Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Microwave Date Halva

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The Settler's Cookbook

By Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Published 2009

  • About

(Our people are getting worried about sugar and fat, and this a ‘healthy’ sweetmeat, made in England)

Ingredients

  • 1 lb dried, stoned dates (not the block)
  • Peeled, unsalted cashews or pistachios
  • ½ pint

Method

  • In a glass bowl combine dates with the cream and cover, then zap the mixture for five minutes.
  • Stir and zap again for three minutes.
  • Do this twice more.
  • Add the nuts and zap for three more minutes.
  • Press into a greased tray, cover and freeze for three hours.
  • Defrost and cut into diamond shapes.
  • Sprinkle with desicc