Meat cheese or leek pastries recipe

Recipe for meat cheese or leek pastries in our easy arab recipes collection.

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:
  • 14 ounces white cheese, Ikawi Altishiki
  • 1/4 cup finely chopped fresh parsley
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
• Meat filling:
  • 10 ounces 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

How to make meat cheese or leek pastries

• 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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