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Yemenite Charoset II

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Yemenite Charoset II — a recipe imported from the Wikibooks Cookbook.

Ingredients

  • 300 g dates or date spread, finely chopped
  • 300 g raisins, finely chopped
  • 100 g dried figs, finely chopped
  • 200 g toasted sesame seeds
  • 1 pomegranate
  • 100 g almonds
  • 100 g walnuts
  • 10 g black pepper
  • 20 g cumin
  • 10 g ground cinnamon
  • 10 g ground ginger
  • A few kernels of cardamom (shelled, making use of only their inner black seeds)
  • Sweet red wine or grape juice

Instructions

  1. 1
    Separately pound all ingredients except the fruits in a mortar and pestle.
  2. 2
    Mix all dry ingredients together (walnuts, almonds, sesame seeds, etc.), then mix all wet ingredients together (raisins, dates, figs, etc.).
  3. 3
    In a large bowl, mix all ingredients together with ones hands and fingers.
  4. 4
    At Passover, smaller servings are dished out to all diners. A dash of red wine or grape juice or vinegar is added directly to each smaller dish shortly before dipping one's matzah into the charoset.

Recipe Attribution

Wikibooks Cookbook
en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Yemenite_Charoset_II