"Sukkah" PARTY Menu 9.29.18
Sat Night Party in the "Sukkah". Sukkot is a really fun holiday. We take the party outside into a temporary dwelling known as a Sukkah!
Party Menu:
Cocktails
Etrog Gin Fizz
1.5 oz gin
1 oz fresh Meyer lemon juice (sweeter and less acidic than regular lemons)
1 oz agave
club soda
Shake all ingredients with ice, strain into an ice filled glass, and top with club soda.
Sukka-Cumber Mojito
3 mint leaves
2 basil leaves
3 slices peeled seedless cucumber
4 oz rum
1 oz ginger simple syrup*
juice of 1/2 lime
club soda
Muddle mint, basil and cucumber, add rum, simple syrup, and lime. Shake and strain. Top with club soda, and garnish with mint and cucumber slice.
*Ginger simple syrup- in a saucepan, put 1 part water, 1 part sugar and a 2" piece of peeled fresh ginger, simmer together for 20 minutes and cool completely.
Long Lulav Iced Tea
1.5 oz vodka
1 oz brewed tea, cooled
splash of lemon juice
1/4 oz agave syrup
lemon wheel
Shake ingredients in cocktail shaker, and strain in ice filled glass, garnish with lemon wheel.
Mediterranean Barbecue:
Garlic Chili and Silan Drumsticks
*Recipe amazing on all kinds of chicken
12 Drumsticks
1/3 cup orange juice
3 tbsp silan (date paste) /or/ honey, or maple syrup
2 tbsp chili garlic sauce /or/ sriracha +2 fresh minced garlic
2 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp dijon mustard
salt and pepper
Marinade drumsticks in sauce and grill! (Or bake.)
Mediterranean Kabobs
No exact recipe here--
Flavors include chopped meat, fresh parsley, and cumin.
"Farmesan" Fries
Fried or baked french fries
Onion salt (Trader Joes blend)
Garlic powder
Nutritional Yeast
Sabich Bar
Medium Size Pita placed in https://amzn.to/2Pm9bsS 100 pack Glassine Bags
Tahini (classic and caper tahini in squeeze bottles https://amzn.to/2InXLTb)
Creamy Hummus with sumac onions
Hard boiled eggs
Israeli salad
Fried Eggplant
Slaw
Amba/Mango chutney (homemade)
Israeli pickles
Chocolate Coconut Truffles
7 ounces biscuits 3/4 cup sugar 5 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder 7 tablespoons almond milk 1 teaspoon vanilla 7 tbsp margarine
½ teaspoon cinnamon Desiccated coconut, in a bowl Small colored candies, in a bowl
In food processor, crush biscuits, add sugar, cocoa, and cinnamon, mix well. Add vanilla, margarine and milk.
Roll batter into tablespoon size balls, and roll into coconut or small candies and place in mini cupcake holders.