Charoset (Maghrebi)

Maghrebi charoset is a variety of charoset served during the Jewish celebration of Passover by Jews from Northwest Africa. Serve as part of the seder.

Ingredients

• 1½ cup white raisins
• ½ cup dried apricots or dried peaches, chopped
• 2 oranges, juiced
• ¼ cup chopped almonds
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp ginger, preferably freshly-grated
• 2 tbsp honey
• 2 tbsp matsoh meal

Steps

1. Soak dried fruit in juice until plumped.
2. Mash reconstituted fruit with almond and spices to get a mortar-like texture.
3. Adjust texture with matsoh meal and if needed, sweeten with honey.

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Adapted from “Charoset (Maghrebi)” in the Wikibooks Cookbook by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Reformatted for this site; this page's recipe text is shared under the same license.