Kolokotes - Cypriot Pumpkin Pastries

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 500 gr. flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 1 tablespoon wine vinegar
• 1 orange, juiced
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 kg pumpkin
• 1 cup rice
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 3 sage leaves, finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 4 sprigs fennel, weed finely diced
• 1 cup almonds
• 12 figs, dried
• 1/4 cup currants
• 1 teaspoon orange zest

Recipe

• 1 peel the pumpkin and remove the seeds and threads and cut it in small cubes of about 1 cm thick.
• 2 pound the almonds in a mortar and pestle. place in a bowl and add all the other ingredients mix them. set aside.
• 3 to make pastry place the flour and salt in a food processor. mix all the liquids and with the process running drizzle in the liquid until the pastry comes together.
• 4 turn out onto a floured work surface and lightly knead for 2-3 minutes cover with damp cloth and rest for 1 hour.
• 5 preheat oven to 180°c.
• 6 roll out and cut 10cm circles. place some filling on pastry and fold over and crimp to seal.
• 7 place on baking sheet, and bake for 30 minutes.