Recipe ingredients
- 5 cups all purpose plain flour
- 1 1/2 cups lukewarm water
- 2 tablespoons salt
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- Vegetable oil for deep frying
- 1 cup oil
- Cheese filling:
- 425 g, 14 oz, white cheese, Ikawi Altishiki
- 1/4 cup finely chopped fresh parsley
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
- Meat filling:
- 300 g, 10 oz, ground meat
- 1 tablespoon shortening or butter
- 1/4 cup fried pine nuts
- A dash of ground allspice
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Leek filling:
- 1/2 cup finely chopped onion
- 1 tablespoon shortening or butter
- 1 cup finely chopped leek
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- A dash of pepper
Recipe method
- Soak white cheese in water for 1 night.
- Change water occasionally. Drain.
- Prepare dough.
- Cover and leave aside for 1 hour.
- Cheese filling:
- Mix ingredients and put aside.
- Meat filling:
- Fry meat in shortening, add salt, spices and pine nuts.
- Stir over medium heat for 1 minute.
- Put aside.
- Leek filling:
- Fry onion and leek in shortening.
- Add salt and pepper.
- Stir for 1 minute.
- Put aside.
- Divide dough into walnut-size balls.
- Roll out to form circles, 8 cm diameter.
- Fill 1/3 circles with cheese, another 1/3 with meat and the last 1/3 with leek following this way:
- Put filling on one side of circle.
- Fold over one end to make semi-circles.
- Press edges with fingers.
- Fry in 1 cup of vegetable oil over medium heat.
- Brown both sides. Serve hot.
- You can add 1/4 cup of chopped onion to meat filling.
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Meat cheese or leek pastries recipe
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