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- From: kdeck@family.island.net (Karen Deck)
- Date: Mon, 6 Mar 1995 04:13:07 +0000
- Message-ID: <e49_9503061433@family.island.net>
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- Title: Halvah
- Categories: Greek, Desserts
- Yield: 12 servings
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- 3 c Water
- 2 c Granulated sugar
- 1 Cinnamon stick
- 3 Whole cloves
- 1 Lemon (peel only)
- 1/2 c Butter
- 1 c Coarse semolina or farina
- 4 tb Pine nuts
- 2 tb Blanched, chopped almonds
- 3 tb Whole blanched almonds
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- Combine the water, sugar, cinnamon stick, cloves, and lemon peel (or 1
- tablespoon lemon juice) in a heavy saucepan and bring to a boil. Boil for
- 10 minutes, then cool.
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- Meanwhile, slowly melt the butter in a heavy saucepan, and cook for several
- minutes, without browning. Stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, slowly
- add the semolina or farina. Cook over low heat until the mixture turns a
- golden chestnut color; do not brown. Add 2 tablespoons of the pine nuts and
- chopped almonds and continue cooking 1 more minute.
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- Remove cinnamon stick, cloves, and peel from the cooled syrup. Gradually
- add the syrup to the semolina mixture, stirring with a long-handled wooden
- spoon; the mixture will bubble furiously. Cook over the lowest possible
- heat until the syrup has been absorbed and the mixture thickens. Remove
- from the heat and drape with a clean towel for 10 minutes. Turn into a
- mold, spreading with a knife or a spatula. Cool, then reverse onto a
- serving platter, sprinkle with cinnamon, and garnish decoratively with the
- remaining pine nuts and the whole almonds. Cut into small, diamond-shaped
- pieces.
-
- From: "The Food of Greece" by Vilma Liacouras Chantiles. Avenel Books, New
- York.
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- Typed for you by Karen Mintzias
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