Title: Mustachudo (Almond Sweet for Passover)
Categories: Dessert Sephardic Jewish Turkish Pileggi
Yield: 25 Balls

1	c	Sugar
1	c	Water
2	c	Walnuts or almonds or half & half, ground
1		Egg, beaten
		Confectioner's sugar

These nut sweets are usually prepared in advance of Passover and served during days of Seders and afterward.

1. Mix sugar and water together in a pan and bring to a boil. Simmer over low heat for 5 to 10 mins.

2. Add nuts and continue to cook for 5 mins or a little more so that mixture will becomes firm. To test this, take 1 teaspoon, cool it enough to handle, and roll it in a ball to see if it holds together. If it does not, cook for another 2 to 3 mins.

3. Remove pan from heat, let it cool for 2 mins, then pour egg into mix- ture & stir it rapidly. Cool well, then shape into balls 1-" in diameter. When balls are completely cool, roll them in confectioner's sugar. Serve w/Turkish coffee. Makes abt 25 balls.

Recipe: "Sephardic Cooking" by Copeland Mark -- 600 Recipes Created in Exotic Sephardic Kitchens from Morocco to India -- C. 1992 Published by Donald I. Fine, Inc., New York, N.Y. D. Pileggi

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