Grandma's Greek Halva with pistachios and cardamom

Step 1/7

• 1000 l water
• 450 g brown sugar
• 3 cloves cardamom pods
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 2 g vanilla sugar
• 3 slices orange peels

• pot

Fist step is to prepare the syrup. In my opinion this is the most important step, because the syrup has all the aromas and flavours. Add water in a pot and add the all the ingredients. boil for approximately 10 min. Take the pot aside. Remove the Orange peels, cardamom cloves and cinnamon stick from the pot.

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• 200 ml olive oil

• nonstick pan

Heat olive oil in a nonstick pan.

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• 500 g semolina

• whisk

Add semolina and cook for approximately 5-7 min until golden. Stir frequently.

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• 50 g chopped pistachios
• orange zest

Add pistachios and orange zest. Stir for 2 min.

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• 1000 ml golden syrup

Add little bit of syrup and stir frequently. Use this method until all the syrup is added. Do not forget to stir!!! After the syrup is added let it rest aside for 1 min.

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• loaf pan

Add the mixture to a cake pan. Let it cool for a few our.