The Alicante gastronomy full of delicious recipes. One of the most typical winters in the region of Marina Baixa are the sweet potato pastiso. These little treats are perfect to take away at snack time with a infusion warm.
This typical dish from the Marina Baixa region is part of the first gastronomic map of the Valencian Community prepared by the University of Alicante (AU) in which 34 traditional recipes were compiled updated by the recommendations of nutritionists.
This cookbook was produced by the Carmencita chair studies on gastronomic flavors with experts from the Official College of Dietitians-Nutritionists of the Community (Codinucova).
In concrete terms, this recipe for sweet potato pastissos was prepared by Ana Zaragoza Marti Yes Francisca Ripoll Alvado advised by nutritionist Paula Ainara Hinke Navarro.
The easiest way to make sweet potato pastisos
Although this is not a difficult recipe, there are several types of preparations. To facilitate the preparation we will divide the recipe into two steps. This way, the process will be more pleasant. Next we will see the ingredients needed to make about 35 cakes.
Step 1: sweet potato jam
Ingredients for sweet potato jam
● 1 kilo of white sweet potato
● 750 grams of sugar
● A pinch of cinnamon
Preparation of jam
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To make sweet potato jam, the first step is to boil unpeeled sweet potatoes. Then let them cool before peeling them. Once peeled, mash them with a fork until a paste forms.
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Put the sweet potato paste in a saucepan over low heat and add the sugar and cinnamon, stirring constantly so that it does not stick. Maintain the heat for half an hour and set aside. Put the dough in the refrigerator while we make the rest of the preparations.
Step 2: make the dough for the pastisos
Ingredients for the dough
● A glass of extra virgin olive oil
● A glass of sweet anise
● 50 grams of sugar
● About 1 kilo of flour or the flour that admits
Preparation of the dough
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Put the anise and the oil in a saucepan on the fire and leave to heat without boiling.
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Remove from the heat and add the sugar and the flour little by little, until you obtain a homogeneous consistency allowing correct kneading.
Step 3: Making the pastisos
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Place the dough on a sheet of parchment paper and knead with a rolling pin to give it a rounded shape.
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Press the dough with a glass to make small circles of dough. Remove excess dough.
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Place a tablespoon of sweet potato jam in the center of the dough circle.
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Fold the dough over itself as if it were a dumpling
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Place the cakes on the pre-greased baking sheet and put them in the preheated oven for about 25 minutes at 200 degrees.
The dietician’s recommendations for consuming these sweets
To obtain lighter and lower calorie sweets, you can reduce the amount of sugar in the recipe and opt for wholemeal flour instead of normal.
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