Honey-Sesame Snack Bars (Itrion)
The Quirky Foodster Team
Ingredients
- Sesame seeds — 150 g (5.3 oz)
- Honey — 100 g (3.5 oz)
- Sesame or olive oil — 1 tbsp
- Salt — a pinch
Method
- Toast the sesame seeds in a dry pan until golden and fragrant.
- Warm the honey with the oil and salt in a small pan until fluid.
- Stir the toasted seeds into the honey mixture and combine well.
- Turn out onto an oiled tray and press or roll into a very thin, even layer.
- While still warm, score into thin bars.
- Allow to cool fully before breaking along the scored lines.
Introduction: A thin, crisp sesame-and-honey wafer, sold as a quick, energy-rich snack in the marketplace.
Cultural Background: Itrion was a cheap, portable sweet sold by street vendors, similar in spirit to sesamis but made thinner and crisper, and popular enough to be referenced in comic plays as everyday market fare.
Tips: Rolling the mixture thinner than for sesamis gives the characteristic crisp, wafer-like snap of itrion.
Variations: A few crushed poppy seeds can be mixed in alongside the sesame.
Nutrition: Approx. 130 kcal per bar.
FAQs:
Q: How is itrion different from sesamis?
A: Itrion is rolled thinner and is crisper, closer to a wafer, while sesamis is thicker and more like a chewy cake.
Q: How long do these keep?
A: Stored airtight, they keep well for several days.
- Sesame seeds — 150 g (5.3 oz)
- Honey — 100 g (3.5 oz)
- Sesame or olive oil — 1 tbsp
- Salt — a pinch
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