Spinach and Anchovy Pastries

== Description ==
* Serves 4.
== Ingredients ==
* 400 g short pastry
=== Filling ===
* 1 kg spinach, cooked and well drained
* 6 anchovy fillets
* 2 medium onions finely sliced
* 100 g black olives, stoned and chopped
* 100 g peas, fresh or frozen (optional)
* 3 tablespoons olive oil
* salt and pepper to taste
* egg yolks to glaze.
== Directions ==
# Heat oil in a frying pan and fry onions until soft, add anchovies and mash with a fork, add and stir for a few minutes, then add spinach and blend well with the other ingredients.
# Add peas, if using any.
# Season with salt and pepper if necessary.
# The spinach should be well drained or the filling will be too watery.
# Cook over a low flame for 5 minutes more and let it cool.
# Prepare pastry by rolling it cut thinly and cut into rounds of about 12 cm with the aid of a saucer.
# Put spoonfuls of filling on centre of each round.
# Wet the edges of pastry and gather it around filling by making pleats around it, leaving the middle uncovered with the filling showing.
# Glaze the pastry with egg yolk mixed with a little milk or water.
Category:Maltese Meat Dishes
Category:Savory pastry Recipes
Category:Anchovy Recipes
Category:Black olive Recipes
Category:Pea Recipes
Category:Spinach Recipes
Category:Egg yolk Recipes
Category:Onion Recipes
Category:Egg yolk Recipes