Melo-Makarona

Name: Melo-Makarona
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 50
Ingredients: 1 Organic Orange; 500 g Flour; some Flour; 1,5 Tsp Baking Powder; 2 tsp, heaped Gingerbread spice; 3 TABLESPOONS demerara sugar; 175 ml mild olive oil; 5 TABLESPOONS brown rum; 300 g Sugar; 100 g liquid honey; 1 Cinnamon stick; 125 g Walnut kernels; 2 TABLESPOONS unsprayed dried rose petals (available in delicatessen or herb shops); 4 TABLESPOONS Pistachio kernels; baking paper

AUTHOR
Diane Archer

DIFFICULTY
very easy

RATING

Heavenly pastry from Hellas! The clou: It ends up in a honey-cinnamon syrup directly after baking. On top is a mix of nuts and rose petals

COOK TIME
90 mins

TOTAL TIME
90 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 50

1 Organic Orange
500 g Flour
some Flour
1,5 Tsp Baking Powder
2 tsp, heaped Gingerbread spice
3 TABLESPOONS demerara sugar
175 ml mild olive oil
5 TABLESPOONS brown rum
300 g Sugar
100 g liquid honey
1 Cinnamon stick
125 g Walnut kernels
2 TABLESPOONS unsprayed dried rose petals (available in delicatessen or herb shops)
4 TABLESPOONS Pistachio kernels
baking paper

Directions

1
Wash the orange hot, dry it and peel off an approx. 7 cm long piece. Squeeze the orange. Mix 500 g flour, baking powder, gingerbread spice and brown sugar. Add oil, about 5 tbsp. water, 100 ml orange juice and rum. Knead everything with your hands to a soft dough.
2
Preheat oven (electric cooker: 200 °C/circulating air: 180 °C/gas: see manufacturer). Line baking tray with baking paper. Form approx. 50 walnut-sized balls from the dough with floured hands. Place 25 balls on the baking tray and bake in a hot oven for 20-25 minutes. Bake the remaining balls in the same way.
3
When the first tray is in the oven, bring sugar, honey, 200 ml water, cinnamon stick and orange peel to the boil. Simmer for about 3 minutes. Keep syrup warm. Finely chop and mix walnuts, rose petals and pistachios. Remove the cookies and add them in portions to the syrup for 3-5 minutes. Lift out, drain and turn in the nut mixture. Let them cool down.