Halva - Desserts Recipe

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Halva

🌍 Desserts, Middle East / Central Asia Difficulty: ●●●○○



Ingredients

  • 300g tahini
  • 200g sugar
  • 80ml water
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 100g pistachios (optional)

Method

  1. Boiling — Boil sugar and water to 120°C (250°F) (soft ball stage).
  2. Pouring — Pour hot sugar syrup over tahini while stirring.
  3. Stirring — Stir constantly as it thickens.
  4. Adding — Add pistachios, vanilla.
  5. Pressing — Press into lined tin. Cool and set. Keeps weeks.