Surinamese-Style Haroseth

Name: Surinamese-Style Haroseth
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: About 8 cups
Cuisine: middle eastern
Ingredients: 10 ounces sweetened grated coconut; 7 ounces ground almonds; 8 ounces mixed dried fruits, coarsely cut; 8 ounces raisins; 7 ounces dried apricots, coarsely cut; 8 ounces dried pears, coarsely cut; 2 to 3 teaspoon cinnamon; 3 cups water, approximately; 12 ounces cherry preserves; 2/3 cup Malaga wine (or other sweet red wine)

Recipe from Suriname

Adapted by Marian Burros

Updated Jan. 9, 2025

Total Time: About 1 hour 30 minutes, plus refrigeration
Rating: 4(10)
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Ingredients

Yield:About 8 cups

10ounces sweetened grated coconut
7ounces ground almonds
8ounces mixed dried fruits, coarsely cut
8ounces raisins
7ounces dried apricots, coarsely cut
8ounces dried pears, coarsely cut
2 to 3teaspoon cinnamon
3cups water, approximately
12ounces cherry preserves
⅔cup Malaga wine (or other sweet red wine)

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Preparation

Step 1
Combine coconut, almonds and 1½ cups of water. Stir well and cook over medium heat until mixture begins to thicken.
Step 2
Stir in all the dried fruits and cinnamon. Continue cooking over medium-low heat, adding additional water as mixture thickens.
Step 3
After about 45 minutes stir in the cherry preserves. Cook approximately 15 minutes longer, until the coconut has softened and mixture is extremely thick.
Step 4
Cool about 15 minutes and stir in the wine. The mixture should be moist and thick.
Step 5
Refrigerate until serving. After the haroseth has been refrigerated it often needs additional wine to remoisten it. Serve at room temperature.

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Jennie1 year ago

I didn't realize this made so much when I started--I got 10 cups which should last roughly a decade. Who makes that much haroseth?! It's also extremely labor intensive--and expensive! And ends up tasting like a sweet-tart fruity paste, It's good! But considering all the interesting ingredients that went in, what came out is fairly undifferentiated. Oh well, live and learn.

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