Recipes: How to make Passover treats from the pantry

These days, when shopping is not easy, it’s nice to know that we can still enjoy the favorite Passover specialty haroset. This traditional spread can be made entirely from pantry foods — dried fruits, nuts and wine. Haroset is served during the Seder, the ritual dinner on the first evening of Passover, which will begin this Wednesday, April 8.
I grew up with Ashkenazi haroset, which my mother always made from grated apples, chopped walnuts, cinnamon and wine. If you don’t have