Charoset (Iraqi)

Iraqi charoset is a dried fruit and nut-based paste served during the Jewish celebration of Passover by Jews from Iraq.

Easy
🐟 Iraqi
Ingredients
Everything you'll need to make this recipe
1

500 ml Iraqi dates, chopped and seeded

2

Water

3

Salt

4

125 ml chopped walnuts or pistachios

Instructions
Step-by-step guide to making this recipe
1

Boil dates in lightly salted water stirring frequently until it is a thick paste.

2

Mix in finely chopped nuts.

Notes
  • ‱A traditional variant is made by straining the pulp out of the paste producing a honey-like date syrup. This procedure uses considerably more dates and can take several days to produce sufficient syrup.