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Middle Eastern · Dessert

Apricot Rose Halawa with White Chocolate

A chewy, no-bake bar of ground dried apricots perfumed with rose water and a trace of mastic, topped with creamy white chocolate ganache and a pistachio. Serve at room temperature.

  • YieldServes 8 · 32 small squares (4 each for 8 people)
  • Hands-on45 min
  • Total5 h 44 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

Apricot layer

  • ½ tspground mastic, from mastic pieces, ground in a mortar
  • 450 gdried apricots, chopped
  • 2 tsprose water

Ganache

  • 285 gwhite chocolate, finely chopped
  • 28 gunsalted butter
  • 120 mlheavy cream

To finish

  • 40 gtoasted shelled pistachios, 32 whole nuts

Diet

  • Vegetarian (lacto-ovo)
  • Pescatarian

Contains

  • Dairy
  • Tree nuts
  • Pistachio
  • Soy
  • Sulfites
  • Legumes (any)
  • Stone fruits (any)
  • Apricot
  • Rose petals
  • Vanilla
  • Lecithin (any source)
  • Gums and thickeners
  • Caffeine and theobromine
  • Lactose
  • FODMAPs (any)
  • Mastic (mastiha)
  • Cacao and cocoa

Taste

  • Sweet
  • Sour / bright
  • Richness / fat
  • Herbal / fresh
  • Aromatic spice

Texture

  • Creamy
  • Chewy

Equipment

  • Food processor
  • Mortar and pestle

Season

  • Any season

Occasion

  • Entertaining
  • Holiday

Effort

  • 20–45 min active
  • Over 3 hours total
  • Difficulty 3
  • Needs advance prep
  • Make-ahead friendly

Nutrition

  • Calories: moderate
  • Protein: low
  • Carbs: high
  • Fat: moderate
  • Fiber: moderate
  • Sodium: low

Budget

  • Budget: moderate

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