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Sunflower and Peanut Halva
Sunflower and Peanut Halva is a traditional Russian recipe for a classic dessert/candy made from sunflower seed paste, peanut butter and sugar syrup and flavoured with peanuts. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Russian dish of: Sunflower and Peanut Halva.
prep time
20 minutes
cook time
25 minutes
Total Time:
45 minutes
Additional Time:
(+cooling)
Makes:
26
Rating: 
Tags : Dessert RecipesRussia Recipes
This is a classic Russian form of Halva (Halawa or Helvah) that can be plain, can contain peanuts (as here) or almonds or chocolate.
Ingredients:
280g sugar
100ml water
100g unsalted peanuts nuts, toasted and roughly chopped
120g peanut butter
200g sunflower seed paste
Method:
If you cannot get sunflower seeds paste then buy sunflower seeds from your health food store. Hull these and add the seeds to a food processor. Process to a paste, adding just enough sunflower seed oil to make the paste pliable (think tahini).
Beat together the sunflower seed paste and peanut butter in a large bowl until smooth then set aside. In the meantime, combine the sugar and water in a pan and bring to a boil. Continue boiling until the mixture reaches 125°C (between the Hard Ball stage and the Soft Crack stage). Add the pistachios at this stage and stir to combine.
Take the pan off the heat and gradually beat the syrup mixture into the sunflower seed and peanut butter paste, whisking constantly. Continue beating briskly, adding the peanuts, until the mixture begins to set then press the mixture into the base of an oiled cake tin lined with greaseproof paper. Place in the refrigerator and leave to set for 24 hours.
Remove from the refrigerator, take out of the tin and cut into squares with a sharp knife whilst still cold.
