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Homemade Semolina Dessert (Greek Halvas)

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A while back I received a few emails from fellow bloggers 🙂 that were interested in finding out if there was a greek cake that did not have any almonds or fruits. 🙂  So here it is the Semolina Cake otherwise known as Halvas.  It is purely made from Semolina, Olive Oil, Sugar and Cinnamon…and a bit of Lemon.

A completely different taste than the usually cakes because the intensity of the Semolina just stands out when taking a bite.  If you enjoy trying out new tastes try this dessert you might just love it.  🙂

HOMEMADE SEMOLINA DESSERT (GREEK HALVAS)

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Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups Semolina
  • 2 cup Sugar
  • 1 Cinnamon Stick
  • 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
  • 1 Lemon Peel
  • 1 cup Olive Oil

Instructions
 

  • To make this dessert you will need 2 sauce pots. In one add in the lemon peel and the cinnamon stick.
  • In the other add the Olive Oil.
  • Add 3 cups water and teaspoon of cinnamon powder, sugar and boil at low heat.
  • Add gradually the Semolina into the pot where the Olive Oil is heating at low heat. Stir continuously with a wooden spoon until Semolina has turned golden brown. Very carefully start and very slowly start to pour the syrup into the Semolina. This tends to splatter when you pour the syrup into the Semolina so be careful.
  • I like to use a bundt form but you can use whatever you like. In a baking pan add 1 tablespoon of Cinnamon powder and 1 tablespoon of Sugar. Transfer the mixture in the baking pan and let it cool.
  • Turn over on a platter or a dish and top it off with more Cinnamon. 🙂

Welcome to a small corner of my Greek Heritage. Growing up in New York from Greek parents, was a challenge of its own...but the traditional food, tastes and aromas that my mother cooked always travelled me back to Greece. My mother is a wonderful cook, our house would always have that smell of home cooked food. I remember very clearly that we were only allowed fast food, once a week, that was a huge day for myself and my brother. Jumping up and down in the back car seat, laughing, just being kids. It is true that we all like to eat different foods, taste, smell, even try food that looks different than our regular meals at home and I think that is so natural. In my teens, I was not really into cooking, I enjoyed my magazines after school, listening to music, and just taking a breather. There were times that I would glance at some of my mom's recipes, more out of curiosity than to actually try to cook them. At that time I did not realise that cooking would become my passion one day. Slowly, I would start to look into my mom's recipes a bit more each day and I started to find it interesting as a hobby. Each month I would go into our neighborhood bookstore and pick up my monthly book, until one day I decided to stroll over into the cooking section. That summer was the first time I actually bought a cooking magazine....and I loved it. Cooking and baking started out as a hobby, but now after many years it is my passion. Exploring the cuisines, the spices, the oils, the scents, the variety of smells and tastes that exist. It was and still is an amazing journey without limits. So, come along with me on this adventure, and I hope you enjoy my recipes. Sophie

21 Comments

  2. jyo
    January 12, 2018 at 1:56 pm  ·  Reply
    A great recipe with semolina...looks yumm Sophie ❣
  3. eivannoni
    January 12, 2018 at 4:02 pm  ·  Reply
    Sounds great! At what temp do you bake it?
  4. a little Swiss, a little Canadian
    January 12, 2018 at 6:08 pm  ·  Reply
    That must be yummy! We have a similar way of preparing it in Switzerland.😋😊
  5. Greedyeats -Neha
    January 12, 2018 at 7:56 pm  ·  Reply
    That sounds absolutely healthy with all that semolina and olive oil. Looks yummy too! :)
  6. Vero and Canito in the kitchen
    January 12, 2018 at 10:29 pm  ·  Reply
    Hello Sophie! :-) It looks very delicious!
  7. Megala
    January 13, 2018 at 2:10 pm  ·  Reply
    This looks absolutely delicious ! It is quite interesting that we do make something similar (replacing cinnamon with cardamom) and is known as sooji halwa !! :)
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