Biscuits "Christmas rings" from the island of Malta

Description

Dear friends, I want to introduce you to the wonderful Christmas cakes - this cookie, which is baked on the island of Malta for Christmas. Variations of this recipe are few, I know at least three, post one of them.

Ingredients

Semolina

125 g
Flour

250 g
Salt

1 pinch
Water

100 ml
Butter

50 g
Water

150 ml
Semolina

200 g
Honey

250 g
Orange zest

1 Tbsp
Salt

1 pinch
Cinnamon

1 tsp
Cocoa powder

1 tsp
Butter

20 g
Liqueur

1 Tbsp

Cooking

To make this cookie I used semolina from durum wheat Semolina of TM Mistral. Mix the flour with the semolina and salt

Add soft butter and RUB until the crumbs, now start adding water until, until you get elastic dough. Do not pour water! The dough structure a little denser sand. Refrigerate for 30 minutes

Meanwhile, prepare the filling. Ladle boil water with butter, salt and honey in this mixture, with vigorous stirring add the semolina.

Filling brew and become thick and smooth, add the orange zest, cinnamon and cocoa, stir and cool completely On request - add the liqueur, I added Cointreau

Tsepinite from the test pieces the size of an apricot. Roll them out very thin about the size of 10*25 cm On long side put the stuffing. In this recipe the proportions of the fillings such that it is very thick and molded by hand, a more liquid filling, but it when baking follows

Roll roll

Connect roll in the ring. With a sharp knife make incisions all over the ring

Bake cookies for about 15-20 minutes in the oven at 180 degrees. The color of the dough must remain white. Readiness check carefully with your finger (biscuits should be hard)

This cookie is baked in Malta during the Christmas holidays. Served with tea, coffee or just milk. Also these cookies are used to decorate the Christmas tree. Here it is in rift.

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