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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Greek >> Greek

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 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. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
honey	1 1/3	cups		-	-	-	-
white sesame seed	3	cups	hulled	-	-	-	-
lemon peel	1			0.94	0.32	0.03	0.006

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.