recipes@decwrl.UUCP (08/03/86)
Copyright (C) 1986 USENET Community Trust Permission to copy without fee all or part of this material is granted provided that the copies are not made or distributed for direct commercial advantage, the USENET copyright notice and the title of the newsgroup and its date appear, and notice is given that copying is by permission of the USENET Community Trust or the original contributor. .RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE HAMANTASHEN D "23 May 86" 1986 .RZ "MOHN HAMANTASHEN" "A triangular filled pastry" Hamantashen are a triangular pastry, traditionally eaten during the Jewish Holiday of Purim. Purim celebrates the failure of the evil Haman in his attempt to exterminate the Jews; Haman wore a three- cornered hat. .IH "Makes a bunch" .SH PASTRY .IG "2 cups" "flour" "200 g" .IG "1 cup" "butter" "200 g" .IG "\(12 pound" "cream cheese "225 g" .SH MOHN FILLING .IG "\(12 cup" "poppy seeds" "70 g" .IG "1 cup" "walnuts" "100 g" (chopped fine) .IG "1 cup" "raisins" "150 g" (chopped fine) .IG "8 oz" "honey" "225 g" .PH .SK 1 Sift the flour. Cream the butter and cream cheese until well blended. Gradually add the flour, mixing, and make a ball of dough. Refrigerate overnight. .SK 2 Combine the .I mohn filling ingredients. It may take a little more, or a little less, than .AB "8 oz" "225 g" of honey; use enough to hold the mixture together. .SK 3 Roll out the dough (not too thin), and cut into .AB "3-inch" "8-cm" squares. Fill each square with .AB "1 Tbsp" "15 ml" of mohn, and fold the dough square over to make a triangle. .SK 4 Bake on a greased pan at .TE 350 175 until golden brown, about 20 minutes. .SH RATING .I Difficulty: easy. .I Time: 1 hour preparation (in two \(12 hour pieces), 20 minutes baking. .I Precision: measure the pastry ingredients carefully. .WR Alan M. Marcum Sun Microsystems, Mountain View, California sun!nescorna!marcum