Charoset Maghrebi

Introduction
Maghrebi Charoset is a dried fruit and nut based paste served during the Jewish celebration of Passover by Jews from Northwest Africa.

Ingredients

 * 1½ C white raisins
 * ½ C dried apricots or dried peaches, chopped
 * juice of two oranges
 * ¼ C chopped almonds
 * 1 tsp. cinnamon
 * 1 tsp. ginger, preferably freshly grated
 * 2 tablespoon honey
 * 2 T matsoh meal

Directions
1.Plump dried fruit in juice.

2.Mash reconstituted fruit with almond and spices to get a mortar-like texture.

3.Adjust texture with matsoh meal and if needed, sweeten with honey.

4.Serve as part of the Seder. The North-West African tradition uses bitter greens such as endive rather than horseradish with the Charoseth.

Source
Charoset Maghrebi from the Wikibooks Cookbook -- original source of recipe, licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License

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