Sesame Nuggets

Dense but not too sweet, this candy is reminiscent of American peanut butter balls and Middle Eastern Halvah. In Korea the dough is prepared with a sesame paste made from roasted ground sesame seeds. We used tahini, a Middle Eastern sesame paste, made from raw sesame seeds (and widely available in supermarkets) with good results. You can use a mini (2-inch/5-cm) cast-iron cake mold, a plastic mold used to make chocolates or a shell-shaped French mini Madeline cake tin. If you don’t want to