Pastries and baking
Cheese Sambousek
Cheese sambousek — quick and appetizing. Choose your preferred cheese and add chopped parsley if you like. This dough also works for meat filling.
Total time30 min
Prep10 min
Cook20 min
Yield4 servings
DifficultyEasy
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Recipe tags
Pastries and bakingInternationalVegetarianGluten freeNut freeEgg free
Recipe story
Cheese sambousek — one of the tastiest appetizers loved by everyone
Ingredients
- 3 cups flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 tbsp oil
- Water as needed
- Cheese filling:
- Akkawi cheese + shredded cheese (or cheeses of your choice)
- Finely chopped parsley
- For more tasty pastries see: Italian focaccia bread with vegetables
Method
- Mix all the dough ingredients and knead to form the sambousek dough.
- Let the dough rest for half an hour.
- Meanwhile prepare the filling: mix the cheeses after washing and draining them well, then add the chopped parsley.
- Roll the dough into small balls, flatten each into a small circle, fill and fold into a half-moon shape.
- Deep-fry the cheese sambousek in plenty of hot oil and serve.
Notes and serving ideas
- Italian focaccia bread with vegetables
