Recipe 63: Heathen (Saracen) Peas

copyright 1995 Alia Atlas


2 cups ground almonds
2/3 cup honey
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
3/8 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp ginger
The almonds should form an oily paste. Put almonds, honey and spices in the top of a double boiler pot. Mix them together and cook over a low heat for 10 minutes. Be careful that they do not burn on the bottom of the pot. Remove the mixture from the pot and let cool until you can handle it. Then roll small peas out of it. They are not sticky, because of the almond oil, but they will compress into a blob if stored in a jar.


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