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Chag sameach
Yesterday I went to a couple of grocery stores (carefully masked, etc.), so I picked up a couple of apples and sweet marsala. I had walnuts from the farmers market already. I left the groceries to sit 24 hours. Today I made charoset, YUM! It is my favorite part of the seder meal. I didn't have a food processor last time I made it. Took all of 15 minutes using one! I could have sworn I had my mom's recipe somewhere, typed and in Spanish, but I couldn't find it. This one is close. We all need sweetness in hard times, and that's what charoset symbolizes for me.
Today I also vacuumed the upstairs, mowed the back yard with the push mower, and gave the Hood strawberry plants a bunch of TLC. Weeded, cleared back encroaching plants, mulched with compost, and watered. Hood strawberries all come ripe at once, so I usually don't encourage them too much, but this year I'm sure my neighbors will accept any excess. A friend who recently moved to less than a mile away came over on a walk, and we chatted outside from a distance. Nice to see someone in person!
Ashkenazi Charoset
Adapted from The Jewish Holiday Cookbook by Gloria Kaufer Greene
Ingredients:
Method:
Put apples and nuts into a food processor bowl fitted with a steel blade, and pulse- process until they are coarsely chopped. Add the remaining ingredients and process just a few seconds longer until the apples and nuts are finely chopped and the mixture forms a very rough paste. Do not puree it.
If a food processor is not available, very finely chop the apples and nuts by hand or put them through a food grinder. Then transfer them to a medium-sized bowl and stir in the remaining ingredients.
Makes about 2 1⁄4 cups
Today I also vacuumed the upstairs, mowed the back yard with the push mower, and gave the Hood strawberry plants a bunch of TLC. Weeded, cleared back encroaching plants, mulched with compost, and watered. Hood strawberries all come ripe at once, so I usually don't encourage them too much, but this year I'm sure my neighbors will accept any excess. A friend who recently moved to less than a mile away came over on a walk, and we chatted outside from a distance. Nice to see someone in person!
Ashkenazi Charoset
Adapted from The Jewish Holiday Cookbook by Gloria Kaufer Greene
Ingredients:
- 3 large firm apples, cored and peeled or not, as you prefer
- 1 cup walnut pieces (or other nuts)
- 1/3 cup sweet red Pesach wine
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2 – 3 teaspoons honey
Method:
Put apples and nuts into a food processor bowl fitted with a steel blade, and pulse- process until they are coarsely chopped. Add the remaining ingredients and process just a few seconds longer until the apples and nuts are finely chopped and the mixture forms a very rough paste. Do not puree it.
If a food processor is not available, very finely chop the apples and nuts by hand or put them through a food grinder. Then transfer them to a medium-sized bowl and stir in the remaining ingredients.
Makes about 2 1⁄4 cups