9 Traditional Passover Foods to Serve at Your Seder
the bread the Israelites took with them when they were rushing to leave Egypt. So the story goes, when the Israelites had the opportunity to escape, they didn’t even have enough time to allow the bread to rise. Jews begin by having three pieces of matzah at the seder table to eat and will continue to eat the matzah throughout the week in place of bread.Now we get to some of the elements on the seder plate.
Recipes for charoset vary based on where your family comes from, but Jews who come from Eastern Europe make it with some combination of wine, nuts, apples, and spices. Jewish families that come from Spain, Portugal, or Northern Africa will leave out the apples and often use dried fruits like dates and figs with nuts to make charoset balls.the mortar used by the Jews in Egypt while they were enslaved.