SPINACH PASTRIES

This recipe uses the yeast dough pastry.







Filling :
A generous bunch of spinach
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 onion finely chopped
100 g pine nuts ( 1 cup)
100 g walnuts
100 g sultanas
1 teaspoon ground sumac
Juice of 1 lemon
Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
This will make about 30 pastries.
Use the pastry recipe provided (yeast based recipe) prepare dough.

Prepare filling
· Chop the spinach leaves and squeeze dry
· Sauté onion in olive oil until soft. Add garlic pine nuts and walnuts until browning
· Add spinach and cook 2 -3 minutes until wilted
· Add sumac , sultanas and lemon juice
· Check seasoning


· Pre heat oven to 190degrees C ( 375F )
· Divide pastry into four
· Roll out one part one floured board and cut into circle using a 10mm round pastry cutter.
· Fill each round with a teaspoon of filling and press pastry together to make a three sided parcel. Place on oiled baking tray
· Repeat until all the pastry and filling are used.
· Glaze with egg white
· Bake in oven for 5 minutes before reducing temp to 180 degree C and baking for a further 15 minutes.