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HALVA [2 records]

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Record 1 2012-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
DEF

A sweetmeat composed of an aerated mixture of glucose, sugar, and crushed sesame seeds.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
DEF

Confiserie orientale faite de farine, d'huile de sésame, de miel, de fruits et d'amandes (ou noisettes, pistaches).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Industria alimentaria
CONT

La mayoría de los halva son confecciones densas elaboradas con pastas alimenticias diversas y que posteriormente se endulzan con azúcar o miel. Sin embargo, a pesar de esta sencilla descripción, las texturas tienen una amplia gama de variedades. Por ejemplo, el semolina halva es gelatinoso y semi-transparente, mientras que el sésamo halva es seco y ligeramente crujiente.

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Record 2 1991-04-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pastries (Cooking)
DEF

Silver in the form of very thin foil.

CONT

To make the sweet known as halva sohan, for example, you have to soak whole wheat for three or four days until the grain swells. Then the wet wheat is ground, and a milky liquid is squeezed out and saved to be cooked with ghee and sugar and flavoring until it has the correct fudge-like consistency. Finally the whole sweet is topped with silver leaf, which is exceedingly fragile and difficult to apply smoothly. It contributes nothing to the taste, but is necessary for a properly festive and luxurious appearance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pâtisserie (Art culinaire)
OBS

Les dragées argentées, recouvertes d'une couche d'argent (argent pur en feuilles); traitées dans une solution agglutinante à base de gélatine, les dragées sont argentées dans des turbines en verre.

Spanish

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