CHAROSET

      Title: CHAROSET
  Categories: Condiments, Jewish
       Yield: 2 Cups
  
   1 1/2 c  Nuts, finely chopped
            -(e.g., almonds, walnuts,
            -filberts)
       2 tb Sugar or honey (or a
            -mixture)
     1/2 ts Cinnamon
       2 c  Apples (or less),
            -chopped or grated
            -(about 4-6 medium
            -apples)
            Sweet wine
  
   Mix nuts, sugar, honey, apples and cinnamon together until
   well-blended. Add wine slowly until the texture resembles a thick
   paste, like mortar. Taste and adjust cinnamon, sugar, wine amounts.
   
   NOTES:
   
   *  Traditional Seder accompaniment -- This paste-like, sweet spread
   is a prescribed part of the traditional Seder. Its mortar-like
   consistency is intended to remind Jews of the bricks and mortar our
   ancestors labored with as slaves in Egypt. Quite incidentally, it is
   delicious and tastes wonderful spread on matzah. This is the
   traditional charoset from the Ashkenazic (Eastern European) Jewish
   tradition; very different, but equally delicious, charoset recipes,
   using such ingredients as dates, raisins and sesame, can be found in
   the various Sephardic communities (e.g., Yemenite, Persian, Turkish,
   Moroccan, etc.).
   
   *  This recipe yields about enough for the Seder table. If you like
   this as much as we do, you will want to make more.
   
   *  Some people prefer a chunkier, less smoothly-blended charoset.
   
   *  If you live in an area where Kosher for Passover ground nuts (not
   groundnuts) are available, they save a lot of chopping time and lead
   to a smoother consistency. If you're lucky enough to have a Kosher
   for Passover food processor, you will also save a lot of arm
   exercise. And remember, kids love to chop!
   
   : Difficulty:  easy.
   : Time:  20 minutes to several hours, depending on how much
   hand-chopping you have to do.
   : Precision:  no need to measure.
   
   : Tovah Hollander
   : UCLA Comprehensive Epilepsy Program, Los Angeles, California USA
   : {ihnp4!sdcrdcf,seismo!hao}!cepu!tovah
   
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