Irmik helvasi (Semolina Helva)
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You can make this recipe simply from pine nuts, semolina flour, butter and syrup. And making this recipe is very simple.
Prep Time 2 hours hrs 15 minutes mins
Cook Time 20 minutes mins
35 minutes mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine Turkish
Servings 6 people
Calories 272 kcal
- 3 and 1/2 cups of semolina
- 1 and 3/4 cups of unsalted butter
- 2 and1/4 cups of sugar
- 3 and 1/2 cups of milk
- 1/3 cup of pine nuts
- Cinnamon for garnishing
In a medium saucepan, combine all together the milk with the sugar; then heat the milk until it starts scalding.
Gently stir until the sugar starts dissolving; then remove the pan from the heat.
Melt the butter in a large pan over a medium high heat; then add in the pine nuts together with the dry semolina.
With the help of a wooden spoon, gently turn the semolina over and over until it's all coated with the butter.
Continue to turn over; then stir the mixture constantly until it becomes golden brown and the pine nuts start to darken.
Make sure to keep from burning, especially around the edges of your pan; then turn off the heat.
Pour the hot mixture of the milk into the semolina; then let bubble up and let settle.
Stir very well to make sure the butter and the pine nuts are very well distributed; then cover the saucepan, leaving the lid on top
Let your helva rest until it becomes cool enough to handle and when you are ready to serve; you can break the mixture with a wooden spoon
Sprinkle some quantity of cinnamon on top; then serve and enjoy with a scoop of ice cream!
Sodium: 1.1mgSugar: 30gFiber: 0.7gPotassium: 31.7mgCalories: 272kcalSaturated Fat: 6.23gFat: 11.2gProtein: 2.1gCarbohydrates: 42g