Sultan's Pillows Recipe
Ingredients
| Olive oil | 2 Tablespoon | |
| Shallots | 1/4 Cup (16 tbs), chopped | |
| Red bell pepper - 1, stemmed, seeded, and cut into 1/4-inch dice | ||
| Ripe beefsteak tomato - 1, seeded and coarsely chopped | ||
| Prunes | 1 Cup (16 tbs), pitted | |
| Honey | 1 Tablespoon | |
| Rosemary leaves | 2 Tablespoon, chopped | |
| Cinnamon | 1/4 Teaspoon | |
| Salt | 1 To taste | |
| Black pepper | 1 To taste | |
| Phyllo dough - 12 sheets | ||
| Butter | 1 Cup (16 tbs), melted | |
Directions
GETTING READY
1. Preheat the oven to 350° F.
MAKING
2. In a medium-size nonstick skillet, heat oil over low heat.
3. Stir in shallots and pepper.
4. Stir frequently and cook for 15 minutes.
5. Add tomato, prunes, honey, rosemary, cinnamon, salt, and pepper.
6. Stir occasionally and cook over medium heat for about 10 minutes until all the liquid are absorbed.
7. Lay the phyllo pastry sheets on a dish towel.
8. Cover the pastry sheets with a piece of waxed paper and slightly dampen the dish towel.
9. On a clean surface, place 1 pastry sheet.
10. Brush it with melted butter all over.
11. Lay another of phyllo over the first and brush butter all over the surface.
12. Cut the narrow side of the pastry sheet into 6 strips of 3-inch-width.
13. Place 1 teaspoon of the filling 1 inch from the bottom in the center of each strip.
14. Fold one corner of the strip across the filling and continue to fold till the end as if you were folding a flag.
15. Tuck the end under the edges.
16. Repeat the same process of laying, stuffing and folding for five more times until 36 triangles are prepared.
FINALISING
17. On a baking sheet, place the stuffed pastry and brush with butter.
18. Bake them in oven for about 15 minutes until golden brown.
SERVING
19. Serve immediately.
1. Preheat the oven to 350° F.
MAKING
2. In a medium-size nonstick skillet, heat oil over low heat.
3. Stir in shallots and pepper.
4. Stir frequently and cook for 15 minutes.
5. Add tomato, prunes, honey, rosemary, cinnamon, salt, and pepper.
6. Stir occasionally and cook over medium heat for about 10 minutes until all the liquid are absorbed.
7. Lay the phyllo pastry sheets on a dish towel.
8. Cover the pastry sheets with a piece of waxed paper and slightly dampen the dish towel.
9. On a clean surface, place 1 pastry sheet.
10. Brush it with melted butter all over.
11. Lay another of phyllo over the first and brush butter all over the surface.
12. Cut the narrow side of the pastry sheet into 6 strips of 3-inch-width.
13. Place 1 teaspoon of the filling 1 inch from the bottom in the center of each strip.
14. Fold one corner of the strip across the filling and continue to fold till the end as if you were folding a flag.
15. Tuck the end under the edges.
16. Repeat the same process of laying, stuffing and folding for five more times until 36 triangles are prepared.
FINALISING
17. On a baking sheet, place the stuffed pastry and brush with butter.
18. Bake them in oven for about 15 minutes until golden brown.
SERVING
19. Serve immediately.
Chef
