Dried Fruit Tsimmis Recipe

Tsimmis is a perennial Jewish Holiday Favorite.

There seems to be no Rosh Hashana without it, as it is the perfect quintessence of all our prayers on a dinner plate: Sweet, strong, deep, spicy, nourishing, delicious. My Tsimmis Recipe is included in my giant Rosh Hashana Recipe and Menu File, with an amazing selection. But this doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy it anytime. It has a few of my favorite things: Sweet potatoes, dried fruit, pineapple, warm spices.

Tsimmis falls in a grey area between savory and sweet:

Although it is meant as a side dish for meat and poultry, it regrettably often errs on the sweet and cloying side,  making it sometimes unsuitable even for dessert. There is no good reason for that. My Tsimmis relies entirely on naturally sweet vegetables, fruit and spices for sweetness, so it amply falls in the category of healthy cooking.

I love to make the full recipe

It seems to improve with age, so a couple days in the refrigerator is perfectly fine. Plus it freezes very well.