Caucasian Flour Halva
A true Middle Eastern sweet. Cultures all over the world have their own version of halva, and here we'll share the simplest and most common way it's made in Dagestan.
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Caucasian Flour Halva
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 7 %
6 g
Fats 29 %
25 g
Carbohydrates 64 %
55 g
461 kcal
GI:
0
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0
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100
- This treat may not be for everyone. But anyone who remembers childhood, when the incredible aroma of flour and butter drifted from the kitchen while mom patiently stirred at the stove, will love it. It smells absolutely amazing, and you can hardly wait to eat it before it's even been shaped into pieces and set on a plate. You cut off a piece so hot it burns your tongue, but oh, how good it is. Fair warning: it takes patience, because you have to stand and stir the halva for a good while. This amount of ingredients makes a small batch, so it takes less time, about 35 to 40 minutes. Double the recipe and you'll be at it for an hour or more. Take a medium skillet and melt the butter in it. Bring the butter to a simmer, then gradually add the sifted flour, stirring constantly. Add it, stir, and cook until the mixture thickens. As the halva cooks, it will soften and loosen up; when that happens, slowly add more flour, carefully and with constant stirring. Keep stirring and cook the halva until it's fully done, then take it off the heat. Add the sugar to the hot flour mixture in batches. Mix well and shape the halva however you like. You can press it into molds, and if you want, fold in nuts or raisins. Once the halva has cooled, it's ready to serve. If you used molds, turn the halva out of them; if not, cut the set halva into pieces with a knife, giving them your own shapes. Flour halva is usually served with hot tea (it's easier on the stomach that way), but any hot drink works. Our kids and grandkids like to eat it warm with no drink at all, but be careful: eating a lot of it without a hot drink can constipate a child, since it's flour-based. Don't let a child eat halva plain and in large amounts.
Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish
- Whole durum wheat flour fortified - 333 kcal/100g
- Whole durum wheat flour, universal - 364 kcal/100g
- Flour krupchatka - 348 kcal/100g
- Flour - 325 kcal/100g
- Granulated sugar - 398 kcal/100g
- Sugar - 398 kcal/100g
- Butter 82% - 734 kcal/100g
- Amateur unsalted butter - 709 kcal/100g
- Unsalted peasant butter - 661 kcal/100g
- Peasant salted butter - 652 kcal/100g
- Melted butter - 869 kcal/100g
- Salt - 0 kcal/100g
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