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IranMizrahiEveryday Pareve 25 min 8 servings Easy
A dense, sweet confection made from tahini and sugar syrup, often studded with pistachios. It appears both in holiday settings and in ordinary Persian Jewish hospitality.
Ingredients
- •1 cup tahini
- •3/4 cup sugar
- •1/4 cup water
- •1 teaspoon lemon juice
- •1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom
- •1/3 cup chopped pistachios
Instructions
- 1
Line a small loaf pan or container with parchment.
- 2
In a small saucepan, cook the sugar, water, and lemon juice until the sugar dissolves and the syrup thickens slightly.
- 3
Warm the tahini gently in a bowl and stir in the cardamom.
- 4
Pour the hot syrup into the tahini in a thin stream, mixing continuously until thick and opaque.
- 5
Fold in the pistachios.
- 6
Press the mixture into the prepared pan and let it cool completely.
- 7
Slice and serve once firm.
Kosher notes
Pareve. Use kosher tahini and nuts; suitable after either meat or dairy meals.
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