Cangrejitos (Filled Crescent Pastries)

Title:
Cangrejitos (Filled Crescent Pastries)

Yield:
24 Servings

Categories:
Appetizers,
Pastry,
Pork,
Bread




Ingredients:





          DOUGH-----


 1 1/2 c  All-purpose flour


 1 1/2 ts Salt


     1 tb Sugar


     9 oz Cream cheese -- (3 -3 oz.


          Packages)


     1    Stick butter -- salted to


          Taste


          FILLING-----


     2 c  Ham -- finely ground


          (or chorizo)


          FOR BRUSHING TURNOVERS-----


     1 lg Egg


          Beaten lightly with 1/4 t.


          Water






 Sift the flour, then sift it again with the salt and sugar, and set aside.


 In a large bowl, using a hand or electric mixer, cream the cheese and


 butter together until well blended.  Add the flour mixture and mix with


 your fingers or a pastry blender until smooth.  Cover and refrigerate at


 least 30 minutes. Preheat the oven to 400? and lightly flour your work


 surface.  Divide the dough into 4 balls and, working with one ball at a


 time, with a floured rolling pin roll out the dough 1/8 inch thick. Cut the


 dough into 3-inch squares, then cut them in half, into triangles and place


 a tespoonful of filling in the center of each triangle. Gently roll up the


 dough from the base of the triangle to the tip, curving the ends slightly


 toward the center, to form a crescent. Place the pastries on an ungreased


 cookie sheet 2 inches apart, brush with the egg wash, and bake until


 lightly browned, 15 to 20 minutes.  They can be made ahead of time and


 reheated in a 250? oven for 4 to 6 minutes.


 


 Recipe By     : "Memories of a Cuban Kitchen" by Mary Urrutia


 


 From: Western Mexican Cookbook


 


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