Anneanne Mualla’s Turkish Semolina Pudding

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Preparation info
  • Feeds

    8-10

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Grand Dishes: Time-perfected recipes and stories from grandmothers of the world

By Iska Lupton

Published 2021

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Ingredients

  • 450 g ( cups) sugar, caster or granulated
  • 250

Method

  1. In a medium pan, put the sugar, butter and water over medium heat. Bring to the boil slowly to melt the butter and dissolve the sugar. When it turns bubbly and smells milky, turn off the heat.
  2. Meanwhile, take a non-stick pan with a lid and tip in the semolina and pine nuts. You’re going to dry-roast the semolina on a medium heat, stirring at all times so it doe