Israeli Charoset

There are several Venetian recipes that contain not only mashed bananas but hard-cooked eggs,pears and dried apricots as well.

Ingredients

• Matzo meal
• 1 peeled and cored apple
• 3 sliced bananas
• 10 pitted dates
• 1/4 cup almonds
• 1/4 cup walnuts
• the juice and grated rind of 1/2 lemon
• the juice and grated rind of 1/2 orange
• 1/2 cup sweet red wine
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• Sugar or honey

Directions

Finely chop or put into a blender and blend at medium speed; apple, banana, dates, nuts, and lemon and orange juice and rinds. Transfer the mixture to a bowl. Add wine and cinnamon. The mixture will be rather lose. Add enough matzo meal to achieve the desired consistency. Add sugar or honey as needed.

Submitted 6/13/05.
Source: Temple B'nai Shalom
Submitted By: Eileen Werth
crzylegs@erols.com
Israeli Charoset