Tamriya with Nuts and Sesame

Ingredients

• 1 and a half kilos ground dates
• as desired nuts
• 1 tablespoon ground cardamom
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• as desired finely ground Aleppo pistachios
• 1 cup toasted sesame seeds
• 1 cup (225 g) ghee
• 1 and a half cups thick sugar syrup
• 2 packages (as desired) plain biscuits
• quarter of a spoon citric acid
• a glass water
• 3 glasses sugar

Instructions

1. Prepare the dates in the mixing bowl, pitted, ground, and ready to use. Regular dates may also be used; pit and grind them in a machine with a little ghee until they become paste-like and easy to work with.
2. Place the ghee in a pot or pan over medium heat on the stove.
3. Add the dates to the pot or pan with the ghee on the stove.
4. Lower the heat under the pot or pan and gently stir the dates with the ghee so they do not stick.
5. Add the ground cardamom and ground cinnamon to the dates in the pot or pan on the stove.
6. Stir the dates in the pot or pan over low heat until combined with the ghee, cardamom, and cinnamon.
7. Add the plain biscuits to the dates in the pot or pan on the stove.
8. Stir the date and biscuit mixture in the pot or pan on the stove until the biscuits absorb the ghee and the mixture is fully combined.
9. Turn off the heat under the pot or pan once the date mixture is ready.
10. Set the date mixture aside in a bowl or in the pot until it cools and is suitable for spreading by hand.
11. Lightly toast the nuts in a pan on the stove over low heat or in the oven, stirring frequently, until they dry out and become fragrant.
12. Remove the nuts from the pan or oven once they are lightly toasted.
13. Add the thick sugar syrup to the hot nuts in the bowl while the syrup is cold, monitoring the amount until they hold together.
14. Leave the nuts with the sugar syrup in the mixing bowl until cooled and combined.
15. Sprinkle finely ground Aleppo pistachios in the tray in a light layer to give an attractive appearance and help prevent sticking.
16. Spread the date mixture evenly in the tray by hand.
17. Distribute the nuts evenly over the date layer in the tray.
18. Press the nut layer over the dates in the tray until level and even.
19. Leave the tray outdoors or in the refrigerator for about two or three hours until cool and set.
20. For the sesame version, place a piece of the date mixture on nylon plastic over the work surface.
21. Shape the date mixture on the nylon plastic into a roll of the desired size.
22. Coat the date roll with sesame seeds on all sides so that no part remains exposed.
23. Place the sesame-coated date roll in a tray and leave it in a cool place until set.
24. Cut the nut-filled tamriya in the serving tray into pieces of the desired size after it has cooled.
25. Cut the sesame-coated tamriya rolls on a cutting board or in the serving tray into pieces of the desired size after they have set.
26. Serve the pieces on a serving plate or in guest-serving papers.