Greek Cypriot dessert Shamishi l Food and Mummy Blog Honest Mum

Shamishi is a Greek Cypriot delicacy, a candy deal with usually eaten at Cypriot panigyria (festivals) and one thing that Cypriot diaspora take pleasure in making the world over, particularly my prolonged household! In case you use water, these are vegan pastries.

A sq. formed filo pie (you should use store purchased filo too after all), it homes a candy semolina cream centre scented with orange blossom water, mastic (non-compulsory) and is deep fried in sizzling oil, donut-style earlier than being sprinkled with icing sugar and cinnamon.

My Dad, Papa G, aka George, usually makes these treats and the youngsters adore them.

Components:

For the Pastry:
200g plain flour
200g self-raising flour
a pinch of salt
125 ml sunflower oil
225 ml heat water

For the Filling:
150g caster sugar
11/2 litres of milk or water
1/2 tsp mastic (non-compulsory) or 1 tsp vanilla essence
175g advantageous semolina
Icing sugar and cinnamon for dusting

Technique:

To make the pastry, sieve the flour and salt into a big bowl. Add the oil and rub in till the combination resembles advantageous breadcrumbs. Add the water, little by little kneading evenly on the identical time to kind a easy agency dough. Warp in cling movie and relaxation within the fridge for half-hour.

In the meantime, put together the filling. Pour the milk in a heavy primarily based medium pan and convey to the boil. Add the sugar and mastic or vanilla and stir till the sugar dissolves. Decrease the warmth to simmering level and step by step add the semolina, whisking frequently till easy and thick.

Pour right into a small tray, flatten with a palette knife and canopy the floor with clingfilm to stop pores and skin from forming. Depart to chill then chill. Take the pastry dough out of the fridge. Knead the dough a little bit to melt and with a pointy knife minimize the dough in 4 items. Brush the items with a little bit sunflower oil and knead every bit till it turns into tender and elastic.

Mud your work floor and rolling pin with flour and roll out the pastry to 3mm thickness. Utilizing a small sharp knife, minimize the pastry into squares about 12 cm.

Minimize 5 cm sq. items from the semolina combination and place one purchase one in the course of the pastry squares. Frivolously press the filling and fold the 4 edges to simply cowl the filling.

Press the perimeters of the shamishi utilizing your arms or a fork. Fry the shamishi pastries 4-5 at a time in a very popular oil in a big pan doe a few minutes/ Warmth till golden on either side. Mud evenly with icing sugar and cinnamon and serve instantly.

Please let me know should you make them!