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From our kitchenİrmik helvası – semolina halva with pine nuts
İrmik helvası is cooked in Turkey for holidays and days of remembrance and shared with neighbours. Semolina is roasted with pine nuts in butter and doused with hot sweetened milk – ready in 30 minutes.
Method
Bring milk, water and sugar to the boil until the sugar dissolves and keep warm.
Melt the butter in a pot, add pine nuts and semolina and roast over medium heat for 15 minutes, stirring constantly, until golden.
Carefully pour in the hot sweet milk (it spits) and stir until absorbed.
Cover and let it swell over the lowest heat for 10 minutes.
Shape with two spoons or press into a mould, sprinkle with cinnamon and serve lukewarm.
Tip from the storePine nuts and coarse semolina from our shelf – chopped walnuts work instead of pine nuts if you prefer.