Maltese 'ottini' figure of 8 biscuits with sesame seeds

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Maltese ‘ottini’ figure of 8 biscuits with sesame seeds

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2012-01-30

Ingredients

250g plain flour
250g self-raising flour
½ tsp baking powder
225g unsalted butter or margerine(STORK)
110g icing sugar
Zest of an orange and lemon
1 tsp aniseed, toasted
1 egg, beaten
Juice of an orange
You will also need a little milk and 2 tbsp sesame seeds to decorate

Method

Place the flour, baking powder, butter and icing sugar in a large bowl adnd rub togehter using your fingertips till the mixture resembles bread crumbs. Stir in the citrus zest, toasted aniseed, egg and enough orange juice to form a firm pastry. Turn the pastry out onto a work surface and cut into small pieces the sice of a walnut. Roll each piece to the size of a pencil and form into the number 8. Press the ends together well and brush the top of the pastry shapes with a little milk. Place the sesame seeds into a plate, and dip the pastry(milk side down) into the sesame seeds to coat thetop evenly with the seeds. Place the pastry shapes onto baking sheets covered with non-stick paper and bake in the oven at 200`c for 20 minutes, or untill the pastry is golden brown. Remove the baking trays from the oven and allow the biscuits to cool down completely before serving.

Suggested accompanying wine: DELICATA Casella Moscato Sweet white wine

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Ottijiet bil-ġunġlien

Ingredients

250g dqiq plain
250g dqiq self-raising
½ kuċċarina trab tal-ħami (baking powder)
225g butir bla melħ jew marġerina (STORK)
110g zokkor tal-ġelu (icing sugar)
il-qoxra maħkuka ta’ larinġa u lumija
kuċċarina ħlewwa, inkaljata
bajda, imħabbta
il-meraq ta’ larinġa
għandek bżonn ukoll ftit ħalib u 2 kuċċarini żerriegħa tal-ġunġlien biex iżżejjen

Method

Poġġi d-dqiq, it-trab tal-ħami, il-butir u z-zokkor fi skutella kbira u agħġinhom b’subgħajk sakemm it-taħlita tiġi qisha frak tal-ħobż. Imbagħad żid il-qoxra maħkuka tal-larinġa u l-lumija, il-ħlewwa, il-bajda u biżżejjed meraq tal-larinġ biex twebbes l-għaġina. Poġġi l-għaġina fuq il-bank u qattagħha f’biċċiet żgħar, id-daqs ta’ ġewża. Iftaħ kull biċċa f’romblu daqs ta’ lapes u biha fformaha n-numru 8. Agħfas it-trufijiet flimkien u idlek il-wiċċ ta’ kull ottu bi ftit ħalib. Poġġi l-ġunġlien fi platt u għaddas l-ottijiet wiċċhom ’l isfel fih. Poġġihom f’tilari miksijin bil-karta forn u aħmihom f’temperatura ta’ 200oC għal 20 minuta, jew sakemm tiħmar l-għaġina. Oħroġ it-tilari mill-forn u ħallihom jiksħu sew.

L-inbid issuġġerit: DELICATA Casella Moscato Sweet white wine

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