Ingredients:
Pastry:
7 cups bread flour
1/2 cap olive oil
1 tsp. dry yeast
1 1/2 tsp. salt
Cold water
Filling:
2 lbs. fresh spinach
3/4 cup olive oil
1 cup chopped onions
1 cup pine nuts or walnuts
1/2 cup currants or chopped raisins (optional)
Lemon juice
Powdered ground sammak (sumac)
Salt and pepper
Cinnamon
Methods:
Pastry:
Dissolve yeast in a tablespoon of tepid water. Stir in olive oil and the flour mixed with salt. Add enough cold water to make a stiff dough. Cover and let stand 30 minutes. Roll out on floured board to quarter inch thickness. Cut in circles with biscuit cutter. Put a tablespoon of filling on each pastry. Fold over in a triangular shape and press edges together firmly. Place on well oiled baking sheet and bake in hot oven until very lightly browned. Pinch each pastry open slightly and sprinkle the exposed filling with a few drops of lemon juice. Serve with lemon wedges.
Filling:
Wash spinach. Shake to dry. Chop finely. Mix with other ingredients, adding enough lemon juice and sammak to give a pleasantly sharp tang. Fills about 50 turnovers.
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