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Ancient Egyptian Date Balls

10/11/2013

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We found a book in the library with recipes from ancient Egypt, and wanted to try these date balls. Apparently, the recipe was found on an ostraca, a shard of pottery used for writing by scribes, and dates back (no pun intended) to 1600BC.

Ingredients:
200g pitted dates
100g ground walnuts
1 teaspoon cinnamon

3 tbsp honey
small bowl full of ground almonds

Warm the honey (don't boil it) and put to one side. Mash the dates and add a bit of water, until you have a thick paste (we think we added a bit too much water, it was hard to get to a "paste" stage). Add cinnamon and walnuts, then shape into small balls. Coat each ball in warm honey and then roll in ground almonds. Serve immediately.

We didn't think in advance to build a suitably "ancient Egyptian" background for the photo, sorry! But these are very yummy, and both Toby and Mummy love them.

5 Comments
scarlett
6/11/2019 10:04:54 am

these look good

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dfghj
6/11/2019 10:25:38 am

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jjk link
3/2/2020 01:32:14 pm

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2D from Gorillaz link
21/10/2020 06:12:13 pm

Did you try them

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Roy Keller link
2/1/2021 09:44:28 pm

Great blog you havve here

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