Best Halva - Greek Semolina Dessert

Halva is a very tasty and simple dessert made of toasted semolina, flavoured with cinnamon and vanilla. Great warm, room temperature or chilled.

Ingredients:
1 cup (227 gm) unsalted butter
2 cups (167 gm) semolina / cream of wheat
3 cups (256 gm) sugar
4 cups (1 liter) water
1 stick of cinnamon
1 tsp (5 ml) pure vanilla extract
garnish or add-ins of your choice

[MrPkamara]

I tried some from my Turkish friend today, and l loved it.I asked her the name so I can search for it on YouTube. Thank God I found you. It is so straightforward.Thanks for sharing!❤❤❤❤❤

[ILOVEMFEO]

Beautiful. In Greece we « typically » use top quality olive oil. But, I have personally departed from tradition and add 50-50% olive oil and butter 😊. I usually add pine nuts lightly roasted and raisins (sultanina variety), chopped a bit, and added in the syrup to soften. Again, I may drop vanilla in favour of one orange (juice + zest). Please use bio produce, clean of pesticides and wax . Very versatile recipe you can take in any direction. Summer-simple-poor man’s dessert, but full of childhood memories, mum in the kitchen of that old cottage by the sea. Thanks for your vid!

[jimmydemetriou]

Thanks, I will try this at Christmas when the family come. X

[yolandacamargoaponte]

It looks delicious 😮.. i will try to make it ...I would like to buy for you a new mold 😊

[SilkesWelt]

what a great dessert! Thank you for sharing.🌼👍

[CatherineLoiacono]

My Thea Pelagia used to make this. She would take a tablespoon and mold it in her hands like a sausage and sprinkle with cinnamon and top each one with pine nuts.

[DipanjanPaul]

This is a common desert here in India, we call it halwa. But your version looks tastier .

[libertyann]

I had something like this at a Hari Krishna restaurant in Denver years ago. But it was shaped in little balls instead.
Could it have been made with ghee instead of butter?

[SusanPloughman]

What will happen if one radically cut the amount of sugar. It is so bad for one.