Pestinos

Name: Pestinos
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Spanish
Ingredients: 3 cups flour; 1 orange, zested; 1 tbsp anise seeds; 1 cup honey

Pestiños/pes-TEE-nyos/

About this dish

Crisp, honey-glazed fried pastries flavored with anise and orange, a traditional Spanish sweet.

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Ingredients

🌾3 cups flour

🍊1 orange, zested

🌿1 tbsp anise seeds

🍯1 cup honey

Method

Serves 3

Warm oil with anise seeds and orange zest to infuse, then strain.

Mix the infused oil with flour and a little wine into a firm dough.

Roll thin and cut into small squares, folding into diamond shapes.

Deep fry until golden.

Dip the warm pastries in honey before serving.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Pestiños are a traditional Andalusian pastry, especially popular during Holy Week and Christmas.

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