Pasteli (sesame seed candy) is an extremely nutritious food, as the combination of sesame with honey provides a number of ingredients essential to the daily functioning of the body.
It is a tonic sweetener, rich in vitamin E, calcium, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, iron. The roots of the pasteli start from Homer’s Iliad.
It might be one of the easiest Ancient Greek recipes you can make and one that is still eaten by countless Greeks all around the world. It’s made pretty much the same way, yet you may find it with different types of nuts