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Bread · Portugal Recipe

Filhos

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Recipe

Ingredients

  • 500 gm squash
  • 2 kg flour
  • 500 ml water
  • 1 tbs salt
  • 1 tbs yeast
  • 3 tbs port
  • 250 ml orange juice
  • 2 L olive oil
  • 250 gm sugar
  • 250 gm cinnamon

Directions

  1. Boil squash for approximately 20 minutes on high. Puree squash with flour, add water and mix salt, wine, yeast and orange juice together. Leave mixture to sit for an hour and a half. Roll mixture into small balls with hands. Boil the olive oil and place filhos into the oil. Cook in oil for approximately five minutes or until light brown. Remove from oil and roll in sugar and cinnamon.