Have you tried avocadoes, bananas, ginger, chocolate or cayenne pepper in charoset? How well does Ashkenazi apples-nuts-wine charoset stand up to her cousins? Have an international Jewish taste test and discover your favorites!
For each recipe, chop the ingredients, stir to blend, and experience new charoset flavors from Jewish traditions around the world.
In alphabetical order:
American Fusion
• Dried cranberries
• Dried cherries
• Honey
• Strawberries (fresh or frozen)
• Cinnamon
• Ginger
• Curry
Ashkenazi
• 3 red apples
• ¼ cup grape juice
• ½ cup honey
• 1 cup raisins
• Cinnamon
Brazilian
• Avocado
• Banana
• Orange
• Granny Smith apple
Bubbe’s Special
• 1 Granny Smith green apple
• A blend of white and red raisins
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• Grape juice to moisten
California 1
• Banana
• Dried apricots
• Mango
• Dried apples
• Banana chips
• Cinnamon
• White grape juice to moisten
California 2
• 1 large avocado, peeled
• Juice of ½ lemon
• Golden raisins
• Pitted dates
• Pitted prunes
• Dried figs
• Grated peel of one orange
• Orange juice
Chocolate
• Chocolate chips
• Apples
• Honey
• White grape juice
Cranberry
• Apples
• Cranberries
• Raisins
• Cinnamon
Greek
• 1 orange, peeled and seeded
• ½ cup raisins
• ½ cup pitted dates
• Cherry preserves
• Dark grape juice
• Ground ginger
• Cayenne pepper
• Sugar
• 1 tablespoon dark grape juice
Iraqi
• Honey
• Figs
• Dates
• Raisins
• Currants
• Dark grape juice
Israeli
• 2 red apples
• 2 oranges
• ½ cup pitted dates
• ¼ cup white grape juice
• Cinnamon
Italian
• 1 apple, cored and cut into pieces
• 3 sliced bananas
• 10-pitted dates
• Juice and grated rind of ½ lemon
• Juice and grated rind of ½ orange
• Dark grape juice
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• Sugar or honey
• Matzah meal to hold it together
Mexican
• 1 pear, peeled
• 3 apples, peeled
• 3 bananas, mashed
• 2 cups pitted dates (about 1 lb)
• 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
• 1 cup dark grape juice
Moroccan
• Figs
• Dates
• Raisins
• Other dried fruit, like currants
• Grape juice
Persian
• 1 pear, peeled
• 1 apple, peeled
• Pitted dates
• Raisins
• Cinnamon
• Ginger root, grated
• Apple cider vinegar
• Dark grape juice
Sephardic
• Apples
• Pitted Dates
• Raisins
• Other dried fruit, like currants
• Grape juice
• Honey (optional)
Traditional
• 3 red apples
• ¼ cup grape juice
• ½ cup honey
• 1 cup raisins
• Cinnamon
Turkish
• Pitted dates
• Dried apricots
• Dried figs
• Ginger
• Coriander
• Cinnamon
• Dark grape juice
Venetian
• Matzah meal
• 1 apple, peeled
• 3 sliced bananas
• 10 pitted dates
• Juice and grated rind of ½ lemon
• Juice and well-grated rind of ½ orange
• 3 hard-boiled eggs, chopped
• Dark grape juice
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• Sugar or honey
Wolfgang Puck's
• 6 Granny Smith apples
• 1 lemon, juiced
• 1 cup golden raisins
• Honey to taste
• Cinnamon to taste
• Dark grape juice to moisten
Yemenite 1
• Pitted dates
• Dried figs
• Dried apricots
• White or black raisins
• Macintosh apples
• Dark grape juice
• Ground cinnamon
Yemenite 2
• Chopped dates
• Chopped green apple
• Matzah meal
• Sesame seeds
• Ground ginger powder
• Cinnamon
• Cayenne pepper
