Malishas Chaldeon Spinach Pies
Dough:
3c. flour
1pkg. yeast
1 tablespoon sugar
1/4c. warm water
2 tablespoon veg shortening
3/4c. warm soy milk
1 teaspoon salt
Filling:
2 pkgs. frozen spinach
2 Lg. onions- chopped
1/2c. olive oil (can use less)
1/2 cup lemon juice
1 tablespoon sumac
1 teaspoon black pepper
salt
Mix yeast, water, sugar, and let stand 5 minutes or until foamy. Mix flour, salt, shortening and rub with fingertips until even. Add yeast mixture, soy milk, to flour mixture. Knead until elastic and even. *Let rise 1hr.
While dough is rising prepare spinach mixture. Boil or defrost spinach-afterwards squeezing out excess water. Saute onion in olive oil until tender, add spinach, lemon juice, sumac, pepper and salt- mix well.
After dough has risen 1 hour, divide in half, and then each half into 10 sections. *Let rise for 30 minutes- covered. Roll out each section and add filling, then fold into triangles. *Let rise for 30 minutes after filled. Bake at 400 degrees F for 15 minutes.
SO HOW'D IT GO?
these were pretty good. i added a couple extra veggies to the filling and didn't put in lemon juice because i didn't have it, but they were good, anyway.