Charoset (A Sweet Apple and Nut Mixture for Passover)

This charoset recipe is sweet, crunchy, and steeped in tradition—one of those Passover dishes families look forward to all year.

Celebrate tradition with this Ashkenazi-style charoset recipe—it’s simple to prepare and even better the next day. Jennifer Segal

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Charoset (pronounced ha-ROH-set) is a sweet, symbolic Passover dish that represents the mortar used by the Israelites during their enslavement in Egypt. This Ashkenazi recipe—passed down from my dear friend Dana Kaminsky’s “Grama Rose”—is made with apples, nuts, sweet red wine, orange juice, and just a hint of honey and cinnamon.