Sephardic Charoset

• 20 pitted dates, preferably 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
• 1/2 cup walnut halves, toasted
• 1/2 cup unsalted shelled pistachio nuts (not dyed red), toasted
• 1/2 cup whole almonds, toasted
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves

1. In food processor, puree dates until smooth. Add bananas, raisins, wine, and date syrup and process to combine. Add walnuts, pistachios, almonds, cinnamon, allspice, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves and process until smooth. Store, covered, at room temperature until ready to serve.

dates, bananas, golden raisins, sweet red wine, syrup, honey, walnut halves, nuts, whole almonds, ground cinnamon, ground allspice, ground ginger, ground nutmeg, ground cloves

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/sephardic-charoset-234300 (may not work)