Cookbook:Yemenite Charoset II

Yemenite Charoset II
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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

Procedure

1. Separately pound all ingredients except the fruits in a mortar and pestle.
2. Mix all dry ingredients together (walnuts, almonds, sesame seeds, etc.), then mix all wet ingredients together (raisins, dates, figs, etc.).
3. In a large bowl, mix all ingredients together with ones hands and fingers.
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.