Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

Karen Mintzias 3 tb Warm water (more if needed)
1/4 lb Sweet butter 1 c Chopped unsalted pistachios
1 1/4 c Fine semolina 4 1/2 tb Granulated sugar
Orange flower water 1 tb Ground cinnamon
1/4 ts Salt Confectioners' sugar

In a small, heavy saucepan, bring the butter to bubbling over medium
heat and stir in the fine semolina. Transfer to a small bowl, cover,
and let stand overnight at room temperature. The next day, uncover
and add 2 teaspoons orange flower water, the salt, and gradually the
warm water, working with your fingers to make a firm dough. Knead
for 5 minutes, then cover and let rest 1 hour. Meanwhile, combine
the pistachios, sugar, and ground cinnamon in a small bowl.

Break off pieces of dough slightly larger in size than a walnut.
Work in your fingers to form a ball. Press the center with your
thumb to make a large well and fill with 1 teaspoon of the nut
mixture, then cover over with dough and shape into an oval. Set on a
cookie sheet and continue until all pastries are shaped. Bake in a
moderate oven (350 F) for 30 to 35 minutes or until the yellow color
has become a light, not a deep, chestnut. Remove to racks and cool
for 10 minutes, then dip quickly into orange flower water and roll in
confectioners' sugar. Cool before storing.

Note: You may substitute blanched almonds for the pistachios and
peanut oil for the butter.

From: "The Food of Greece" by Vilma Liacouras Chantiles. Avenel
Books, New York.

Typed for you by Karen Mintzias

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