Description
This easy charoset recipe will elevate your Passover seder to another level! Featuring apples, walnuts and raisins along with your choice of dried cherries or dates, this sweet spread is sure to be a huge hit for Passover dinner. Chag sameach!
Ingredients
- 2 large green apples, cored, skin on, chopped (or 3 small green apples)
- 2 large sweet red apples, cored, skin on, chopped (or 3 small red sweet apples)
- 1 cup raw unsalted walnuts, raw or lightly toasted (sub unsweetened shredded coconut if nut-free)
- 1 cup raisins (or currants)
- 1/4 cup unsweetened dried cherries or pitted Medjool dates (optional)
- 1/4 cup blackberry Manischewitz wine or any sweet red wine (or 100% grape juice for alcohol-free)
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup (or more to taste)
- 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon (or more to taste)
- 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
- pinch of fine salt
Serve with matzo
Instructions
- Pulse the apples. Add the green chopped apples to a 7-cup food processor. Pulse about ten times until apples are diced and no large chunks remain. Empty the diced green apples into a large mixing bowl. Repeat this process with the red apples.
- Pulse the walnuts. Add toasted walnuts to the food processor and pulse 5-7 times until roughly chopped and no large chunks remain. Add chopped walnuts to the large mixing bowl with the apples.
- Pulse the raisins. Add raisins to the food processor and process for a couple of seconds to break the raisins up into smaller bits. Add to the mixing bowl with the other apples and walnuts. If using dried cherries or dates repeat this process.
- Stir everything together in the mixing bowl. Add the wine (or juice), maple syrup, cinnamon, allspice and salt. Mix again until everything is well incorporated.
- Serve! Serve with matzo or store covered in the refrigerator or at room temperature until ready to serve. It is best when served 1-2 hours after preparing to allow the flavors to marinate/marry together! I recommend tasting after combined for at least one hour before adjusting the seasonings/flavors/ingredients. My mom always stirs in a splash of wine just before serving.
Equipment
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It is important to pulse each ingredient separately or it will become mushy. Also, each ingredient needs it's own amount of pulsing (plus it is difficult to fit all the ingredients in the food processor at once). You can hand chop/dice the ingredients but this will take a lot longer. We also prefer the texture of finely diced ingredients (a bit "mushier" and less chunky in texture). With the food processor it is not only efficient but you can easily control the texture after each pulse.
Dried cherries or dates are not traditional but a fun spin on classic charoset. You can also substitute pears for some of the apples!
My mom swears my blackberry flavored Manischewitz wine.
My mom does not toast the walnuts but I like to give them a quick toast in the oven for about 10 minutes.
- Prep Time: 15
- Method: Food Processor
