Halvah recipe
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This Middle Eastern halva recipe is nutty and sweet. It's made with sugar syrup, velvety tahini, spicy cardamom, and chopped pistachios.
This tahini halva recipe is made with simple ingredients. A dense, rich sweet treat that is nut-based with so many variations. Halva is eaten as a dessert or an energy-boosting breakfast.
When you hear halvah, you probably think of tahini (aka sesame seed paste). But the truth is, halvah can be made with all sorts of unsweetened nut or seed butters. In this case, we’re turning to peanut butter. Make sure you find one with no added sugar—often this is labeled as “natural”—since you’ll be adding in sugar yourself. Try to find a variety that’s salted (if you can’t, just add salt to taste before beginning the recipe). A super smooth peanut butter works best; I like the one from…
Wheels of halvah — a soft, fudgelike candy made out of sesame paste — is an iconic sight in Middle Eastern markets. But it’s also extremely easy to make at home, as long as you have access to a good brand of tahini (the only ingredient should be sesame seeds) and a candy thermometer. This recipe is adapted from the cookbook “Zahav: A World of Israeli Cooking,” by the chef Michael Solomonov. Eat it on its own cut into little pieces with a cup of tea, or dip cubes of it in chocolate and top…
You can easily stop your sweet cravings with this Turkish Halva recipe that requires simple ingredients. It takes almost 20 minutes from start to finish!
Adapted from The Arabesque Table: Contemporary Recipes from the Arab World by Reem KassisYou can customize this halvah with various toppings, swapping out the pistachios with roasted peanuts or cashews, rose petals, sesame seeds, chocolate chips or roasted cocoa nibs, coffee beans, sesame or pumpkin seeds, or whatever and wherever your imagination takes you. Reem offers a few other suggestions in the book, such as adding cocoa powder, cardamom and other flavors to the mix. I've suggested a…
Learn how to make and prepare the recipe for Greek style sesame halva.
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