14 Passover-Approved Dessert Recipes That Everyone Will Love (2024)

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What is considered the dessert of Passover? ›

Perhaps the quintessential Passover sweet, macaroons are light and sometimes chewy, and they are usually made with ground almonds, almond paste, or coconut.

Cakes for Passover are light because they generally have a high proportion of eggs to make them rise. Because the Torah forbids using leavening during the holiday, most bakers do not prepare pound cakes and butter cakes.

In order to be classified as kosher, any dairy products used in the creation of desserts must be derived from kosher animals and must not contain any non-kosher derivatives. As long as those two conditions are met, milk can be used in the creation of kosher desserts.

Desserts in history, such as in the middle ages, revolved more around fruity sweet foods such as jellies and wafers mixed with exotic fruits, nuts, and butter. Indeed, the custard is known to be one of the first desserts ever eaten in the middle ages.

The tradition goes back to the 13th century, when custom dictated a prohibition against wheat, barley, oats, rice, rye and spelt, Rabbi Amy Levin said on NPR in 2016.

The default answer is no, cookies are not kosher for Passover. This is because the vast majority of cookie recipes call for grain (wheat) flour and liquid, such as water. The second flour comes into contact with water, it is only a matter of time before fermentation begins.

Because of this, any type of leavened bread or bread product is prohibited during Passover. These leavened products, known as chametz, include certain grain-based foods like breads, pasta, pastries, breadcrumbs, crackers, etc. Unleavened bread, aka “matzo,” traditionally takes the place of chametz during Passover.

What is a popular dessert in Israel? ›

Most cakes and pastries don't contain meat products, but often contain milk. All that's needed is that the fat must not be meat-derived (no lard). Kosher cakes and pastries are certified by kashrut certification agencies. A pastry or cake containing dairy products will have that indicated on label.

During the week, if there was a dessert, it would be a piece of corn bread with some molasses poured on top or some fruit. In addition, slave cabins rarely had the cooking equipment or appliances necessary to adequately bake a pie.

First found in a tomb in Ancient Egypt, honey is about 5,500 years old. Revered in ancient Egypt, honey remains edible over long periods. In 2015, while excavating tombs in Egypt, the archaeologists found about 3000-year-old honey that was fully edible.

The actual Seder meal is also quite variable. Traditions among Ashkenazi Jews generally include gefilte fish (poached fish dumplings), matzo ball soup, brisket or roast chicken, potato kugel (somewhat like a casserole) and tzimmes, a stew of carrots and prunes, sometimes including potatoes or sweet potatoes.