Halva (Semolina Pudding)
Fragrant toasted semolina pudding with pine nuts and raisins, sliced and dusted with cinnamon.
7 ingredients
5 steps
Ingredients
- 1200ml olive oil
- 2400g coarse semolina
- 3600g sugar, 800ml water
- 41 cinnamon stick
- 550g pine nuts, 50g raisins
- 61 tsp vanilla
- 7Ground cinnamon to dust
Instructions
- 1Bring water, sugar and cinnamon stick to a boil; keep warm.
- 2Heat olive oil in a large heavy pot over medium heat. Add semolina and stir constantly for 5–7 minutes until golden and toasted. Add pine nuts and raisins; stir 1 minute.
- 3CAREFULLY pour the hot syrup over the semolina — it will spit. Stir vigorously and quickly as it absorbs.
- 4Stir in vanilla; cook on low heat 2–3 minutes until it pulls away from the sides.
- 5Press into a mould or loaf tin; leave to set 15 minutes. Unmould, dust with cinnamon and serve sliced.