Sweet banana filling wrapped in dough and baked.
Dough
Flour |
450gms |
Lard |
50 gms |
Unsalted butter |
50 gms |
Water |
125 ml |
Filling
Bananas (large) |
2 number |
Dried apricots (finely chopped) |
75 gms |
Nutmeg powder |
1/2 tsp |
Orange juice |
1/2 tsp |
Egg yolk (beaten) |
1 number |
Icing sugar |
1 tsp |
Method
- For the dough, sieve the flour in a bowl and knead with butter and lard to form crumbs. Gradually add water to form a soft dough. Chill in refrigerator for 30 mins.
- Mash bananas in a bowl and add apricots, nutmeg, orange juice and mix well.
- Cot the dough into 16 equql parts and roll into a 3 inch round.
- Spoon the banana mixture on one half of it and fold it into a semi-circle. Pinch the edges with a fork to seal it.
- Bake it in a preheated oven at 180 c for 25 mins until brown.
- Dust with icing sugar and serve with cream or ice - cream.