Imqaret Recipe | Maltese Date Pastries

Imqaret Recipe | Maltese Date Pastries

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Make traditional Maltese imqaret with spiced date filling wrapped in pastry and fried until golden.

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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)

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