Halvas Tou Fourno (Baked Halvah)
Grrrrrgh!
Course : Greek
From: HungryMonster.com
Serves: 6
 

Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
                        -----the halvah-----
   3      cups          farina -- (cream of wheat)
   1      teaspoon      cinnamon
   1      cup           butter
   4                    eggs -- separated
   1      cup           sugar
     1/2  cup           slivered almonds -- blanched
                        -----the syrup-----
   2 1/2  cups          sugar
   3      cups          water
   1      piece         stick cinnamon
   2                    whole         cloves -- (2 to 3)
 

Preparation:

Mix farina with cinnamon and set aside. Cream butter in a bowl. In another bowl, beat egg yolks with the sugar until thick. Add to the butter and beat very well. Beat egg whites until stiff. Then fold alternately with the farina into the butter-egg mixture. Add almonds; mix gently. Put into a buttered pan. Bake in preheated 350F. oven for 45 min. Prepare syrup by boiling all of the ingredients for about8 minutes Remove and discard cinnamon and cloves. Pour syrup over hot halvah. Cool, serve.