Imqaret

Ingredients

Mqaret dough

• 450 grams flour
• 60 grams lard
• 60 grams margarine or butter
• 70 grams sugar
• 175 grams water
• some rose water

Filling for imqaret

• 500 grms chopped dates
• lemon zest
• some rose water
• some aniseed liquor
• water to cook the dates

Instructions

1. prepare the dough by first mixing the flour the sugar and fats toagther, than combine with the water and the rose water and form into a dough.
2. Allow to rest for 1 hour.
3. Prepare the filling by chopping the dates, than cook in water, till it forms into a paste.
4. allow to cool and and add the lemon zestand the liquor, and mix well and allow to cool.
5. Open the dough into long strips,and spread the paste in the middle of the dough, egg wash one end, than fold the other half to cover all the paste.
6. Press well the end where the side have been egg washed and press well, cut into 3 cm pieces and deep fry.