1/2 cup sugar and set aside. Mix the egg yolks with the remaining sugar, water, lemon juice, potato starch, and nuts. Fold into egg whites and add sliced apples. Bake the mix for 45 minutes on low flame and leave to cool, before serving.

Written by Stephan K