Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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                        PASTRY
  16            ounces  flour
  4             ounces  butter
  4             ounces  semolina
  8             ounces  margerine
  4             ounces  sugar
  1                     egg yolk
                        milk -- as needed
                        FILLING
  16            ounces  treacle
  2        tablespoons  cocoa
  8             ounces  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

Preparation:

Maltese Christmas Dessert. 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.

Nutritional Information:

4033 Calories (kcal); 103g Total Fat; (23% calories from fat); 53g Protein; 708g Carbohydrate; 461mg Cholesterol; 963mg Sodium