The Pesach Kitchen Master List

Home for Pesach for the first time ever? This Pesach kitchen master list is for you.  Hosting your 20th seder? This list is for you too. 

I know you might be wondering how that introduction above makes sense at all. Let me explain. 

In this post, I will divide up all the kitchen gear into three categories.

1- Making Pesach for the first time: THE ESSENTIALS

2- The Fully Stocked Pesach Kitchen

3- Nice to Have But Mostly a Luxury

That’s the place we go to browse and maybe treat ourselves with something new, l’kovod yom tov. 

In truth, you do not need much to make a beautiful Pesach meal. One can say all you need is a good knife and a pot. We’ve tried to keep our essentials list as basic as possible. If you’re not home for Yom Tov, you can make do with less. But if you are, here’s a list of what you need to get by. 

Press on each item for a direct link to a product we use, love and recommend. Everything on this list has been tried and true.

Knife (a few, even better) Get this 4-inch paring knife at BBB  Get this 5-inch chef knife at BBB

Potato/vegetable peeler    Buy this at BBB

Stock pot (soups, boiled potatoes, compote) Buy this at BBB

2 fry pans (one for meat and one for dairy)(love this one for dairy, holds lots of pesach pancakes at a time). Large fry pan at BBB. Here is a second fry pan you can use for dairy.

Fork (and/or a cooking utensil to use while cooking) Buy this at BBB

Measuring cups and spoons  Get this at BBB

Hand mixer (to whip up cakes) Get this at BBB 

Mixing bowl Get this at BBB

Spatula (these are great quality and come in red and blue) Get this at BBB

Ladle Get this at BBB

Can opener Get this at BBB

Wine bottle opener Get this at BBB

Cutting boards (this set has large and small, in different colors which you can divide  for milchig and fleishig). Get this at BBB

Good quality baking sheets Get this at BBB

Full size baking sheet (see this post)  Also available at BBB here

Several knives: this one is a good all-around chef’s knife that isn’t too expensive. You’ll need a bunch of regular knives (see “essentials”) and a larger knife for slicing roasts.  Get the Victorinox 8-inch knife here.  Get Victorinox 10-inch knife here. For basic knives, see above.

These take apart shears come in handy for cleaning poultry and thinning chicken cutlets. Get this at BBB.

Pots: 

1 full set for dairy   Get this at BBB

1 full set for meat   Get this Farberware set at BBB

If you’d rather not buy a set, you’ll need: 

For Meat: 

Stockpot perfect for soups (comes in different sizes too) 

Saucepan Get this at BBB

Fish pot comes with a lot of inserts that I do not use, but the shape is great for cooking lots of fish

Deep Saute pan with lid (perfect for roasts or sauteed vegetables) Get this at BBB

Cheap pot for eggs (to keep separate- its is customary to use a specific pot on Pesach only for the eggs) Get this at BBB

Fry pan (large one to fry chicken cutlets for a crowd)

For Dairy:

Fry pan  Get this at BBB

Saucepan and/or stockpot if you plan to cook dairy meals. Get saucepan at BBB    Get stockpot at BBB

Crepe pan (if you customarily make a lot of Pesach lukshen) Get this at BBB

Immersion blender (this Braun model is great. Another one of us owns this more affordable alternative. Both give you a useful mini food processor as well).  Get the Braun immersion blender at BBB    Get a more affordable immersion blender.

Lots of towels: like these which are great all around, or these for drying hands (they come in many colors). We love these thin muslin towels for drying delicate items like glasses. These towels by Magnolia Home (Target) proved to be pretty and very absorbent.  Get towels at BBB

Food processor  the BEST one
Tube pan, only get this one here. Nonstick ones ruin pesach cakes. Get this at BBB
Crock-Pot  get this at BBB

Hot water urn for Shabbos   get this at BBB

Shabbos blech  get this at Walmart

Good citrus juicer (if your minhag is not to use store-bought) get this at Walmart
Pre-cut parchment paper  get this at BBB

Disposable Counter Liners
Garlic press  get this at BBB

Ice cream scoops: small. medium. large get this at BBB

Salad bowl also to be used for cut-up fruit 

Sifter (to sift potato starch for cakes)  get this at BBB

Kitchen Aid: this one is a 5 qt and this one is a 4.5 qt, a lot cheaper  5qt at BBB   4.5qt at Walmart

Pizza cutter (yep! You read right. We like to use one to cut the kichels or Pesach pizza dough) get this at BBB

Handheld Ceramic Mandoline

Cake dome (this acrylic one does not require tevillah)  get this at BBB

Batter dispenser for making blintzes/lukshen get this at BBB

Electric griddle (see this post)

Cookie racks (you will need them for cooling cookies or to keep the food off the hot plate so it doesn’t sit directly on it but still keeps the food warm). get this at BBB