Ladopita (semolina Pie)

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3 cups olive oil
• 3 cups water
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• sesame
• cinnamon
• almonds, peeled and whole
• 1 1/2 kg flour, approximately
• 1/2 cup semolina

Recipe

• 1 boil the water with the sugar for 10 minutes and keep it warm.
• 2 place the oil (but first save approximately 2 fingers from the third glass) in a pot and heat it.
• 3 slowly put the flour in the oil and constantly stir with a wooden scoop on a medium temperature until it becomes thick, creamy and gets a golden brown colour.
• 4 we then slowly add the warm syrup we saved and continue to stir until all the liquids have evaporated.
• 5 it then becomes a tender halva.
• 6 place it in a baking pan and sprinkle on top the sesame, then carve the pie in rhombus shapes and put an almond in each rhomb.
• 7 bake in a medium temperature in the oven for approximately an hour.
• 8 test with a knife to see if the pie is ready when the dough comes off the sides easily.
• 9 sprinkle with cinnamon and some sugar, and serve when it has cooled.