Stuffed Pastry (sambousa) |
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 30 Minutes |
Ready In: 30 Minutes Servings: 6 |
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You will find stuffed pastry as a tasty starter! What's interesting is, you can be creative and use any stuffing like cheese or vegetables or sausages...etc Ingredients:
note: you can prepare the dough or you can use puff pastry. |
ingredients for sambousa dough |
3 cups or 420g flour |
2 1/2 tbsp vegetable oil |
1 egg |
3/4 cup or 190ml water |
1 tsp salt |
ingredients for the stuffing |
1/2 kg minced meat |
2 medium onions, diced |
1 tsp black pepper |
1 tsp cumin |
salt for taste |
3 tbsp, fresh chopped parsley |
2 cups vegetable oil for frying |
Directions:
1. Method for sambousa dough:
2. 1. Sift flour in a large bowl, make a well in the center, add oil and egg.
3. 2. Rub flour with fingertips adding little water gradually and mix thoroughly to form a homogenous dough.
4. 3. Divide the dough to 4 portions and place them on a floured tray. Set aside for at least 1 hour.
5. Method for the stuffing and frying:
6. 1. In a frying pan heat 2Tbsp of oil and fry the onions till it be golden then add meat.Season with cumin, black pepper and salt and cook till it's done.
7. 2. Roll each piece of dough into a round 3 millimeters thick pastry, using a cup to cut round pieces. Place a tablespoon of meat in the center of each piece andseal the edges or twist them.
8. 3 Heat oil and fry the sambousa on both sides.
9. 4. Serve hot.
10. * When puff pastry is used the shape is triangular.
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