Algerian Haroset
- Yield 10 to 12 servings
Haroset is an essential part of the Passover Seder table. This version of the sweet fruit condiment stars dates and figs.
Ingredients
- 1 3/4 cups chopped pitted dates
- 1 3/4 cups chopped dried figs
- 1/4 cup sweet red wine
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
Instructions
- In a food processor fitted with the metal blade, combine all ingredients and use on/off pulses to make a paste. Roll mixture into walnut-sized balls.
Recipe adapted from Saffron Shores: Jewish Cooking of the Southern Mediterranean (Chronicle Books, 2002) by Joyce Goldstein.
