Haroset Pareve

Photo: flickr user infowidget

Ingredients

1/2 pound Dried pitted dates

1/2 cup Dark seeded raisins

4 ounces Dried apricots (unsulphured)

1 lrg Navel orange,peeled,separat. 2 Red Delicious apples,)))))

inch Peeled,cored, cut 8ths

Zest of 1/2 lemon

1 teaspoon Cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon allspice and ginger

1/2 teaspoon Cardamom

1/2 cup Apple juice

2 tablespoons dark brown sugar & honey

1 tablespoon Fresh lemon juice ½ c Ea. shelled walnuts & whole)

Blanched almonds

Sweet red Passover wine

Preparation

Put all ingredients except honey, lemon juice nuts and wine in a 3 quart heavy-bottomed saucepan. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to simmering. Cover and cook for 10 minutes, stirring often. Mixture will remain thick but moist as fruit exudes liquid as it cooks. Let cool.

Transfer mixture to food processor with honey, lemon juice and nuts.

Coarsely chop in 4 or 5 on/off turns (do not over-chop). Scrape thick mixture into a bowl. If desired, stir in wine to taste. Store in refrigerator in a tightly closed jar.