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      Title: Filled Crescent Pastries (Cangrejitos)
 Categories: Appetizers, S_american, Pies, Pork
      Yield: 24 Servings
 
-----------------------------------DOUGH-----------------------------------
  1 1/2 c  All-purpose flour
  1 1/2 ts Salt
      1 tb Sugar
      9 oz Cream cheese; (3 -3 oz. pack
      1    Butter; salted to taste

----------------------------------FILLING----------------------------------
      2 c  Ham; finely ground
           (or chorizo)

---------------------------FOR BRUSHING TURNOVERS---------------------------
      1 lg Egg
           Beaten lightly with 1/4 t. w
 
  Recipe by: "Memories of a Cuban Kitchen" by Mary
       Sift the flour, then sift it again with the salt and sugar, and set
  aside.
       In a large bowl, using a hand or electric mixer, cream the cheese and
  butter together until well blended. Add the flour mixture and mix with your
  fingers or a pastry blender until smooth. Cover and refrigerate at least 30
  minutes.
      Preheat the oven to 400 and lightly flour your work surface. Divide the
  dough into 4 balls and, working with one ball at a time, with a floured
  rolling pin roll out the dough 1/8 inch thick. Cut the dough into 3-inch
  squares, then cut them in half, into triangles and place a tespoonful of
  filling in the center of each triangle. Gently roll up the dough from the
  base of the triangle to the tip, curving the ends slightly toward the
  center, to form a crescent.
       Place the pastries on an ungreased cookie sheet 2 inches apart, brush
  with the egg wash, and bake until lightly browned, 15 to 20 minutes. They
  can be made ahead of time and reheated in a 250 oven for 4 to 6 minutes.
 
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