Pesach+Recipes

__Mushroom Beef__ (Mindy) 1 large piece of Bola (1kg) 2 large onions 1/2 bag of button mushrooms (quartered) 1/2 cup red wine 2 cups water salt, pepper, garlic to taste

Place a Tbs of oil in a large saucepan. Heat oil and brown the Bola on each side. Remove from Saucepan and allow to rest. In the same saucepan, brown chopped onions and mushrooms. When soft, add wine, water and spices. Stir Place meat back into the saucepan into sauce. Place lid on saucepan. Allow to cook on low for 2 hours. Turn meat if necessary. After 2 hours allow to cool. Remove bola and slice finely. Place on serving platter and pour mushroom sauce over the meat.

Note: This dish can be cooked and frozen in advance.

__**Brisket in Onion Sauce**__ Beruria

Slice 4-6 large onions and saute over a low heat until they are soft and caramelised. If you use garlic on Pesach you can add some to the pot. Add 1 cup dry white wine 1 cup water and bring to a simmer. Pour mixture over a large brisket in a roasting pan and cover tightly. Bake 1 1/2 -2 hours. Allow brisket to cool in the onion mixture. When cool, remove meat and slice thinly. Pour onion mixture into a bowl and blend until smooth. The meat and onion sauce can be frozen separately. To serve, heat the sliced brisket in the onion sauce. Mmmm

== =__Chocolate (Vanilla) Pudding Cake__= (Leonie) 14 eggs 2 cups sugar 2 cups potato starch 2 pkts chocolate osem pudding 1/2 cup wine 1/2 baking powder 2/3 cup oil

Separate eggs. Beat the yolks with 1 cup sugar, the oil, the pudding, the baking powder, the potato starch and the wine. Beat well. Beat whites with 1 cup of sugar.

Fold whites into yolk mixture. Bake 170.

VARIATION
Instead of chocolate pudding and wine, use vanilla and lemon juice.

=__Bon Vivante__= (Leonie) 8 eggs 250 gm ground hazelnuts 2.5 cups of sugar 100 gm chocolate 100gm margarine

Beat 7 whites with 1.5 cups sugar, fold in hazelnuts. Put in oven on 180 for 15 minutes til frim. Beat 7 yolks and 1 cup of sugar. Melt margarine and chocolate and add to yolks, then add the extra whole egg. Spread on top of nut base and bake for 20 minutes more.

This is always a hit.


=**Sweet and Sour Meatballs - easiest recipe ever, lots of compliments**= (Nora)
 * Meatballs **

½ kg minced beef ½ cup water ½ cup matza meal 1 medium sized onion, grated 1 egg salt and pepper (I don’t use it)


 * Sauce **

½ cup sugar 1 bottle pasta sauce ½ chopped capsicum 1 teaspoon vinegar or lemon juice (I used more)

Heat the sauce and add other ingredients. Mix the meat, water, matza meal, grated onion, egg, salt and pepper in a bowl. Drop balls of mixture in the boiling sauce. Simmer for 1½ hours. You may need to add more water during the cooking process.