World Cuisine
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
- Soak the black mushrooms in hot water, then cut them into pieces.
- 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.
- Cut the pastilla leaves in half.
- 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.
- Bake at 180° C for about 20 minutes, until they are well golden.
- Serve hot.
🏷 Tags: Entrees pastilla sheets red and yellow bell peppers chopped onion mushrooms brick leaves world cuisine