Spinach Hamantaschen

  

Make this recipe and your family or friends are in for a real treat.

 

INGREDIENTS

 

For the dough:

1 cup flour

⅓ cup) butter cold and cut into cubes

1 egg

1 teaspoon salt

 

For the filling:

1 cup frozen spinach

⅓ cup grated mozzarella cheese

1 egg

Salt and pepper, by your taste

For garnish

Handful sesame seeds

 

Blend the flour, salt, and butter in a blender bowl until the mixture is crumbly.

Blend in the egg until the dough starts to come together.

Refrigerate the dough for 30 minutes after shaping it into a disc on baking paper.

Cook the frozen spinach in a pot of boiling water until it is completely thawed.

Rinse the spinach thoroughly.

In a mixing bowl, thoroughly combine all of the filling ingredients. Remove the dough from the fridge and roll it out on a floured surface.

Cut circles out of the dough with a glass or a round cookie cutter.

Fill every dough circle with 1 tsp of filling and roll it into triangular cookies.

Dust the cookies with water and sprinkle with sesame seeds.

Position the cookies on a baking sheet.

Freeze the baking tray containing the cookies for 30 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 170°C / 350°F fan mode.

For 14 minutes, bake the cookies. After about 10 minutes, check them and remove them if they are turning too brown.