MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06 Title: Sesame, Date, And Pistachio Bars Categories: Bars, Cookies Yield: 18 Servings 125 g Pistachios 100 g Salted; roasted peanuts 275 g Soft dried dates 125 g Rolled oats 1 ts Vanilla extract 3 tb Thick honey 2 tb Roasted sesame paste 2 tb Sesame seeds 200 g Dark chocolate Preheat the oven to 180°C/gas mark 4. Line a 20 cm square cake tin with kitchen parchment. Put the pistachios, peanuts and dates in a food processor and process to a thick paste, taking care not to over-process to a purée. Stir in the oats. Warm the vanilla extract, honey and sesame paste in a small pan over a medium heat. As soon as bubbling lightly stir into the date and nut mixture. Spoon into the lined cake tin, smooth the surface, pushing down firmly, but not so hard you compact the mixture. Sprinkle the surface with the sesame seeds. Bake for 20 minutes then remove from the oven and set aside to cool in its tin. Break the chocolate into small pieces and melt in a heatproof mixing bowl balanced over a pan of simmering water. Don't be tempted to stir the chocolate until it is almost entirely melted, and then only gently. Lift the block of sesame biscuits out of the tin and cut into 18 short rectangles. Dip each sesame slice into the melted chocolate, covering half the biscuit. Lay each on a piece of baking paper and scatter crushed pistachios over the top if you wish, then let the chocolate set. If the room is warm, then you might want to chill them briefly in the fridge. Recipe by Nigel Slater Recipe FROM: MMMMM