SEMOLINA HALVA

INGREDIENTS:

I cup oil
2 cups coarse semolina
3 cups sugar
4 cups water
1 cinnamon stick
10 whole cloves
Orange zest
Cinnamon powder for dusting

Optional:

1 cup walnuts coarsely chopped
½ cup blonde raisins

PREPARATION:

Put the water in a bowl, then add sugar to dissolve, and add cloves, cinnamon stick and orange zest.

Heat oil in a pot on medium-high, add semolina and stir with wooden spoon until it is golden brown. Then, add the sugar-water, stir, let it boil for about five minutes and turn off the heat but leave the pot on the hot element covered with a paper towel for another five minutes.

Add the walnuts and raisins, stir and cover again.

When all the water is absorbed the halva is ready. Dust with cinnamon and serve.