Moroccan Pastillas
Crispy filo dough with a spicy and sweet filling of paprika, noodles and dates
Servings: 2 Persons
Calories: 1145kcal
Ingredients
- 1 red bell pepper
- 1 green bell pepper
- 80 g dried dates without stone
- 2 cloves garlic
- 10 g ginger
- 100 g thin spaghetti
- 4 tbsp oil
- 1 tsp Harissa
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp turmeric
- 4 tbsp fresh cilantro
- 4 tBsp fresh mint
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- salt and pepper
- 40 g vegan butter or margarine
- 8 filo dough sheets also called Yufka
Instructions
- Cook the spagetti in boiling salted water until they are aldente. Meanwhile cut the bell peppers and dates into fine cubes. Peel ginger and garlic and grate finely.
- Drain the pasta into a colander and rinse with cold water. Put the vegan butter in the still warm pot and let it become soft.
- Cut the cooled pasta into pieces. Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a large pan and fry paprika, dates, garlic and ginger for 5 minutes.
- Add the pasta and season with harissa, cumin, turmeric, salt, cilantro and parsley. Flavour with lemon juice. Remove the pan from the heat and set aside.
- Warm vegan butter until it liquifies. Brush one half of a Yufka dough sheet with liquid butter and fold it in the middle. Do the same with a second leaf and place it crosswise on the first leaf (so that a cross is formed). Do the whole thing 2 more times so that you have a total of 4 leaves (8 layers of dough) lying on top of each other in the middle.
- Place some of the paprika noodle filling in the middle of the dough and press flat. Then fold the corners so that the filling is completely enclosed. The simplest variation is a rectangular packet, but it can also be made into a round shape.
- For the other Pastillas follow the same steps.
- For each Pastilla, heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a pan and fry the Pastillas individually on each side for 2-3 minutes until they are golden brown and crispy.
Nutrition
Calories: 1145kcal | Carbohydrates: 154g | Protein: 20g | Fat: 51g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Sodium: 861mg | Potassium: 829mg | Fiber: 11g | Sugar: 32g | Vitamin A: 3326IU | Vitamin C: 134mg | Calcium: 87mg | Iron: 8mg
