Pastizzi Dough (Ghagina tal-Isfoll)

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Ingredients

  • 8 oz. flour (use common flour) 
  • 6 oz. margarine cut into half-inch cubes 
  • 6-7 tbs. cold water dash of salt  

Step by Step method

    Step 1.

    First, here are a few secrets you need to know if you are to be successful making this dough!  

    Step 2.

    The key one is that everything you use must be cold! The dough must also be kept cold at all times. 

    Step 3.

    The best working surface for the dough is a slab of marble since marble tends to stay cool. 

    Step 4.

    Always store the dough covered with a damp cloth in your refrigerator, but before storing it, make sure you remove any loose flour. 

    Step 5.

    Always sprinkle the working surface, the rolling pin, and the dough with flour before you start working the dough. 

    Step 6.

    Never turn over the dough while you are working it. Instead, turn it flat on the board (or turn the board itself) clockwise before each rolling and always in the same direction. 

    Step 7.

    This is one of the hardest doughs to make and you may have to try it a few times before you get it right!

    Step 8.

    Sift flour and salt together. Divide the margarine into half-inch squares. 

    Step 9.

    Drop margarine squares into flour making sure not to squash them. 

    Step 10.

    Mix lightly until all margarine cubes are covered with flour (make sure that the cubes remain intact.) 

    Step 11.

    Add water and mix lightly with a knife again making sure that the cubes remain intact. If some flower is left loose, add a teaspoon of cold water at a time until all the flour is used. The resulting dough should be very soft.

    Step 12.

    Sprinkle the dough and the working surface with flour. 

    Step 13.

    Work the dough into an elongated shape using your finger tips. 

    Step 14.

    Sprinkle some flour on the rolling pin and roll the dough until it's about eight inches long and not more than five inches wide. Now do the

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