Charoset 2012 Recipe Scramble
Passover Begins April 6–Get Your Culinary Juices Flowing
When it comes to making the Passover Seder Plate, most of us take a task oriented approach: Roasted Egg? Check, Horseradish? Check. Shank bone? Check. You get what I mean: it’s one of the seder tables’ most important items but making it is all about following the list of ingredients rather then how each looks or taste. Actually, the seder plate does have an opportunity for culinary creativity: CHAROSET*.
Announcing Our Newest Recipe Scramble: Charoset 2012
Here’s how it works: Following are 5 categories of ingredients: fruits, spices, nuts and seeds, liquids and “glue.” To enter our recipe scramble, select a minimum of 4 ingredients from any of the categories, to create a charoset that you would enjoy. Don’t see an ingredient you want? Add it!
There are only 2 requirements to follow: 1) that it have a mortar-like consistency and 2) that it be tasty enough to be enjoyed. Sweet or savory are ok.
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Fruits
(fresh or dried) |
Spices | Nuts & Seeds | Liquids | “Glue” |
| Dates | Cinnamon | Almonds | Red Wine | Almond butter |
| Apricots | Curry Power | Walnuts | Grape Juice | Cashew Butter |
| Raisins | Ginger | Sesame Seeds | Soy Milk | Mashed egg yolk |
| Apples | Tumeric | Roasted Edamame | Almond Milk | Matzo Meal |
| Pears | Cardomom | Pomegranate Juice | Avocado | |
| Prunes | Cumin | Lemon Juice | ||
| Figs | Coriander | Lime Juice | ||
| Bananas | Fresh Orange Juice with Pulp | |||
| Fresh Ginger | ||||
| Cranberry | ||||
| Mango |
RULES: By March 27, post your charoset recipe in the comments section of our blog or email it to Jane Moritz, Challah Connection Owner along any other interesting facts related to your recipe. If emailing, include subject line: “Charoset 2012.” Recipes will be judged based on creativity, originality and ease of use. Winners will be announced on March 29. If you are a winner, we will email to notify you and at that time get your name and shipping address so we can send your prize.
PRIZES: First prize wins our fabulous Passover Fruit Basket (value $89.99) Second and Third prize wins a 
family gift box of 8 parve dark chocolate kosher for Passover bars from Matzel Toff! (Value $31) Prizes will be shipped to you or a recipient that you choose (US shipping only)!
CHAROSET 2012 sponsored by CHALLAH CONNECTION and our friends at MATZEL TOFF!
*What is Charoset? It’s typically a combination of chopped apples, walnuts and red wine that signifies the mortar to make bricks used by enslaved Jews in Egypt. It is one of the symbolic foods that we eat at Passover to remind us that we were once slaves but are now free.
