Main Ingredients:

Ingredients:

1 1/2 c (abt) water, warm
1 ts Sugar
1 pk (1/4 oz, 7 grams) dry yeast
3 1/2 c Flour
3 tb Corn oil
1 Egg, separated
1 Egg yolk, beaten with
1/2 ts Corn oil
1/4 c Corn oil
2 md (2 cups) onions, chopped
1 c -water, hot amp; 1/4 t salt
2 tb Sugar
1 lb Butternut squash, calabasa,
-or pumpkin,
2 tb Corn oil
3 md (2 cups) onion, chopped
1 lb Ground beef or lamb
1/2 ts Salt, or to taste
1/4 ts Pepper, peeled amp; cut into
-1/2-in pieces
1 lb Farmer cheese
1 Egg yolk, beaten
3 tb Sugar
1/2 ts Ground cinnamon
1 c Strawberry or grape or
-prune jam (lekach)
2 tb Bread crumbs

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

Bichak are popular appetizers for tea or coffee hour. The pumpkin amp; jam stuffings are on the sweet side while meat amp; cheese are savory amp; could be eaten for lunches w/salad amp; dish of yoghurt. An added attraction is that they may be prepared in large quantities, cooled amp; frozen for the future.
Heat oil in a pan, add onions, amp; saute over moderate heat until onions turn golden. Add water, salt, sugar, amp; squash or calabasa or pumpkin amp; bring to a boil. Cover pan amp; cook over low heat for abt 20 mins as squash/calabasa/pumpkin becomes soft amp; disintegrates. Stir now amp; then, which in effect mashes contents. Continue last mins of cooking, uncovered, to evaporate all liquid amp; create amp; thick jam. The mash is still moist.

MEAT: Heat oil in a skillet amp; brown onions lightly over moderate heat. Add meat, salt, amp; pepper amp; stir-fry for 5 mins, making certain liquid has evaporated amp; mixture is dry. Cool.

CHEESE: Mix everything together. Set aside.

JAM: Mix jam amp; crumbs together. Set aside.

TO PREPARE TRICORNERS: 1. Mix 1/2 c warm water, sugar, amp; yeast together amp; proof in a warm place until mixture foams, abt 10 mins.

2. Make a well in flour, add yeast mixture, oil, amp; 1 egg white, amp; stir them into flour. Add balance of water, or enough water to prepare a soft dough. Knead for several mins amp; roll into a ball. Oil top lightly amp; leave dough in mixing bowl. Cover bowl w/foil or a towel amp; let rise for 45 mins to 1 hour.

3. Punch down dough ball. Pull off abt 1/2 cup of dough amp; roll into a slightly flattened ball. Prepare 6 balls.

4. On well-floured board roll out each ball, 1 at a time, to 12-" pancake. Using empty can or a cookie cutter, 3-" in diameter, cut out circles in pancake. Put 1 tb of whichever stuffing you are using, or variety of stuffings, in center of each circle. Fold over right amp; left side of circle to meet in the center amp; bring up bottom to cover stuffing. Pinch ends together to form tricorner pastry. Seal in contents. Paint tops of bichak w/egg yolk.

5. Line baking pan or cookie sheet w/lightly oiled aluminum foil. Place tricorners on foil amp; bake in a preheated 350F. oven for abt 40 mins, or until brown. Serve warm. Makes 48 to 50 bichak.

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