One of my hobbies is travelling and getting to know different cultures. It is a tradition in my family to try typical dishes from the places we visit. I could say that I have tried the typical dishes of different regions in Spain (Galicia, Asturias and Andalusia, for example).
I have also been to other European countries.
The recipe I am going to explain is typical of the island of Malta, and they are pastizzi filled with ricotta cheese, peas, spinach, pork and apple.
They are crispy puff pastry pasties. They are served hot and can be made either fried or baked in the oven.
What caught my attention is that they are sold in many shops and food trucks. They can be eaten at any time of the day. The one I liked the most was the pastizzi with pork.
Mario del Cueto Costas, 3º ESO
Pastizzi with Pork
Ingredients
- 2 sheets of puff pastry
- 400 g of minced pork
- 1 tablespoon of curry
- 2 cloves of minced garlic
- 60 g of cold water
- 60 g of olive oil
- 400 g of ricotta cheese
- Pepper
- 250 ml of milk
- A pinch of nutmeg
- Salt.
Method
- Boil the chopped chicken with salt.
- In a frying pan with oil, fry the garlic and the onion. Once cooked, add the milk, the puff pastry and the ricotta cheese. Mix and let it boil.
- Remove from the heat and mix it with the previously cooked chicken.
- Leave the filling to cool for 1 hour.
- Roll out the puff pastry well to make a thin sheet. Cut into discs of 10 cm in diameter. Using a brush, coat the edges with beaten egg.
- Place a tablespoon of filling in the centre of the circle and fold it into a triangular shape, leaving the middle part slightly open.
- Brush the edges with beaten egg.
- Put in the oven at 200°C for 25 minutes.
- Leave to rest for 10 minutes and…
Ready to eat!!