Halawa Mishmish

== Description ==
Apricot balls. Use a natural, tart variety of dried apricots, not the sweetened or honeyed ones. They must also be soft. These keep well for weeks and are good to serve with coffee.
== Ingredients ==
* 1 pound dried apricots
* confectioners' sugar
* about 25 shelled pistachios to decorate
== Directions ==
# Do not soak or wash the apricots, or you will produce a cream.
# Put them as they are in the food processor and blend them to a smooth paste, adding a very little water, by the teaspoon if necessary.
# Wash your hands and, wetting them or greasing them with a little oil so the paste does not stick, take little lumps of paste and roll into marble-sized balls.
# Roll them in confectioners' sugar and press half a pistachio on top of each.
== Variation ==
# Mix ½ cup coarsely chopped pistachios with 2 tablespoons of sugar.
# Make a small hole in the center of each apricot ball, put in a little of the filling, close the hole again, and roll in confectioners' sugar.
# Work ½ cup coarsely chopped pistachios into the apricot paste with your hands.
Category:Arabian Desserts
Category:Dried apricot Recipes
Category:Pistachio Recipes
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