Halawa Mishmish

Instructions

1. Do not soak or wash the apricots, or you will produce a cream.
2. Put them as they are in the food processor and blend them to a smooth paste, adding a very little water, by the teaspoon if necessary.
3. Wash your hands and, wetting them or greasing them with a little oil so that the paste does not stick, take little lumps of paste and roll into marble-sized balls.
4. Roll them in confectioners sugar and press half a pistachio on the top of each.
5. Mix 1/2 cup coarsely chopped pistachios with 2 tablespoons of sugar.
6. Make a small hole in the center of each apricot ball, put in a little of the filling, close the hole again, and roll in confectioners sugar.
7. Work 1/2 cup coarsely chopped pistachios into the apricot paste with your hands.