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PASSOVER CATERING 2021

212.717.8100 EXT 9 ELIZABAR.COM is when family on the West Side crosses the Park PASSOVER TRADITIONS to celebrate the first seder at my house. Our Seder Plate Eli’s Chunky Chopped They stream in over the course of the early evening to find big bowls of and With hard-, roasted shank bone, Big pieces of chicken liver and lots of buttery , haroset and parsley bouquet. golden . placed around baskets of . What kind of matzo? In a family this size $32.00 / each $24.00 / pint there are a lot of opinions, so the basket always contains handmade shmurah matzo, squares and of course the sourdough matzo I make at Eli’s . We drink Eli’s Handmade Matzo Traditional Chopped Liver a lot of Champagne and my store always sends over some good Israeli reds. A New York Passover tradition. Smooth and creamy, another Mrs. Zabar recipe. 1 $20.00 / ⁄2 pound box $24.00 / pint Once everyone has helped themselves, the most challenging part of the evening begins: Basket of Eli’s Handmade Matzo Pickled in Cream Sauce the family photograph, a tradition almost 30 years old. We put the tall people in the back, $65.00 / basket Delicious on matzo. the older folks in the center, with the rest—and the dogs!—around them. Then we all squeeze 1 $12.00 / ⁄2 pint in and say cheese. A memory is created. Shmurah Matzo Made in Brooklyn under rabbinical supervision. Walnut Haroset Our table is set in the kitchen, the biggest room in the house. It’s a giant U-shaped affair $50.00 / 1 pound box Fresh and ground walnuts with 30 to 35 family members elbow to elbow. Elements of the Seder plate are arranged with a touch of red wine. the length of the table so everyone is within reach of apple or dried fruit haroset, red or white Freshly Grated Horseradish $28.00 / pint Choose red or white. horseradish, more matzo and my wife’s decorative touch: small pots of parsley, grown in our 1 $12.00 / ⁄2 pint Persian Haroset rooftop greenhouses, which serves as the bitter herbs for the ceremony. Rich, fragrant and dense with dried fruit. 1 $14.00 / ⁄2 pint The candles are lit, wine glasses are lifted, the is read, the is hidden and at the sound of l’chaim, Next Year in Jerusalem, the is served—my mother Smoked Whitefish Salad Lily’s savory recipe. Next comes the soup, each bowl with its own giant matzo ball. A longtime holiday favorite scooped up on matzo. is most often the main course, although this year, given 1 $20.00 / ⁄2 pint how small a group we may be, a capon seems pretty perfect. $40.00 / pint

By the time we get to dessert, everyone is restless and ready to Crudité Crate of Fresh Raw Vegetables move. The Passover dessert spread encourages people to help with Dip themselves. My favorite of the traditional flourless is the $75.00 / each (serves up to 20) version filled with mousse. There are also sponge Imported Cheese Board Garnished rolls, —almond, coconut, some chocolate-dipped—and with Fresh Fruit my niece makes a delicious chocolate chip cookie $125.00 / each (serves 10–12) known to have caused fights when there are only a few left. There’s sometimes ice cream, always fruit, coffee and lemon verbena tea to help with digestion. Everyone exclaims that this year’s seder was the best ever and we all head home to bed.

From my house to your house, l’chaim!

2 elizabar.com 3 DELIVERY RATES APPLY First-cut Beef Brisket PASSOVER DINNER

STARTERS Whole Boneless Roasted Turkey Breast $95.00 / 21⁄2–3 pounds with Two Matzo Balls $30.00 / quart Turkey Gravy $16.00 / pint Extra Matzo Balls $12.00 / pint (3 per pint) Filet with Roasted Vegetable Garnish A beautifully composed and deliciously Eli’s Premium Gefilte Fish with Carrots light entree. A very savory gefilte fish made from Eli’s mother’s $45.00 / pound recipe. $18.00 / pint Poached Salmon $45.00 / pound Traditional Gefilte Fish with Carrots A slightly sweeter version of this holiday staple. Cucumber and Dill Sauce $16.00 / pint Essential with your poached salmon. 1 $16.00 / ⁄2 pint

ENTREES

Eli’s Traditional Brisket with Gravy Delicious all year round, eagerly anticipated at Passover. $55.00 / pound

Brisket Gravy $18.00 / pint

Filet of Beef We call this a crowd pleaser. $75.00 / pound

Whole Roasted Capon with Rosemary and Shallots A delicious idea for a small group. $55.00 / each (serves 4–6)

