Imqaret Recipe | Maltese Date Pastries

Ingredients

• **Pastry**
• 400g plain flour
• 75g semolina
• 75g butter or margarine, softened
• 1 tbsp sugar
• Pinch salt
• 150-180ml water
• Vegetable oil, for frying
• **Date filling**
• 500g pitted dates, chopped
• 120ml water
• Zest of 1 orange
• 1 tsp aniseed or ground anise
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• Pinch ground cloves
• 1 tbsp orange blossom water (optional)