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:''Sesame candy may also refer to sesame halva.'' Sesame seed candy is a confection of sesame seeds and sugar or honey pressed into a bar or ball. It is popular from the Middle East through South Asia to . The texture may vary from chewy to crisp. It may also be called sesame (seed) candy/bar/crunch; sesame seed cake may refer to the confection or to a leavened cake or cookie incorporating sesame. In Greece, sesame seed candy is called pasteli and is generally a flat, oblong bar made with honey and often including nuts. Though the modern name παστέλι ''pasteli'' is of Italian origin,〔G. Babiniotis, Λεξικό της Νέας Ελληνικής Γλώσσας: "παστέλι."〕 very similar foods are documented in Ancient Greek cuisine: the Cretan ''koptoplakous'' (κοπτοπλακοῦς) or ''gastris'' (γάστρις) was a layer of ground nuts sandwiched between two layers of sesame crushed with honey.〔''Deipnosophists'' 14:647, discussed by Charles Perry, "The Taste for Layered Bread among the Nomadic Turks and the Central Asian Origins of Baklava", in ''A Taste of Thyme: Culinary Cultures of the Middle East'' (ed. Sami Zubaida, Richard Tapper), 1994. ISBN 1-86064-603-4. p. 88.〕 Herodotus also mentions "sweet cakes of sesame and honey", but with no detail.〔Herodotus, ''Histories'' 3:48; also in ''Hist''. 3.44: "(''ἴτρια'', τραγήμαθ᾽ ἧκε, πυραμοῦς, ἄμης )."〕 Various kinds of sesame candy are found in Indian cuisine. The Assamese ''tilor laru'' is an Assamese breakfast snack. The Maharashtran ''tilgul ladoo'' is a ball of sesame and sugar flavored with peanuts and cardamom and associated with the festival of Makar Sankranti. Sesame candy is also traditional to northern Iran (Mazandaran province) and is called Peshtezik in Mazandarani and Persian. Peshtezik is usually a thin flat layer of sesame seed with sugar or honey and often includes nuts (specially Walnuts). Peshtezik is served in special Persian holidays such as Nowruz and Yalda. In Israel, date honey sometimes replaces honey. ==See also== * Joyva, an American manufacturer of Sesame Crunch * Halva 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sesame seed candy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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