Pastry:
7 cups self raising flour
½ cup olive oil
1 tsp dry yeast
1 ½ tsp salt
cold water
- Dissolve yeast in a tablespoon of tepid water
- Stir in olive oil, flour and salt
- Add enough cold water to make a stiff dough
- Cover and let stand 30 minutes while you prepare the filling
- Roll out on floured board
- Cut with biscuit cutter
- Put a tablespoon of filling on each pastry
- Fold edged up into a triangular shape
- Press edges together
- If the juice from the filling gets onto the edges dust with flour
- Place on well oiled baking sheet and bake in hot oven until very lightly browned
Filling:
2 large bunches English spinach
1 cup chopped onions
1 cup chopped walnuts
½ cup chopped raisins or dates
4 tablespoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons ground sumac
- Wash spinach
- Shake to dry
- Chop finely
- Mix with other ingredients
Gayatri
Australian School of Meditation and Yoga
