Mom's Tzimmes Recipe | Cupcake Project
"This Tzimmes recipe (Tsimis recipe) is the Jewish answer to green bean casserole. We skip the greens and the creamy soup and instead spend our holidays eating a sweet stew made with root vegetables, apples and pineapple (if you’re my mom), raisins, and other dried fruits. My mom has perfected her tzimmes recipe over years …..."
INGREDIENTS
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2 large sweet potatoes (peeled, cut into 3" x 1" wedges, and baked until just soft (mom uses diced Royal Prince brand candied yams))
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5 medium sized carrots (steamed and cut into 1/2" thick round slices)
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2 large apples (sliced (mom uses 3 small apples: 1 Golden Delicious, 1 Fuji or McIntosh, and 1 Granny Smith))
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8 ounces pineapple (cut into wedges and crushed in a food processor (mom uses a can of crushed pinapple that's been drained))
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3/4 cup assorted dried fruit cut into small pieces (golden raisins, apricots, prunes, and peaches are ideal)
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2 tablespoons brown sugar
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juice from 2 navel oranges
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juice from 1 lemon
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2 1/2 tablespoons cold unsalted butter
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