Receta Italian Charoset for Passover

It may come as a surprise, but Italy has a long tradition of Jewish cookery. Jews have been living in Rome since ancient times. Jewish communities have long existed in other cities, perhaps most famously Venice, and even in small towns like Pitigliano in Tuscany, known as “the Little Jerusalem”. These communities produced a rich culinary tradition exemplified in many dishes still enjoyed today, including the world-famous carciofi alla Charoset, one of the six symbolic foods included in a Passover seder plate, isn’t as famous but it’s well worth getting to know. Cyberfriend Alessandra Rovati from Dinner in Venice Charoset is one of the symbolic foods that we eat during our Passover seder: its name comes from the Hebrew word…