Green pea pastries recipe

Recipe for green pea pastries in our easy arab recipes collection.

Recipe ingredients

• 2 cups rice
• 1 cup green peas
• 16 ounces minced meat
• 2 tablespoons fried pine nuts
• 2 tablespoons blanched, fried almonds
• 16 ounces puff pastry
• 4 tablespoons shortening or butter
• A dash of salt and pepper, as desired
• 4 1/2 cups water
• 1/4 cup shortening or butter
• 1 egg, beaten with a dash of white pepper

How to make green pea pastries

• Fry minced meat in shortening with a dash of salt and pepper.
• Cook until tender. Drain and put aside.
• Wash rice and soak for 1/4 hour in lukewarm water.
• Fry peas for 5 minutes in the same shortening.
• Add 4 1/2 cups of water, bring to a boil for 15 minutes.
• Add rice, salt and pepper.
• Cover and cook for 25 minutes on low heat.
• Stir into cooked rice and peas: minced meat, almonds and pine nuts.
• Roll out puff pastry using a rolling pin.
• Divide into equal squares.
• Roll out each square so that it would fit in a small bowl.
• Put 2 table spoon fuls of rice mixture in the center of each square in the small bowl.
• Brush sides of pastry with beaten egg.
• Fold the sides over the rice mixture.
• Press well in order to have a little bundle shape.
• Arrange pastries in a greased oven tray.
• Brush pastries with beaten egg.
• Garnish with some pine nuts.
• Place tray in hot oven till golden and cooked.

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