World Flavors Cookbook

Imqaret (Date-Filled Pastries)

Name: Imqaret (Date-Filled Pastries)
Cook time: 15 min
Cuisine: Malta
Ingredients: pastry (flour, butter, anisette), date filling (dates, orange zest, aniseed, cloves), oil for frying

Deep-fried, diamond-shaped pastries filled with a sweet, aromatic date paste.

Cuisine: Malta

Ingredients

pastry (flour, butter, anisette), date filling (dates, orange zest, aniseed, cloves), oil for frying

Instructions

Make a shortcrust dough
Fill with spiced date paste
Fold and cut into diamonds
Deep fry until golden and crispy
Serve hot