Haroset is a Passover sweet whose pasty texture represents the mortar used by Jewish slaves in Egypt.

Ingredients

• 300 g peeled chestnuts
• 250 g peeled apples
• 100 g blanched almonds
• 100 g pitted dates
• 100 g pitted dried prunes
• 100 g raisins
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• The juice of 2 oranges

Method

1. Simmer the chestnuts in lightly salted water until tender.

2. Drain them, dry them, and run them through a meat grinder with the other dried fruit. Grate the apples into the mixture, then stir in the other ingredients and mix thoroughly.