gluten-free eats

In honor of our Holiday prompt. Haroset is traditionally made for Passover in April. It is said to symbolize the mortar used between the bricks the Jews in Egypt were forced to make. It is so sweet and delicious that the association has never quite made sense to me.

This is my mother's recipe, as handed down from her German-Jewish parents. She also makes it sometimes for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year in September, when we traditionally eat sliced apples with honey for a sweet new year.

The Ashkenazi Jews (mostly from Eastern Europe, Yiddish-speaking) use recipes similar to this one. Sephardic Jews (mostly from Spain, Ladino-speaking), make a different version with a lot of chopped dried fruit (which seems more like mortar, now that I think about it).

2 tart apples, peeled, cored, and grated (we use Gala or Fuji)
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
nutmeg, allspice, clove to taste
1 Tbsp wine (we use dry Marsala)(sweet red Passover wine is traditional)
1/2 cup walnuts, chopped
1 tsp honey

( recipe )