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Catholic Recipe: Poppy-Seed Filling

INGREDIENTS

1/2 cup poppy seeds
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup seedless raisins
2 tablespoons honey
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon grated orange rind

Details

Prep Time: N/A

Difficulty: ★★★☆

Cost: ★★★★

For Ages: 11+

Origin: Israel

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Also Called: Mohn

DIRECTIONS

Wash poppy seeds thoroughly with boiling water. Drain. Place in top of double boiler, add 1 cup water, and allow to steam over very low flame for 2 hours. Occasionally add a little more water to seeds during steaming. Drain the seeds and grind in food chopper, using finest blade. Mix ground seeds with other ingredients and fill pastry shells.

Recipe Source: Feast-Day Cakes from Many Lands by Dorothy Gladys Spicer, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1960