Holiday

Egyptian Charoset

Name: Egyptian Charoset
Total time: 20m
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Egypt
Ingredients: 300g medjool dates, pitted; 150g raisins; 150g walnuts; 1 tsp cinnamon; 1 tsp cardamom; Zest of 1 orange; 150 ml sweet kosher wine; 1 tbsp honey

Egyptian-Jewish Passover charoset — a dark paste of dates, raisins, walnuts and sweet wine to symbolise the mortar of the enslaved, eaten with matzah at Seder.

20m 8 servings Easy

Ingredients

• 300g medjool dates, pitted
• 150g raisins
• 150g walnuts
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp cardamom
• Zest of 1 orange
• 150 ml sweet kosher wine
• 1 tbsp honey

Method

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Simmer dates, raisins and wine 10 min until jammy.

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Simmer dates, raisins and wine 10 min until jammy.
2
Blitz with walnuts, spice, zest and honey to a rough paste.
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Cool; serve with matzah at the Passover Seder.