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Pork and Gozo cheeslet pie

Serves: 8

2012-01-30

Ingredients

For the pastry

  • 500g plain flour
  • 3 tsp instant dried yeast
  • 2 tsp sugar
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 310ml lukewarm milk
  • 50ml olive oil
  • 2 tsp dried oregano
  • Extra flour for kneading
  • Some semolina for dusting

For the filling

  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 850g pork fillet, diced
  • Some fresh rosemary sprigs
  • 6 semi-dried Gozo cheeslets, grated (gbejniet)
  • 3 eggs, lightly beaten
  • 1 egg yolk mixed with 1 tbsp water
  • 2 tbsp sesame seeds
  • Salt and pepper

Method

Place the lukewarm milk in a small saucepan. Sprinkle over the yeast and sugar and mix well. Cover with a clean cloth and stand in a warm place for 30 minutes. Sift the flour and salt in a bowl, add the oregano and mix well. Add the oil, mix and then add the yeast mixture. Mix well and knead for 2 minutes. Place on a floured surface and knead for 4 minutes or until the dough is firm but elastic. Place in a lightly oiled bowl, cover with a clean cloth and leave to stand in a warm place for 30 minutes. The mixture should rise and double in size. Grease a baking dish with butter and dust with the semolina. Place the pastry over a floured surface and flatten it out with your finger tips. Line the prepared baking dish with the pastry leaving around 8cms of pastry overlapping the sides of dish. Heat the oil in a pan and add the pork and rosemary. Cook over a high heat to brown the pork. Cool slightly, season and then place the pork over the pastry. Scatter over the grated gbejniet and season with pepper. Pour over the eggs. Fold the overlapping pastry over the filling. Brush the pastry edges with the egg mixture and sprinkle over the sesame. Bake in a moderate to hot oven for 1 hour, or until the pie is golden brown.

Suggested accompanying wine: DELICATA Pjazza Regina White I.G.T. Maltese Islands

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Torta tal-majjal u gbejniet

Ingredients

Ghall-ghagina

  • 500g tqiq plejn
  • 3 kuccarini hmira
  • 310ml halib fietel
  • 2 kuccarini zokkor
  • Kuccarina melh
  • 50ml zejt taz-zebbuga
  • 2 kuccarini oregano
  • Ftit tqiq biex tghagen
  • Ftit smit biex tiksi

Ghal-mili

  • 3 mgharef zejt taz-zebbuga
  • 850g flett tal-majjal, mqatta dadi
  • Ftit weraq friski tal-klin
  • 6 gbejniet moxxi, mahkukin
  • 3 bajdiet, mhabbtin hafif
  • Isfra ta’bajda mhabbta ma’mgharfa ilma
  • 2 mgharef gunglien
  • Melh u bzar

 

Method

Fettel il-halib f’kazzola zghira u zid il-hmira u z-zokkor. Hawwad sew u ghatti l-kazzola b’sarvetta nadifa. Zomm it-tahlita f’post shun ghal 30 minuta. Gharbel it-tqiq u l-melh f’skutella, zid l-oregano u hawwad fliemkien. Zid iz-zejt, hawwad umbaghad zid it-tahlita tal-hmira. Ghagen it-tahlita ghal 2 minuti umbaghad poggiha fuq ftit u kompli ghagen ghal ftit minuti ohra. Idlek skutella bi ftit zejt. Poggi l-ghagina, ghattiha b’sarvetta u zommha f’post shun ghal 30 minuta. L-ghagina issa tkun gholiet u rduppjat fil-qis. Idlek dixx tal-forn bil-butir u ghaddih bis-smit. Poggi l-ghagina fuq ftit tqiq u iftaha b’subajk. L-ghagina trid tkun daqsxejn akbar mill-qis tad-dixx. Poggi l-ghagina fid-dixx filwaqt li thalli madwar 8 centimetri tal-ghagina zejda mal-gnub tad-dixx. Sahhan iz-zejt f’tagen u zid il-majjal u l-klin. Sajjar fuq nar gholi sakemm il-laham jiehu kulur kannella car. Nizzel minn fuq in-nar, hawwar bil-melh u bzar u berred ftit. Poggi l-laham fuq l-ghagina u xerred il-gbejniet mahkukin. Hawwar bil-bzar u ferragh l-bajd. Obrom l-ghagina tat-truf ghal fuq il-mili. Ghaddi t-truf tal-ghagina bit-tahlita tal-bajd u xerred il-gunglien. Ahmi go forn moderat ghal jahraq ghal madwar siegha.

 

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