Moroccan Haroseth Recipes

HAROSET FOR PASSOVER

Steps:

• Place the apples and walnuts into a large bowl. Mix together the cinnamon and sugar; sprinkle over the apples. Stir in the honey and sweet wine. Serve immediately, or refrigerate until serving.

THE BEST HOMEMADE MOROCCAN CHAROSET YOU'LL EVER MAKE

Steps:

• Place the dates and wine in a pot and warm through. Mix well and turn off the heat.
• Pulse the walnuts and almonds in a food processor once or twice. Add the pear and silan and mix.
• Add warm date mixture to the food processor and blend for a few seconds.
• Form balls and coat with crushed walnuts.
• Chill for an hour. Serve as it is or form individual spheres to serve to each person.

MOROCCAN HAROSETH MARINADE

Steps:

• In a small skillet, lightly toast cumin seeds, fennel seeds, chile flakes, and coriander seeds over low heat until fragrant. Transfer to large shallow baking dish and add olive oil, wine, orange peel, salt, thyme, parsley, cilantro, garlic, and ginger; stir to combine.

MOROCCAN HAROSETH

Steps:

• Put the dates in a pan with the wine and seasonings and simmer until the mixture resembles a soft paste, about 30 to 40 minutes, stirring occasionally. Cool. Add the walnuts and serve.

MOROCCAN HAROSET/CHAROSET (PASSOVER)

Steps:

• Mix the fruit with the nuts and add the grape juice to make a smooth paste.
• Roll into 1 inch balls and sprinkle with cinnamon.

MOROCCAN HAROSETH-BRAISED LAMB SHANKS

Steps:

• Add lamb shanks to marinade and toss to coat. Cover bowl with plastic wrap. Transfer to refrigerator and let marinate overnight.
• Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
• Place carrots, onion, celery, fennel, garlic, and ginger in a roasting pan. Drizzle with olive oil and toss to coat. Remove lamb from marinade and wipe off excess. Season with salt and pepper and add to roasting pan. Transfer to oven and roast, turning once, until well browned, about 20 minutes. Remove from oven and deglaze lamb and vegetables with wine and tomato paste.
• Decrease oven temperature to 325 degrees.
• Transfer lamb to a large Dutch-oven and add enough chicken stock to cover the lamb shanks halfway (you may not need to use all of the chicken stock). Add roasted vegetables, apricots, figs, dates, prunes, currants, almonds, walnuts, pistachios, crushed tomatoes, fennel seeds, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, and chile flakes. Place thyme, parsley, cilantro, and bay leaves in a piece of cheesecloth; tie with kitchen twine to enclose. Add to Dutch oven and cover.
• Bring lamb mixture to a simmer over medium-high heat. Immediately transfer to oven and cook until meat is tender and falling off the bone, about 3 hours.
• Remove from oven and let cool slightly. Remove lamb shanks and set aside. Remove vegetable mixture and cooking liquid from Dutch-oven and pass through a food mill back into Dutch-oven. Return lamb to Dutch-oven and toss to coat; serve.

MOROCCAN CHAROSET BALLS

Steps:

• In food processor, process dates, raisins and walnuts until mixute is finely chops and begins to stick together.
• Add wine until mixture becomes sticky.
• Drop rounded teaspoonfuls onto wax paper lined baking sheet.
• With moistened hands, roll each mound into a hazelnut-size ball.
• Refrigerate at least 3 hours.

JOAN NATHAN'S HAROSETH

Steps:

• Grind the raisins and 1 1/2 cups of the almonds together in a meat grinder (see tip). Set aside in a bowl.
• Grate the apple into the raisins and almonds and add the cinnamon. Mix well to combine.
• Using your hands, press the mixture into 1-inch balls. Using the remaining almonds, press 1 into each haroseth. There will be lots of haroseth left over; serve in bowls at the table during Passover.