SC - Re: sca-cooks Dutch Portugese Sephardic Haroset

[rcmann4 at earthlink.net]

And it came to pass on 28 Mar 01, , that Stefan li Rous wrote:

> Wow! All your TI's are in one room? At one time mine were. Maybe they
> will be again someday....

Mine are in one closet.  Not in order, mind you, but in one closet.  
And since no one else has dug it out yet, here's the recipe, as 
quoted and redacted in the TI article by Eleazar Ha-Levi.  It's from a 
1654 Haggadah, published in Italy, but written in Spanish.  I have 
not transcribed the entire article.

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"Take apples or pears, cooked in water, hazelnuts or almonds, 
shelled chestnuts or walnuts, figs or raisins.  And after cooking, 
grind them thoroughly and dissolve in the strongest wine vinegar 
that can be found.  Then mix in a bit of brick dust, in memory of the 
bricks which our father made in Egypt.  For eating, a little 
cinnamon powder is sprinkled above.  Those who wish to add other 
fruits and spices into the concoction may do so."

I tried this last year for my own Seder using the recipe given below. 
 My one big change was to substitute brown sugar for the brick 
dust.  (Anyone who's ever tried to break apart a blcok of brown 
sugar after it has been exposed to the air should agree to the 
similarity between it and a brick.)"

1 medium apple and 1 medium pear
1 ounce chopped walnuts
1 ounce chopped almonds
2 ounces raisins
1-2 ounces vinegar
2 tsps brown sugar
cinnamon

Peel fruit and cut into small pieces.  Combine with all other 
ingredients, except cinnamon, and blend/chop for about 15 
seconds.  (You want a coarse chop, not a puree.)  Serve with the 
cinnamon and allow each guest to season to his or her own taste.  
Note: if you wish to mix cinnamon with other ingredients, I estimate 
that one teaspoon, at most should be sufficient.

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Looks good.  Maybe I'll try this one.  Right now, I'm trying to decide 
what to bake for Passover.  My aunt is having 20 people at her 
Seder....


Lady Brighid ni Chiarain
Settmour Swamp, East (NJ)
mka Robin Carroll-Mann
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