Pastry Fillings

Ingredients

Spinach filling

• 500 g spinach
• 1 large onion, grated
• Sumac
• Salt
• Lemon
• Black pepper

Potato filling

• Potatoes, boiled and grated
• Dried mint
• Butter
• Salt
• Black pepper
• Cheddar or mozzarella (optional)

Hot dog filling

• Cheddar cheese
• Hot dogs
• Ketchup or pizza sauce (optional)

Cheese filling

• Halloumi
• White cheese
• Mozzarella
• Cheddar
• Nigella seeds

Meat filling

• Minced beef
• Grated tomato
• Grated onion
• Grated garlic
• Grated bell pepper
• Pomegranate molasses
• 1 tbsp yogurt
• Salt
• Black pepper
• Mixed spices (cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, cardamom)

Zaatar filling

• Olive oil
• Zaatar
• Halloumi, mozzarella and kashkaval (optional)

Turkey filling

• Turkey, finely chopped
• Beef, finely chopped
• Pickles
• Mayonnaise
• Cheddar cheese

Chicken filling

• Chicken, finely diced
• Grated carrot
• Grated onion
• 1 stock cube
• Salt and black pepper
• Butter and vegetable oil
• 1 can evaporated milk

Egg filling

• 1 egg
• Salt
• Black pepper
• Pastrami, chopped

White cheese filling 2

• White cheese
• Kiri cheese
• Parsley

Method

1. For each filling, mix its ingredients together and use to fill the pastries.
2. Chicken filling: fry the chicken in the butter and oil, add the carrot, onion, stock cube and spices, then add the evaporated milk gradually until absorbed. Let it cool before filling.
3. The egg filling is used on open manakish.