Pasteli: Sesame Honey Candy

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/3 cups honey
• 3 cups sesame seeds, hulled
• 1 strip lemon peel (about 1/4 x 1 inch, see note) (optional)

Recipe

• 1 note: if desired, add the lemon peel to give the pasteli a light hint of lemon.
• 2 in a saucepan, bring honey and lemon peel to a boil.
• 3 add sesame seeds stirring continuously and continue to cook while stirring to mix completely and thoroughly.
• 4 when the seeds are fully mixed in and the mixture has boiled again, remove from heat.
• 5 remove and discard lemon peel.
• 6 spread a piece of baking parchment on a cool work surface and spread out the hot mixture thinly and evenly, on the paper (about 1/4 inch high).
• 7 when the pasteli cools to room temperature, refrigerate, as is, on the parchment paper (it doesn't need to be covered).
• 8 chill for at least 2-3 hours.
• 9 with a kitchen shears, cut the pasteli into small pieces, together with the parchment paper on the bottom, and serve.
• 10 to eat, peel off the parchment paper.
• 11 store in the refrigerator.
• 12 to increase or decrease quantity: the recipe calls for equal parts by weight of sesame seeds and honey.