Joan Nathan's White House Seder Treats – The Forward

Ingredients

• 1 cup toasted pecans
• 1 cup dried figs
• 1 ½ just-ripe finely chopped pears, about 2 cups
• 1/2 medium Arkansas Black apple or other crisp, slightly tart variety, peeled and finely chopped, about ½ cup
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 3 tablespoons honey
• 3 tablespoons Passover sweet wine
• The grated zest and juice from 1/2 lemon
• 3 matzos, broken in bite size pieces, soaked in cold water very briefly, and gently squeezed dry
• 2 tablespoons currants
• 2 tablespoons almonds, coarsely chopped
• 2 tablespoons dried apricots or prunes, coarsely chopped
• 3 large eggs, separated
• ¼ teaspoon of salt
• 1/4 cup matzo meal
• 1/3 cup sugar
• ½ teaspoon cinnamon
• Grated zest and juice of 1 lemon
• Kosher-for-Passover vegetable oil, for frying
• Sugar or Kosher for Passover confectioners’ sugar for sprinkling