Charoset

This charoset is my Mom's recipe and the one I grew up with. It is easy to make and always a passover seder crowdpleaser!

This is an Ashkenazi styled charoset which uses apples, cinnamon, walnuts, and wine.

It is sweet, nutty, and has a great texture.

Sephardic charoset is has a spread like texture, and is made of nuts and dried dates.

It is used at the Passover Seder (or Pesach seder) as one of the symbolic foods on the Seder plate.

If you like this passover recipe, you may also like my passover chocolate cake and my passover pancakes.

What does the charoset symbolize?

It symbolizes the mortar used when the Jews were made to lay bricks in Ancent Egypt while building the cities of Pitom and Ramses.

When do you use it?

It is used twice at the Seder.

First, reciting a blessing and then dipping maror (romaine lettuce) into charoset.

Then again, when making the Hillel sandwich.

What is the Hillel Sandwich?

Traditionally, Rabbi Hillel would eat this sandwich at his Passover Seders. And today, it is still eaten to commemorate that.

This sandwich is made out of two pieces of matzo, which is filled with charoset and maror.