Roasted Free-Range Turkey $175.00 / 14–16 pounds (serves 12–14)

Rolled Spit-Roasted Turkey Breast Golden brown and all succulent white meat. $96.00 / 3 pounds average

4 elizabar.com 5 DELIVERY RATES APPLY Steamed Spring COMPANION DISHES Vegetables with Dill FRESH & SEASONAL ACCOMPANIMENTS

COMPANION DISHES Steamed or Grilled Asparagus Asparagus is a sure sign of spring. 1 Potato or Spinach $16.00 / ⁄2 pound Eli’s recommendation: don’t make a choice, have both. Herb-Roasted Potatoes $20.00 / pound $18.00 / pint

Matzo Stuffing with Mushrooms Mashed Potatoes and Carmelized Onions $20.00 / pint Excellent served alongside brisket. $20.00 / pint Sweet Potato Purée Sautéed Root $18.00 / pint of Carrots, Sweet Potato, Vegetables and Butternut Squash Roasted Sweet Potatoes Naturally sweet vegetables plus prunes. $20.00 / pound $24.00 / pint

Potato Soft-on-the-inside, crunchy-on-the-outside pancakes, delicious as a side. PASSOVER DINNER 1 Traditional size: $24.00 / ⁄2 dozen Bite-size: $36.00 / dozen for Two

Housemade Applesauce Traditional Gefilte Fish (2 pieces) $16.00 / pint Matzo Ball Soup (2 servings) Eli’s Traditional Brisket with Gravy (2 portions) FRESH & SEASONAL ACCOMPANIMENTS Freshly Grated Horseradish (1/2 pt) Apple Haroset (1/2 pt) Steamed Spring Vegetables with Dill Box of Matzo: Carrots, zucchini, broccoli, asparagus Eli’s Sourdough or Traditional and snap peas. $20.00 / pint Assorted Macaroons (1/2 lb)

Steamed or Herb-Roasted Beets COST: $144.00 Grilled Asparagus The earthy flavor of the season. $20.00 / pint Available to be ordered in multiples of two people Sautéed Root Vegetables • $20.00 / pint Add a Seder Plate and Green Beans with Roasted you are ready for this holiday For a little crunch on your plate. $16.00 / pint THE ITEMS ON THIS MENU ARE NOT KOSHER 6 elizabar.com 7 DELIVERY RATES APPLY Chocolate-Glazed Citrus Sponge Orange Cake Cake Loaf PASSOVER DESSERTS

FLOURLESS CAKES FRUIT

Cheesecake Sliced Fruit Platter Dense, rich 9” . Choose Classic or Sliced fresh fruit plus berries, decoratively Marble, ribboned with swirls of deep, presented. dark chocolate. $75.00 / each (serves 8–10) $50.00 / each (serves 8–10)

Chocolate Torte SWEET AND FLOURLESS TREATS A decadent, European-style 9” torte filled with rich chocolate buttercream. Passover Sweets Crate $49.95 / each Coconut and almond macaroons, brownies, coconut marshmallows, and Chocolate-Glazed Orange Cake meringue kisses. Sponge Cake Rolls Chocolate Torte A 9” orange and almond torte iced with $100.00 / each (serves 10–15) chocolate ganache and garnished with candied orange peel. Passover Walnut Brownies 1 $49.95 / each $30.00 / ⁄2 dozen

Chocolate Almond Cake Coconut or Almond Macaroons An elegant 9” cake made with almond flour It’s not Passover without these chewy classics. and glazed with dark chocolate. Plain or chocolate dipped. 1 $49.95 / each $18.00 / ⁄2 pound

Mile-High Lemon Meringue Cake Coconut Marshmallows Lemon curd sandwiched between flourless Crispy toasted coconut on our housemade sponge cake layers with an extravagant marshmallows. quantity of meringue icing. $18.00 / box (10–12 pieces) $150.00 / each (serves 14–16) Meringue Nests Citrus or Marble Sponge Cake Perfect for making a pavlova: just add fruit Mile-High Lemon Meringue Cake Passover Sweets Crate These loaf cakes are great alone or and whipped cream. with fruit salad. $12.00 / 4-pack $18.00 / each Meringue Kisses Sponge Cake Rolls $18.00 / box (10–12 pieces) Almond flour sponge with praline & nuts; lemon curd & coconut; or raspberry jam & toasted French Macarons almonds. Delicate French macarons: vanilla, blueberry, $28.00 / each (serves 6–8) coffee, raspberry, pistachio and caramel. $28.00 / box (14 pieces) Chocolate Sponge Cake Roll With chocolate ganache. $28.00 / each (serves 6–8)

