Oh so addictive treasures of perfectly balanced sweetness.
Prep Time1 hourhr30 minutesmins
Cook Time10 minutesmins
Resting Time12 hourshrs
Course: Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: Russian
Keyword: addictive, all seasons, birthday, chocolate, crowd-pleaser, edible present, fancy, festive, lactose-free, nut-free, pralines, soy-free, sweets, valentine's day
Servings: 60pralines
Ingredients
360gsunflower seeds
1pinchsalt
235gsugar
4-5tbspwater
400gdark dairy free chocolate
5tbspblackcurrant jam
Instructions
Roast the sunflower seeds in a dry pan until they are golden and fragrant but not brown. Then blend them with the small pinch of salt until the mixture turns into an oily paste (scrape the sides of the blender again and again).
Heat the sugar with the water until all the sugar grains are dissolved. The resulting syrup is probably boiling. Now add the syrup little by little to the sunflower paste while constantly stirring manually.
Line a tray (approx. 20cm x 20cm) with parchment paper and tightly press the mixture into it and let it sit overnight. The pressed mixture should be approximately 1 cm high.
Lift or flip the sunflower halva out of the tray, (if flipped remove the parchment paper) and gently smear the jam on top. Cut into bitesized squares.
Melt the chocolate in a bowl over a pan of boiling water. Choose a large bowl so it can sit on the pan easily.
Pick up piece for piece of the halva and dip it in the chocolate. Lift the covered pieces out with a fork and let the excess chocolate drip off into the bowl. Place the pralines on a rack to dry the chocolate before digging in :)