This Date Halva recipe is from A Spicy Touch Cookbook, written by 2021 Taste Canada Hall of Fame Honoree Noorbanu Nimji, along with her co-author Karen Anderson. “This stores well in the freezer and makes a delicious treat that you can pull out for your guests to enjoy with coffee after dinner.”
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Date Halva
Servings 2 rolls
Ingredients
- 1 cup whipping cream
- 1 Tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 lb chopped pitted dates
- 2 cups mixed unsalted nuts almonds, cashews, pistachios
- ½ cup desiccated coconut
Instructions
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Combine the whipping cream, sugar and dates in a saucepan on medium heat, and cook stirring constantly until thick and shiny (about 10 minutes) when patted with a spoon.
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Stir in the nuts and cook for another 5 minutes.
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Cool the mixture to a temperature where you can handle it and divide the mixture into 2 equal parts.
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Make 2 rolls (2-inches in diameter each) by rolling each half on a flat surface with the centre of your palm.
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Finish by rolling each log in the desiccated coconut.
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Wrap them separately in foil and freeze for at least 5 hours.
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Remove the logs from the freezer about 10 minutes before you want to serve them and cut into ¾-inch thick slices to serve. Enjoy with tea or coffee.
Notes
Note: These make an excellent host gift. And, in summer instead of forming logs, we make the mixture into Date Halva Energy Balls by scooping about 2 to 3 dozen balls of the mixture and then rolling them in the coconut.
Recipe by Karen Anderson and Noorbanu Nimji, from A Spicy Touch, copyright © 2020 by Karen Anderson and Noorbanu Nimji. Reprinted with permission of TouchWood Editions. Photo credit Pauli-Ann Carriere.