Bread & pastries / RICETTI
Maltese vegetarian spinach qassatat
Spinach, olive and caper pastries without fish.
◷ 100 min / 8 servings
Method
- Rub butter into flour with a little salt. Add water and rest 30 minutes.
- Wilt spinach and squeeze thoroughly. Chop and mix with onion and garlic softened in oil.
- Add olives, capers and mint. Season and cool. Fill 8 pastry circles, 15 cm across, and pleat edges upwards.
- Brush with egg and bake 30–35 minutes at 190°C, or 170°C fan.
✳ From the kitchen
A vegetarian spinach-qassatat variation containing neither tuna nor anchovies.
Tradition reference
Corinthia · Maltese sweets and fillings ↗Reference for the dish tradition. This recipe is an original home-kitchen adaptation; family versions vary. Not professionally kitchen-tested.