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How to make Passover Charoset

Ashkenazi (Apples and Walnut) Charoses

Ingredients:

  • 1/3 cup crushed walnuts
  • 3 large apples, peeled
  • 3 Tablespoons sugar
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/3 cup sweet red wine

Directions:
  • Peel, core and chop the apples finely. If using a food processor, peel, core and cut the apples into eighths, and place into the bowl with the metal blade. Pulse several times, being careful not to over process (you'll end up with mush).
  • Mix all ingredients together. Cover tightly with saran wrap until ready to serve.
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Sephardi (Date) Haroset

Ingredients:

  • 2 Cups pitted, chopped dates (the prechopped sugared ones are fine, or for a slightly less overpoweringly sweet version, chop your own)
  • 2 Tablespoons sweet red wine (plus a little more)
  • 2 Cups chopped apples (Food processor: pulse several times using the metal blade)
  • one-half teaspoon ginger

Directions:

  • Mix dates and wine. Let stand three (3) hours.
  • Add a little more wine (1 Tbs) and some water (1-2 Tablespoons).
  • Simmer twenty (20) minutes on a low flame, stirring occasionally. The dates should mostly fall apart into a thick paste.
  • Mix cook dates with chopped apples and ginger.
  • Serve warm, room temperature or cold.

NB: In our experience, people eat about twice as much of the Sephardi as of the Ashkenazi charoset.

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Happy Pesah

"In every generation, you are obligated to see yourself as if you came forth out of Mitzrayim"
"You were strangers in Mitzrayim; do not oppress the stranger."

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