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Bush charoset

Charoset from what grows here, rather than from what grew in Poland.

Hands-on 15 minTotal 15 minPareve

Ingredient amounts scale with servings. Oven temperature and cooking times stay as written; adjust the pan size and check for doneness.

Ingredients

  • Otherwise: 2 tbsp lemon juice and a little extra date

  • Otherwise: dried apricot

  • Otherwise: ground cinnamon

  • Otherwise: make it from the above

Method

  1. 01Toast the macadamias until they smell of something, then cool completely.
  2. 02Pulse the nuts to a coarse rubble. Not a paste — it should still be mortar.
  3. 03Add the dates, Davidson plum and quandong and pulse again.
  4. 04Loosen with the wine, add the cinnamon myrtle, and check the texture. It should hold a shape on a spoon.
  5. 05Make it the day before. It is better for sitting.

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