The Bobover Rebbetzin’s Sweet and Sour Salmon

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In a scene familiar in many homes, the Rebbetzin’s kitchen would get hectic on Erev Shabbos, with pots boiling over and mounds of food everywhere, but all of the preparation was done with love. One Erev Shabbos, the Rebbetzin was transferring cooked fish to a pot when the whole pan slipped and fell, and the fish was ruined. She immediately shrugged it off and said, “It’s min haShamayim, and since it’s a mitzvah to prepare fish for Shabbos, I’ll start again!” The special foods that we have the minhag to serve on Shabbat and Yom Tov have spiritual significance. For example, the gematria of fish is 7, hinting that one who eats fish on the seventh
day is saved from dinei Gehinnom (daled gimmel — also equal to 7).

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Directions

Prepare the Sweet and Sour Salmon

  1. Combine all ingredients except the salmon and the cloves in a medium pot. Bring to a boil and cook for 15 minutes. Taste the mixture. It should be sweet and sour. If necessary, add more vinegar or sugar, or lemon juice, to taste.

  2. Add the salmon and cook for 25 minutes. Remove from heat and add the cloves. Let sit for an hour to cool.

  3. Discard the onion and the liquid, but save the rest to decorate the plate. Rebbetzin Halberstam used the bay leaves, peppercorns, lemon, carrot, and cloves to design flowers.

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4 Comments

tamar •

It’s ok recipe. Didn’t quite have the sour part. It just tells u to add to taste but it needs more accurate ingredients for the sauce. I’m gonna try a different recipe

tamar •

I’m so excited to try this. Because I haven’t made it in many years my mother ah’ used to make for yom tov tov and I couldn’t find the recipe. And it’s the bobover rebetzins recipe that makes it so much special.

Miriam •
Kayla •

was a hit!! great traditional fish!