Cookbook:Iraqi Charoset

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Iraqi Charoset is a dried fruit and nut based paste served during the Jewish celebration of Passover by Jews from Iraq.

Ingredients

• 500 ml Iraqi dates, chopped and seeded
• Water
• Salt
• 125 ml chopped walnuts or pistachios

Procedure

1. Boil dates in lightly salted water stirring frequently until it is a thick paste.
2. Mix in finely chopped nuts.

Notes, tips, and variations

1. A traditional variant is to strain the pulp out of the paste producing a honey-like date syrup. This procedure uses considerably more dates and can take several days to produce sufficient syrup.