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Apricot Balls (Halawa Mishmish) Recipe

Apricot Balls (Halawa Mishmish) is a Continental arabian recipe made with 3 ingredients in 4 steps.

Ingredients

  • natural soft dried apricots, not sweetened. . . . .1 pound
  • sugar. . . .1 cup
  • shelled pistachios to decorate, or chopped pistachio for stuffing. . . 30

How to make Apricot Balls (Halawa Mishmish)

  1. Place the apricot in a food processor or blender and blend them to a smooth paste, adding a very little water, if necessary.(Do not wash the apricot before blending).
  2. Wet your hands or grease them with a little oil.
  3. Place a small amount of apricot paste in the centre of your palm and shape into a walnut-sized ball.
  4. Roll them in sugar and press a pistachio on the top of each ball.

Notes

Indent the centre of each apricot ball with your thumb and press a little of the chopped pistachio into it.
fold the sides and reshape into a smooth ball, then roll in sugar.
Repeat with remaining paste.

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