RECIPE:
Method:
Mix sieved flour with yeast, sugar, salt and add milk to make smooth dough. Finish the dough with soft butter
Cover it with cling wrap and keep it aside for 30 minutes
In a clean pan, heat orange juice with sugar and cinnamon sticks, add chopped apricot, dates, almond and raisins. Cook till the mixture becomes paste consistency, keep aside to cool down
Roll out yeast dough with the help of rolling pin and make sure thickness is not more than 3mm and cut into rounds with 3 inch diameter
Keep apricot mixture in the center of the round and fold it into half-moon shape, seal the edges with the help of fork
Fry in medium heated oil till golden brown and toss with castor sugar, serve hot.
Serves: Four
For Empanadas Dough:
Ingredients Quantity
Refined flour (Maida) 400gm
Sugar 20gm
Salt 2gm
Butter 50gm
Yeast 3gm
Milk 200 ml
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For Cinnamon Apricot
and Date Filling:
Dried apricot 100gm
Deseeded dates 60gm
Orange juice 75ml
Cinnamon sticks 2gm
Almond 40gm
Raisin 50gm
Sugar 75gm
Castor sugar 30gm