 Treacle Rings
Qaghaq Ta L-Ghasel
Ingredients
For the Filling:
600g. treacle
150g. sugar
75g. jam
zest of lemon, orange and tangerine
For the Pastry:
600g flour
2 egg yolks
750ml water
50g. very finely chopped candied peel
250g semolina
pinch of ground cloves
50g margarine
water
Method
Put all the filling ingredients (except the semolina) into a saucepan and bring to the boil.
After boiling thicken with semolina, adding only a little at a time.
Continue cooking tor a few seconds and leave to cool. Rub the margarine into the flour, and bind with the yolks and a little water.
Leave the pastry to set for two hours before using. Roll out the pastry into long strips of 8cm by 15cm .
Put some filling in the middle, the whole length of the pastry. fold the pastry. now bring the two ends of the pastry together to form a ring. sprinkle a baking sheet with semolina,
put the rings on the sheet and bake in a moderate oven for 25 minutes.
Before cooking, take a sharp knife and lash the pastry in different places.
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