World Flavors Cookbook

Pastizzi (Ricotta or Pea Pastry)

Name: Pastizzi (Ricotta or Pea Pastry)
Cook time: 20 min
Cuisine: Malta
Ingredients: puff pastry (traditionally handmade filo-like), ricotta filling (ricotta, eggs, parsley, pepper) or pea filling (peas, curry, onions), salt

Malta's most iconic street snack; flaky, diamond-shaped pastries with ricotta or mushy pea filling.

Cuisine: Malta

Ingredients

puff pastry (traditionally handmade filo-like), ricotta filling (ricotta, eggs, parsley, pepper) or pea filling (peas, curry, onions), salt

Instructions

Prepare or stretch puff pastry
Place a spoonful of filling
Fold into a diamond shape
Bake in a hot oven until golden and very flaky
Eat hot