8 9 Filet of Beef BUTCHER DEPARTMENT

The team behind the meat counter Passover in Eli’s Butcher at Eli’s are proud to be old-fashioned Department means: butchers—the kind who cut your First-cut Beef Brisket meat to order, offer advice on Filet of Beef cooking times and share recipe tips. Prime Rib Roast Don’t be offended if they give you a Ultra Wagyu Beef Ribcap recipe for chicken soup—it might Leg of Lamb be better than your mother’s!—or Frenched Rack of Lamb tips for making your chopped liver Aged Veal Rack chunky, the way Eli likes his. For Passover, the most traditional of Veal Breast (Brisket) holidays, the butchers at Eli’s are Veal Shoulder Roast happy to suggest classics like Boneless Loin of Veal brisket, roasted lamb or capon. Free-range Roasters They may encourage you to consider Roasting Chickens short ribs or lamb shanks if you are Free-range Capons feeling adventurous. Whether you Free-range Turkeys choose to take their suggestions or Boneless Turkey Breast Roast not, please know how happy they are (Plain or Seasoned) to serve you. Soup Birds Flanken for Soup Chicken Chicken

10 Butcher Department: 212.717.8100 ext. 6 11 ELI’S FLOWERS

Spring is in the air at Eli’s, and nowhere is it more lushly apparent than in the flower department. Branches and blossoms are everywhere, bulbs are blooming, and the first annuals are here for planting. Order a centerpiece for yourself or send a bouquet to family or a friend. Blooms by the stem, nosegays, bouquets and custom arrangements are all available.

Visit the flower department at 1411 Third Avenue or call 212-717-8100 ext 1.

Fruit baskets are available at elizabar.com. Use these gorgeous baskets as an edible centerpiece.

A Sprig of Spring Eli’s flat leaf Italian parsley plants come in 4” terracotta pots. Organic and rooftop-grown, this traditional part of the Seder plate makes a lovely, edible replacement for flowers on your holiday table. $15.00 / each

12 elizabar.com 13 DELIVERY RATES APPLY Haute Judee-Jerusalem, Grand Vin, Domaine du Castel, $110 Powerful and elegant, this Bordeaux- style blend has aromas of leather, cigar and dark red fruit, a great tannin structure and a persistent finish. Truly a world-class wine.

Haute Judee-Jerusalem, La Vie Blanc, Domaine du Castel, Israel $34 A chardonnay blend with an unexpected touch of gewürztraminer makes this cuvée very special. KOSHER Un-oaked, with medium body and FOR PASSOVER lovely fruit, this wine is a great food companion, with gefilte fish through roasted chicken. At Eli’s List we are proud to present kosher wines that are honestly Upper Galilee, White Blend, Avi crafted, expressive, interesting and Feldstein, Israel $48 above all, delightful companions This blend of 85% sauvignon blanc for food. and 15% roussanne comes as a very pleasant surprise. The roussanne For our complete selection, visit us at gives the wine structure and a elizabarwine.com or call our shop: core while the sauvignon keeps it light 212-717-1999. and lively with tropical fruit notes and a hint of freshly cut grass. Galilee, Grenache, Yiron Vineyard Galil Mountain, Israel $32 “C” Blanc du Castel, Domaine du From planted at a high Castel, Haute Judée, Israel $75 elevation, this wine is dark ruby in A very elegant expression of color, shows cherry and wild herb chardonnay, this wine sits on its lees notes, and has a palate both velvety for 12 months in French oak barrels. and persistent. Round and rich with well-balanced fruit and great finesse. Haute Judee-Jerusalem, La Vie Rouge, Domaine du Castel, Israel $35 Golan Heights, Yarden Blanc de Packed with blackberry and light Blancs $55​ spice, this blend of cabernet, petit This sparkler made of 100% verdot and malbec shows incredible chardonnay aged on the lees for more freshness and balance. This wine, than four years is classic and elegant. aged in concrete tanks, is lively and With notes of brioche and exotic easy to enjoy. fruit in the nose, this wine is a great aperitif or at the table with appetizers and fruit desserts. 14 elizabarwine.com 15 DELIVERY RATES APPLY