Imqaret
Malta's date diamonds: short pastry wrapped around spiced date paste, fried and eaten warm at Christmas and village festas — Arabic roots in a Catholic feast. Ingredients: flour, semolina, butter, orange-flower water (pastry); filling: dates, orange zest, aniseed, cloves (a whisper), semolina.
What it is
Malta's date diamonds: short pastry wrapped around spiced date paste, fried and eaten warm at Christmas and village festas — Arabic roots in a Catholic feast. Ingredients: flour, semolina, butter, orange-flower water (pastry); filling: dates, orange zest, aniseed, cloves (a whisper), semolina. Recipe: 1) Make a semolina shortcrust; rest. 2) Cook dates with zest and spices into a paste. 3) Roll pastry; spread paste; fold and cut diamonds with crimped edges. 4) Fry until deep gold. Serve: warm, with coffee — December's essential sweet. Flavor: dark dates, citrus, spice. History: imqaret (from maqrut, diamond-shaped) carry Malta's Arab centuries in their very name; festa stalls fry them to order. See also: Pastizzi, Fenkata (Rabbit Stew).
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