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Welcome to our kitchen where we present a traditional specialty from the Maghreb: Pastillas Farcies. These delicious pastilla or brick leaves, filled with vegetables, mushrooms, cheese, and olives, are bursting with Arab-Muslim flavors that transport us to the heart of the Mediterranean. Here is an authentic recipe that combines culinary delights to create an unforgettable dish!

🥘 Ingredients

• 500g of pastilla or brick leaves
• 1 red bell pepper cut into pieces
• 1 yellow bell pepper cut into pieces
• 1 chopped onion
• 1 can of mushrooms cut into pieces
• 50g of black mushrooms
• 150g of cubed red cheese
• 1 tablespoon of butter
• 2 tablespoons of sour cream
• 50g of green olives cut into rounds
• 1 egg yolk
• Salt, pepper

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. Soak the black mushrooms in hot water, then cut them into pieces.
2. Heat the butter in a pan and sauté the chopped onion and bell pepper pieces, then add the sliced mushrooms, black mushrooms, season with salt and pepper, cook while stirring with a wooden spoon, add sour cream and continue cooking for 5 minutes, off the heat add the olives, let the filling cool down then add the cheese cubes.
3. Cut the pastilla leaves in half.
4. Place each half-leaf lengthwise on the work surface, put a tablespoon of filling at one end, fold two opposite sides of the half-leaf to form a rectangle, roll into a cigar shape, attach the end with the egg yolk, repeat this process until the filling and leaves are used up.
5. Bake at 180° C for about 20 minutes, until they are well golden.
6. Serve hot.

🏷 Tags: Entrees pastilla sheets red and yellow bell peppers chopped onion mushrooms brick leaves world cuisine