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Recipe for Charoset

This fruit, nut and wine mix is eaten during the seder. It is meant to remind us of the mortar used by the Jews to build during the period of slavery. It should have a coarse texture. The ingredient quantities listed here are at best a rough estimate; I usually just eye-ball it. The recipe below makes a very large quantity, but we usually wind up making more before the holiday is over. Other fruits or nuts can be used.

• 4 medium apples, 2 tart and 2 sweet
• ½ cup finely chopped almonds
• ¼ cup sweet wine
• ¼ cup dry wine
• 1 tbs. cinammon

Shred the apples. Add all other ingredients. Allow to sit for 3-6 hours, until the wine is absorbed by the other ingredients. Serve on matzah. Goes very well with horseradish.

Key Terms

Pesach — Passover
Matzah — Unleavened bread
Chametz — Leavened things
Sedar — Home ritual performed on the first two nights of Pesch
Haggadah — The book read during the Sedar.

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