Ozen oh man!

Those Triangular thingys with a wierd name

So what they didn't turn out like in the cooking books..or in the shops, no-one can say photoshop or false play here. This is the real stuff! warts and all!

Fact is they were D E L -licking-L I C I O U S!!

Next time think I will wet the sides as well as pinch them to obedience!

OK, filling first, thought I would cheat and fill it with dates stuff, but frankly the poppyseed filling was so delicious! so much better than in the shops!

The lemon zest in the poppyseed filling is great!

And the orange zest in the pastry G E N I U S!

Poppyseed filling:
150g poppyseed grinded

Zest of 2 lemons

Juice of 1 lemon

3 tbps honey

3 tbps of sugar

1/8 tsp salt

180 ml of milk

Vanilla paste/extract

1/4 cup of crushed biscuits

1. Mix and heat all but the biscuits in pan till thick

2. Take off heat. Add biscuits. Allow to cool.

Pastry:
2 cups of Plain flour

1 egg

salt

3 tbps of sugar

250 gr of margarine

Zest of orange and juice

1 tsp of Baking Powder

(Better Recipe Click here)

Pre-heat oven at 190 c.

1. Cream margarine and sugar together.

2. Add zest and orange juice

3. Add flour with baking powder and salt

4. Add egg

5. Mix to make a soft dough.

6. Place in fridge to cool. 1 hour upto overnight.

7. Ready to roll, cut in quarters and roll out 1 quarter, keep rest in fridge in the meantime.

8. Roll out about 4 mm thick cut in rounds, place a healthy tsp of poppyseed mix in the middle and pinch with water to close. Leave a little opening on top.

Bake in oven till brown

Cool a little then sprinkle icing sugar (powder sugar)

Note: I think the biscuit recipe contains too much fat.  I found a much more successful cookie recipe Click here