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Carrot tzimmes
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Carrot tzimmes

13 ingredients 30 min + 1 hr Serves 6-8 openrecipes

Tzimmes is one of the dishes served on Sabbath and festivals, especially Rosh Hashanah and Succoth. This savoury-sweet fruit and vegetable stew has rich, melting flavours, and is best made a day in advance, to allow the flavours to mellow.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

511
Calories
9g
Protein
13g
Fat
98g
Carbs

Counts 12 of 14 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 12 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Potato 1 medium (173g) baked 161
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Honey 1 tbsp (21g) 64
Orange 1 medium (131g) 62
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Carrot 1 medium (61g) 25
Apricot 1 medium (35g) 17
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Nutmeg 1 tsp ground (2.2g) 12
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Prune not in our table 0
Fruit not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1 large onion
  • 2 tbsp margarine
  • 500g/1lb 2oz carrots
  • 500g/1lb 2oz sweet potatoes, cut into small pieces
  • 125g/4oz pitted prunes
  • 125g/4oz chopped apricots (the better the quality of the dried fruit
  • 3 tbsp runny honey
  • 1 orange
  • 1 lemon
  • 2 oranges
  • ½ tsp ground cinnamon
  • a little grated nutmeg
  • salt and white pepper

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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