5 cups water
½ cup honey
2 ½ cups sugar
2 sticks cinnamon
3 cloves
4 strips lemon rind
2 cups semolina
1 cup olive oil
¼ cup walnuts, finely chopped
¼ cup almonds finely chopped
¼ cup raisins

- Prepare syrup by simmering water, honey, sugar, cinnamon, cloves, and lemon rind over medium heat for 10 minutes.
- Measure oil into a saucepan and heat. - When oil is hot add semolina a little at a time stirring after each addition.
- Add walnuts and almonds and lower heat and continue cooking while stirring continuously until semolina mixture turns golden.
- Remove from heat and add raisins and syrup.
- Return to heat and continue cooking and stirring until syrup is completely absorbed by the mixture. Remove from heat. - Rest mixture for 5 minutes then pour into moulds to set.
- Serve with powdered cinnamon.