Seder Survival

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Left to right, Samantha Faria, Rebecca Bak, and Andrea Pepin /KIT HASPEL

The Passover Seder Survival Guide, a program of the Jewish Outreach Institute and funded locally by the Alliance with additional funding from the Women’s Alliance Endowment Fund, took place on Thursday, April 3.

Kit Haspel, the Director of Interfaith Outreach at the Jewish Alliance offered Passover information and ideas to parents of other religious backgrounds raising Jewish children. She also shared two recipes for haroset.

Ashkenazi Haroset

From “The Book of Jewish Food” by Claudia Roden

4 medium-sized tart apples

1 cup walnuts, chopped

1-2 tsp. cinnamon

4-6 Tbsp. sweet red wine

2 Tbsp. sugar or honey or to taste

Peel, core and finely chop or grate the apples.  Mix with the rest of the ingredients.

 

 

Sephardic Haroset

Adapted from Epicurious.com.

20 pitted dates, preferable Medjool

3 bananas

1/2 cup golden raisins

1/4 cup sweet red wine such as Manischewitz Extra Heavy Malaga

3 tablespoons date syrup or honey

3/4 cup unsalted shelled pistachio nuts (not dyed red), toasted

3/4 cup whole almonds, toasted

1 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon

1/2 tsp. ground ginger

1 tsp. ground nutmeg

In a food processor, puree dates until smooth. Add bananas, raisins, wine and date syrup or honey, and process to combine. Add nuts and spices and process until smooth. Store, covered, at room temperature until ready to serve.

FOR MORE INFORMATION about Mothers Circle, contact Kit Haspel at 421-4111, ext. 184, or khaspel@jewishallianceri.org.