Ancient Egyptian "date Candy" (For 2 People)

photo by BarbryT


- Ready In:
- 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Serves:
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2
ingredients
- 1 cup of fresh dates
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1⁄2 teaspoon cardamom seed
- 1⁄2 cup of fresh ground walnuts
- warm honey
- fine ground almonds
directions
- mix the dates with some water to paste.
- mix in cinnamon and kardemon seeds.
- kneed in the walnuts.
- form balls, spread with honey and cover in the ground almonds.
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Reviews
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If one stupidly forgos one's stick blender :-) and tries to be authentic, it is not easy to make a paste out of dates. One has to admire the cooks of the day. The flavor is just wonderful...the cardamom seeds are a little burst of concentrated but delightful flavor. I made mine tiny--marble size--because they are really an intense sweetmeat.
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Excellent! The taste is wonderful. I totally forgot to buy almonds so mine were a little sticky without the coating but that's my fault entirely. The combination of walnut and dates was inspired and we loved these. The honey gives a touch of sweetness and after a quick burst with a stick mixer these were ready in next to no time. Please see my rating system: an excellent 5 stars for a recipe where flavours come together and make magic. Thanks!