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- From: marcum@sun.com (Alan M. Marcum)
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- Subject: RECIPE: Hamantashen
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- Date: 3 Aug 86 07:21:35 GMT
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- .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
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