Ma'amoul

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 100 g butter
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon rose water
• 2 tablespoons milk (aprox., you can substitute for water.)
• 100 g pistachio nuts (not salty, shelled)
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon rose water

Recipe

• 1 first make the pastry, by rubbing the butter into the flour and sugar until it resembles fine breadcrumbs, then add the rose water and milk. this should now be a smooth dough.
• 2 make the filling by chopping the pistachios into small pieces and mixing with the sugar and rose water.
• 3 take a small piece of pastry dough and flatten into a 3mm thick circle, using your hands (not a rolling pin). pull three sides up and seel into a small bowl shape, put into the 'bowl' 1 tsp of the pistachio mixture. then pull up the sides and seal in a 'twist' and the top - like a little bag. turn over and lightly press down to flatten slightly into a circle, then using a tooth pick make a flower shape on the top. (or just a few small holes if you want.).
• 4 repeat step 3 with remaining dough and mixture.
• 5 bake at about 180c for about 10 - 15 minutes until very light brown. (they should still be soft and will harden up as they cool.).