Happy Holidays!!!!!

Maimonides: dried figs, raisins, pitted dates soaked in boiling water, then boiled and crushed; add wine
vinegar, shredded stick cinnamon and fresh ginger.
Mogador: 1 cup pitted dates and 2 cup almonds ground to a paste. Pour sweet wine over 3 cups dried
rose petals and let soak a few hours, then remove their bitter white parts and knead petals to a paste; fold
into datealmond
paste. Stir in 2 tablespoons powdered cinnamon.
Morocco: seven species. Also dates, almonds, other nuts, pomegranate seeds, figs, wine, cinnamon.
Netherlands: chunky mixture of apples, nuts, cinnamon, sugar, raisins, sweet wine.
New American: apples, mango, pecans, lemon juice, cinnamon, honey, sweet wine.
Paris (the Yechurum's): Bring to a boil 2 cups dry red wine with 2 cup sugar and grated zest of half a
small orange; simmer 10 minutes. Add 1 pound dried figs and simmer until softened. Let cool and add 2
tablespoon ground cardamom, then blend well.
Persia: dates, pistachios, almonds, apples, raisins, orange, banana, pomegranate seeds, sweet wine,
vinegar, cloves, cardamom, cinnamon, black pepper.
Poland: walnuts, almonds, apples, wine, cinnamon.
Provence: chestnuts, blanched almonds, sour apples, dried figs, walnuts, raisins, dates, wine vinegar,
grated ginger.
Russia: apples, raisins, cinnamon, honey, nuts if you could get them.
Santa Fe: apples, nuts, sweet wine, whatever else you usually use, and finely chopped roasted and seeded
green chili peppers.
Sephardic: coconut, walnuts, sugar, cinnamon, raisins, apricots, dried apples and pears, prunes, cherry
preserves, wine.
Spain: almonds, dates, apples, orange juice, ginger, cinnamon, vinegar rolled into balls about the size of
an olive.
Surinam: grated coconut, ground almonds, mixed dried fruit, raisins, dried apricots, dried pears,
cinnamon, cherry preserves, sweet wine.
Syria: dates cooked to a jam consistency.
Tblisi: equal parts of pears and a variety of apples, walnuts, almonds, hazelnuts, honey, liquid from
steeped cloves.
Turkey: sweet apples, dates, raisins, juice and grated zest of orange, wine, sugar, walnuts.
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