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Casquetes de paella

Sweet, crispy pastries filled with pumpkin jam, typical of the Matarraña.

Ingredients

  • To taste

    Pumpkin jam

  • 2glasses

    Oil

  • 1glass

    Water

  • 2

    Eggs

  • 1kg

    . Flour

  • aprox0,5glass

    Aguardiente, topping up the rest of the glass with water

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STEPS COMPLETED

  1. Mix the egg yolks together with the oil, water and aguardiente

  2. When the mixture is half kneaded, first add the egg whites beaten to stiff peaks and then gradually add the flour until you get a dough that does not stick to the bowl

  3. This dough must be left to rest for about three hours

  4. Once the dough has risen, roll it out and cut circles, then add the pumpkin jam in the centre

  5. Then seal the edges, shaping them like a small pastry turnover, and fry in very hot oil

  6. Leave them to brown and set aside

  7. Next, coat the casqueta in sugar and it is ready

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