March 11, 2021

Introducing the Clover Passover Box!

Passover is just around the corner! We’re so excited to be collaborating with our dear friend Rabbi Barry Dolinger of Congregation Beth Sholom to create a deep, rich, springtime spread of dishes that are great for one big seder or many smaller meals throughout a week. 

Bitter endive dressed with honey. Bright orange romesco. Deep red borscht. Fluffy potatoes—Chris is even making vegetarian chopped liver inspired by a survey we did of your favorite Passover food memories. A nod to the past, a celebration of tradition, a hopeful look to the future. 

And at the center of it all: matzo on a mission, baked the old way at Mitzvah Matzos using Maine Grains flour, with proceeds going to fight modern slavery (in the form of human trafficking).

This softer, more traditional matzo is finding its way into a luscious mushroom pâté enriched with Rhode Island Mushrooms and Grafton cheddar, perfect covered in lots of gravy…and since we’re in New England, there’s even Maple Matzo Fluffernutters! 

Every item in this meal box, from your first sip of soup to your last bite of flourless chocolate cake, is Kosher for Passover — we want to thank Barry for helping Chris and our kitchen team do the hard work to get there with no added cost to you all!

All items are heat-and-eat or require minimal prep (5-10 minutes) to get on the table. 

Attention! Extremely limited slots!
Order now to secure your spot for pickup or delivery on March 25 or 26. 
Don’t forget to add extra matzo and Kosher wine to complete your order.


What’s inside the Passover Box?

On sale now. Available 3/25 and 3/26. Free delivery within 30 mile radius of Cambridge!

LET’S EAT MATZO!

Matzo Fluffernutter Kit

  • 1 container almond butter
  • 1 container Clem’s maple fluff
  • 2 slices of soft wheat Mitzvah Matzo (the matzo company that Barry and his wife Naomi run in RI). Though this soft style may seem non-traditional, it in fact more accurately represents how Jews celebrated Passover for most of Jewish history. This is not the cracker-like matzo you might be used to. As Barry says, “it’s not your bubbie’s matzo—it’s your bubbie’s bubbie’s matzo.” Included in your box: a special note to Clover customers from Barry about the history of soft matzo.
  • Make maple matzo fluffernutters by heating the matzo and adding nut butter and maple fluff!
  • (Note – an earlier version of this menu had peanut butter listed, which we have since changed to almond butter)

Appetizers for your seder table

  • 1 container romesco dip
  • 1 container chopped liver (meatless of course, Chris is working his usual magic again)
  • 1 pot chopped hardboiled eggs (yummy with chopped liver)
  • 1 container raw veggies for dipping
  • Anticipate needing more matzo to make soup or to have during your seder? We’re offering packs of Mitzvah Matzo as a supplemental item—be sure to add to your order before you check out.

MENU 1: BRUSSELS SPROUT CASSEROLE // POTATO SOUP // BITTER ENDIVE, PROVOLONE, AND HAZELNUT SALAD WITH HONEY WHITE WINE VINAIGRETTE

Brussels sprout casserole

  • Our most popular holiday item is back! You don’t want to miss this one.
  • 1 casserole tray
  • Ready to eat – just heat it up!

Potato-cheddar soup

  • 1 pint of creamy soup made with East coast potatoes and Grafton cheddar (did you know Rabbi Barry milked cows and supervised a special Kosher run of this cheese up in VT?)
  • Ready to eat – just heat it up!

Bitter endive, provolone, hazelnut, cherry salad

  • 1 container of salad
  • 1 bottle orange-honey-white-wine vinaigrette
  • Just dress the salad and serve it up!

MENU 2: MUSHROOM MATZO PÂTÉ // WINTER MOON ROOTS BORSCHT // KALE-CABBAGE MASHED POTATOES // ONION GRAVY

Mushroom matzo pâté

  • 1 loaf of pâté made with Rhode Island Mushrooms, Mitzvah Matzo, Grafton Cheddar and lots of love
  • Ready to eat – just heat it up! Goes great with lots of gravy.

Borscht (beet soup) made with Michael Docter’s sweet beets and spring-dug parsnips (the first sign of spring in New England!

  • 1 pint of soup
  • Ready to eat – just heat it up!

Kale-and-savoy-cabbage mashed potatoes with onion gravy

  • 1 container mashed potatoes
  • 1 container onion gravy
  • Ready to eat – just heat it up!

MENU 3: BUTTERNUT SQUASH KUGEL // ROMAN TOMATO SOUP // WINTER MOON ROOTS FARM SALAD WITH TURMERIC DRESSING

Butternut squash kugel

  • 1 container kugel made with butternut squash (no noodles)
  • Ready to eat – just heat it up!

Roman tomato soup

  • 1 pint of soup
  • Ready to eat – just heat it up!

Kale and Winter Moon Roots Farm salad

  • 1 container salad
  • 1 bottle turmeric dressing
  • Just dress the salad and serve it up!

(Note: all 3 menus are included with every box! No need to pick and choose – this is just our suggested method of breaking up the dishes into separate meals if you are eating the box over the course of a week instead of eating it all together as one big feast)

DESSERT: CHOCOLATE CAKE // PASSOVER APPLE MOUSSE

  • Flourless chocolate cake (1 tray)
  • Passover Apple Mousse (apple compote with orange-cinnamon white chocolate mousse – 2 jars)

(Note: portions described here are for the 2-person box. Menu scales proportionally for our 4, 6, 8, and 10-person boxes)

Need more matzo? How about Kosher wine for your seder? We’ve got the good stuff, both red and white : )

PS. Do you have friends in Rhode Island who you think might like a Passover Box? We are doing a special pickup in Providence on March 25 – orders for that can be placed here!

PPS. Here is a note from R Dolinger, hope this helps address some Passover-related questions!

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