A Tribute to Panama & Celebration Tri-Color Shortbread 
In a country that had been hit in the recent years by an overwhelming real estate growth and inmigration, in the midst of it all, the melting pot of races feed their souls with a sence of liberty. The silent manifesto of our always-evolving culture, is to create a nation whose people are originally from all over the world, and while preserving our roots, they tremendowsly contribute to the expression of universality.
Today more than ever I treasure the heritage our ancestors planted in the land of long ago, which now we realize is what saved (some of) us of becoming air minded. Love, honestly and respect for others is the secret, without that we would be murdering the essence of life, what our ancestors used to overcome adversity.
Panama: Feliz mes de la Patria!
November 3: Independence of Panama from Colombia
November 4: Day of the Flag
November 28: Independence of Panama from Spain
A big hug!
Melissa
P.S. Never miss an opportunity to share a meal with your loved ones, because it is the best time to tell stories, and to tell you the truth...it is a great way to learn about any culture!
Now, with a bright spirit of celebration, we are sharing this delicious recipe we have created with the colors of the Panamanian flag: RED, BLUE and WHITE! Hope you like it!
Celebration Tri-Color Shortbread
Ingredients:
• 2 1/4 cup all purpose flour
• 1/2 cup glutinous rice flour
• 1 cup + 2 TBS butter (I used salted butter) at room temperature
• 1 cup powdered sugar (confectioners' sugar)
• 5+ drops red food coloring
• 5+ drops blue food coloring
• 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
• 1/4 teaspoon anise extract
• 1/4 teaspoon coconut flavouring
• 1 egg white, slighttly beaten
Directions:
1. Sift together flours into medium size bowl.
2. Beat together butter and powdered sugar until creamy. Then, on low speed, gradually mix in the flour mixture until well combined and soft dough forms. Divide the dough in three portions of same size.
3. Knead red food coloring and almond extract into one thrid of the dough. Add more drops of red food coloring if necessary until reach desired shade.
4. Knead blue food coloring and anise essence into one third of the dough. Knead coconut extract into the third half.
5. Flatten doughs into a disk and wrap each separately in plastic wrap, refrigerate until dough is firm.
6. Roll each batch of dough between waxed paper into an even square, 1 inch high. Refriferate on a baking sheet if dough becomes too soft.
7. Remove top piece of waxed paper from one of the doughs, brush with egg white. Remove waxed paper from top of the second dough and invert onto first dough. Remove top piece of waxed paper from the third dough, brush with egg white and invert onto second dough. If the dough is too soft , wrap it in plastic wrap and refrigerate for several hours or overnight.
8. Pre-heat oven to 375 for 10 minutes.
9. Cut dough crosswise into 1/4 - 1/2 inch thick slices. Place slices on ungreased cookie sheets (1 inch apart) and bake for 10 minutes or until edges are light brown.
TIP: if using unsalted butter, add 1/2 tsp salt to the dry ingredients and sift together.
TIP for the HOLIDAYS: to bake some of these delicious and easy to prepare cookies for the holidays, just use green food coloring instead of the blue, and follow directions above.
- by Chef Melissa
- November 11, 2008
- 2:08 pm
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