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'''Imqaret''' (pronounced Im'aret, accented on a) is a traditional [[Maltese cuisine|Maltese]] sweet made with pastry and a filling of [[Date palm|dates]]. The word imqaret in Maltese, is the plural of maqrut (diamond shaped) and it signifies the diamond shape of the sweets - even though in many cases they are sold in a rectangular shape<ref>[http://books.google.gr/books?id=FzeTVgOkeRQC&lpg=PA119&dq=imqaret&pg=PA192#v=onepage&q=imqaret&f=false Malta & Gozo], Juliet Rix, Bradt Travel Guides, 2013, p. 192</ref><ref>http://maltatravelguide.com/about-malta/category/maltese-culture-tradition/maltese-food/ Food and Drinks of Malta], Malta travel guide</ref>. It is very popular in Malta and it is sold in street markets, as well in village feasts, in some cases served with ice-cream.<ref name="think"/>. |
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During its preparation it is deep fried and it usually has a flavour coming from the addition of aniseed and bay leaf. The imqaret are prepared individually by folding the pastry, in the centre of which a quantity of filling is placed. As the pastry is long, several imqaret pieces are cut from each pastry after deep frying<ref>[http://books.google.gr/books?id=XO6EDIMeTfAC&lpg=PA29&dq=imqaret&pg=PA29#v=onepage&q=imqaret&f=false Malta], Brian Richards, New Holland Publishers, 2008 p. 29</ref><ref>[http://books.google.gr/books?id=PUxGs0_hRZMC&lpg=PA138&dq=imqaret&pg=PA138#v=onepage&q=imqaret&f=false Street Food: Recreating the World's most authentic tastes], Tom Kime, Dorling Kindersley Ltd, 2007 p. 138</ref><ref name="think">[http://www.thinksite.eu/pages/tsdart.asp?id=733 IMQARET Dates Diamonds], thinksite.eu</ref>. |
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Imqaret has an arabic origin, from the dates of the arabic invasion of [[Malta|the island]] between 870 and the 11th century, while a similar sweet named [[makroudh]] or maqrud or makroud exists across the sea, in [[Tunisia]], which is also popular across [[Algeria]] and [[Morocco]] with the names makrout, maqrout, mqaret.<ref>Sweet Delights from a Thousand and One Nights: The Story of Traditional Arab Sweets, Habeeb Salloum, Muna Salloum, I.B.Tauris, Λονδίνο 2013, σελ. 132, ISBN 9781780764641</ref><ref>Proceedings of the First Congress on Mediterranean Studies of Arbo-Berber Influence, Micheline Galley, David R. Marshall, Société nationale d'édition et de diffusion, 1973</ref> |
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Revision as of 17:07, 30 April 2014
Imqaret (pronounced Im'aret, accented on a) is a traditional Maltese sweet made with pastry and a filling of dates. The word imqaret in Maltese, is the plural of maqrut (diamond shaped) and it signifies the diamond shape of the sweets - even though in many cases they are sold in a rectangular shape[1][2]. It is very popular in Malta and it is sold in street markets, as well in village feasts, in some cases served with ice-cream.[3].
During its preparation it is deep fried and it usually has a flavour coming from the addition of aniseed and bay leaf. The imqaret are prepared individually by folding the pastry, in the centre of which a quantity of filling is placed. As the pastry is long, several imqaret pieces are cut from each pastry after deep frying[4][5][3].
Imqaret has an arabic origin, from the dates of the arabic invasion of the island between 870 and the 11th century, while a similar sweet named makroudh or maqrud or makroud exists across the sea, in Tunisia, which is also popular across Algeria and Morocco with the names makrout, maqrout, mqaret.[6][7]
References
- ^ Malta & Gozo, Juliet Rix, Bradt Travel Guides, 2013, p. 192
- ^ http://maltatravelguide.com/about-malta/category/maltese-culture-tradition/maltese-food/ Food and Drinks of Malta], Malta travel guide
- ^ a b IMQARET Dates Diamonds, thinksite.eu
- ^ Malta, Brian Richards, New Holland Publishers, 2008 p. 29
- ^ Street Food: Recreating the World's most authentic tastes, Tom Kime, Dorling Kindersley Ltd, 2007 p. 138
- ^ Sweet Delights from a Thousand and One Nights: The Story of Traditional Arab Sweets, Habeeb Salloum, Muna Salloum, I.B.Tauris, Λονδίνο 2013, σελ. 132, ISBN 9781780764641
- ^ Proceedings of the First Congress on Mediterranean Studies of Arbo-Berber Influence, Micheline Galley, David R. Marshall, Société nationale d'édition et de diffusion, 1973