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    Home > Christmas Channel > Qaghaq Tal-Ghasel

Qaghaq tal-ghasel ( Treacle Rings )
Maltese Christmas Dessert

Photo submitted by Emanuel Spiteri

 
Pastry
16 oz (1LB) flour
4 oz butter
4 oz semolina
8 oz margerine
4 oz sugar
1 egg yolk
Milk as needed
 
Filling
16 oz (1LB) treacle
2 tablespoons cocoa
8 oz sugar
Grated rind of lemon
Grated rind or orange
4 cloves (whole)
3 tablespoons anisette
2 tablespoons semolina
1 teaspoon mixed spice
1/3 Pint water


Mix the semolina, flour, margerine and sugar. Add the milk and yolk. Knead the dough well until smooth. Mix the treacle with the cocoa,sugar,lemon and orange rind, cloves, anisette,spice and water. Put in a pan and simmer until it thickens. Gradually add the semolina. Remove from heat and let the mixture cool. Roll out the pastry into long thin strips, put some of the mixture in the middle, roll pastry to form long tubes. Form each tube into a ring, cut slits with a sharp knife and bake until golden brown.





  
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