12 halvah Recipes

all purpose flour, crumbled pistachio halvah or plain halvah* (about 7 oz), sugar, salt, chilled unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes, egg yolks, ice water, sugar, water, heavy whipping cream, chilled unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes, natural unsalted pistachios (about 4 oz), toasted, nonstick vegetable oil spray, egg white, heavy whipping cream, unsalted butter, bittersweet (not unsweetened ) or semisweet chocolate, chopped, light corn syrup

butter, softened, tahini, salt, brown sugar, unbleached pastry flour, toasted pecans or walnuts, ground or finely chopped, a few pecan or walnut halves

coconut, grated and unsweetened, sunflower seeds, ground, wheat germ (raw ), carob powder, tahini, honey

phyllo pastry sheets, unsalted butter, melted, cream cheese, room temperature, eggs, egg yolk, vanilla extract, sesame seed oil, plain yogurt, honey, granulated sugar, all-purpose flour, pistachio nut, coarsely chopped (optional), halvah , vanilla, coarsely chopped, honey , to taste, sesame seeds, lightly toasted, pistachio nut, finely chopped

unsalted butter, nine 5- by 2 1/2-inch graham crackers, shelled natural pistachios, sugar, milk, vanilla, crumbled halvah (about 5 oz), well-chilled heavy cream

baking apples, peeled and cored, butter, halvah, crumbled (greek sesame seed candy), white wine, cinnamon stick, unsweetened whipped cream or vanilla ice cream

eggs, oil, halvah (chocolate or marble), sugar, baking powder, baking soda, flour

heavy cream, sugar, honey, vanilla extract, sesame tahini, freshly brewed espresso, shot armenian arak or turkish raki, mint, for garnish