Halva with Pecans and Almonds
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5.0
3 reviews
Excellent
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Prep Time
20 mins
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Cook Time
20 mins
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Total Time
50 mins
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Servings
8 people
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Course
Dessert
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Cuisine
Middle Eastern, Israeli, Vegan
Halva with Pecans and Almonds
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Halva is a classic Middle Eastern sweet made from sesame paste as a base and which can be flavored with pecans, almonds, pistachios or chocolate.
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Ingredients
- 1½ cup Tahini (100% sesame paste without any additive)
- 1 cup sugar
- ½ cup water
- Juice of ½ lemon
- 1 oz. whole almonds
- 1 oz. pecan (or 4 tablespoons chocolate chips)
Utensils
- Cooking thermometer
Instructions
- Grease a plastic container or mini silicone molds .
- Roast almonds and pecans. The roasting time is not the same for both, so roast separately. Pecans burn faster than almonds.
- Put Tahini in a water bath .
- Put the sugar, lemon juice and water in a saucepan and cook to 240 F (115˚C). At this stage, the syrup is just starting to get a golden color, a bit like a start of caramel.
- Throughout the cooking of the syrup, stir regularly by tilting the pan. Absolutely do not use a spoon.
- Remove pan from heat .
- Pour the almonds and walnuts or chocolate in the tahini and mix well.
- Pour this mixture into the sugar syrup and stir with the spatula to mix everything.
- When the mixture begins to pull away from the sides of the pan, which happens very quickly, pour it into the container.
- Pack with the back of a spoon.
- Refrigerate for 48 hours before serving.
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