Halva-Pistachio Frozen Mousse Cake

Halva-Pistachio Frozen Mousse Cake (Photo courtesy of Huppit Bartov Miller)
Halva-Pistachio Frozen Mousse Cake

Halva-Pistachio Frozen Mousse Cake

Total Time 8 hours
Course Dessert

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups cold heavy whipping cream
  • 1 tbs. powdered sugar
  • 250 grams halva
  • 1 1/2 cup mini merengue cookies
  • 1 cup unsalted pistachios (peeled)

Instructions
 

  • Crumble the merengue leaving small chunks. Break the Pistachios into small pieces. Scrape/cut halva into crumbs.
  • Line the cake pan with plastic wrap leaving extra edges for sealing. Sprinkle the bottom of the pan with pistachio pieces and a few merengue pieces.
  • Whip the heavy cream with powdered sugar and carefully fold in halva crumbs and merengue pieces.
  • Pour mixture into the cake pan and cover well with the rest of the plastic wrap. Freeze for eight hours.

Notes

A Reisterstown resident, Huppit Bartov Miller is an Israeli-American educator, cook and food blogger for Afooda.com.
You May Also Like
Recipe: Roasted Eggplant with Tomato and Tahini
Roasted Eggplant with Tomato and Tahini

This roasted eggplant recipe from Elite Jakob is easy, quick and delicious, perfect as a side dish, for brunch or next to fish or chicken or meat dishes.

Recipe: No-Flour-No-White Sugar Blueberry Muffins
No-Flour-No-White Sugar Blueberry Muffins

You can bake these no-flour, no-white sugar blueberry muffins from Elite Jakob in a regular muffin tin or as bite-size mini muffins.

Matzah Pizza, Miriam and a ‘HUG-gadah’ Star in New Children’s Books for Passover
Passover children's books

Many of this year's new children's books for Passover portray the holiday theme of opening one's seder table to guests.

Canadian Jews Cope with a Manischewitz-Free Passover
kosher wines

The ban on American booze, which came in response to the the Trump administration's tariffs against Canada, has “created a meaningful opening” for other kosher holiday wines.