Semolina Dessert
(Irmik Helvasi)
Main:
1 cup semolina flour
125 ml unsalted butter
2 tbsp pine nuts
Syrup:
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
1 cup milk
Cook the main ingredients on medium-low heat until golden brown in a large pot, constantly stirring. In another pot, mix the syrup ingredients until boiled. Pour the syrup very slowly into the pot with the semolina while stirring with a long wooden spoon. The mixture will be bubbly and will spit so be careful. Stir until the mixture leaves sides of the pot (it will become doughy), this shouldn't take more than a couple minutes.
Then place away from heat with the lid on, wait for 5 minutes and put in a bowl, levelled. When cooled, put it on a flat plate upside down. Serve in slices. You can put some chocolate sauce on top, if you like.
5 Comments:
Add a little cinnamon.
To break the sweetness, poor some gin, cognac or liqueur on top, at last minute.
Binnur,
My husband and I enjoyed this dessert in Istanbul this year. I made it last night for the first time when my mother-in-law came for dinner. I only used about 2/3 the sugar since we tend to like our desserts on the less sweet side.
We all loved it! When my mother-in-law, a tiny woman, agreed to take some of the leftover halvah home, I asked how much she would like. She said, "HALF!"
Thanks so much for this easy, quick, and delicious recipe.
By the way, I had no pinenuts, but had some fresh-off-the-tree black walnuts, which I toasted. Delicious!
My wife grew up in Istanbul, and she makes this dessert and the irmik tatlasi using cream of wheat instead of semolina. I think that they are the same thing, just a different package. :-) Just thought folks would like to know that there is a cheaper alternative than the specialty food aisle.
I'm looking for another semolina recipe that possibly has saffron, honey and milk in it? I had it in Selcuk I think, and it was wonderful. It just looked like a serving of yellow wheat pudding! Any help would be great. Oh, there is also another dessert that was called "chicken" something...it was like a formed pudding...
Hi,
Turkish cuisine has verity of Dairy Desserts:) I am going to post more recipes in the future:)
I've already posted easy version of Tavukgogsu, which is under the Dairy Desserts section;
http://www.turkishcookbook.com/2006/06/creamy-pudding.php
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