[Updated from version published in the JC September 24 2019]
1. I've combined a few traditional New Year fruits in this pomegranate and apple salad — the perfect partner for roasted meat or fish dishes. For an alternative presentation, dice the apples into small cubes for a sweet take on an Israeli salad.
2. Emma Spitzer's fennel, kohlrabi and pickled radish salad make for a refreshing side dish that will add pretty colours to your festive table.
3. Lisa Roukin's super tasty cauliflower, date and nut salad has everything. Salty sun-dried tomatoes, sweet, sticky dates and crunchy, toasted almonds and pistachios plus the meltingly tender cauliflower. No leftovers with this one!
4. This roasted aubergine salad marries meaty-textured, pomegranate molasses smothered aubergines with creamy tahini sauce for a hearty centrepiece salad that will be gone in minutes. Use non-dairy yoghurt in the dressing for a parev alternative.
5. Everyone loves a coleslaw. Lisa Roukin's Chinese leaf and apple slaw, is a healthier version smothered in a nutrient packed and super tasty tahini and honey dressing.
6. Vegan champion, Kenden Alfond, has created this bright, colourful rice salad with toasted almonds and dried cherries. If you want to tweak it for a Rosh Hashanah vibe, add some slivers of dried or fresh dates or lemon-soaked apples.
7. This substantial honey roasted salmon and harissa honey roasted vegetable salad – that I created for UK supermarket chain, Marks & Spencer, to celebrate the new year is packed with gorgeous flavours and textures and really takes no time at all to pull together.
Photo: Inbal Bar-Oz
8. Silvia Nacamulli’s fruit and nut-filled rice salad is another stunner that will work for your vegetarian and vegan guests but also as a super side dish.
Rosh Hashanah rice salad Photo: Inbal Bar-Oz
9. Fabienne Viner-Luzzato’s Simanim salad includes a host of traditional ingredients that many Sephardi Jews include for their Rosh Hashanah seder ceremonies. Beans, pomegranate seeds, figs, dates, apples and more all play their part in this festival of flavour.
Simanim salad (Photo: Fabienne Viner-Luzzato)
10. More pomegranate seeds - this time from vegetarian cookery writer, Paolo Hazan, whose Syrian beetroot salad is taken from her wonderful Hazana cookbook. A beautiful centrepiece salad, especially if presented on a flat, ceramic platter.
