Name: Sambusak – Savory Cheese Pastry
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 35 min
Ingredients: 1 cup whole wheat pastry flour; 1 cup white flour; 1 cup smead (semolina); 1 cup extra virgin olive oil; ¼-½ cup warm water; 2 ounces sesame seeds; 2 pounds grated part-skim muenster cheese; 1 egg beaten; ¼ teaspoon baking powder

Sambusak – Savory Cheese Pastry

Syrian cheese pastry, Sambusak, are the perfect break the fast food or for that matter breakfast.

Sambusak – Savory Cheese Pastry

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 15

Total Time 35

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Servings

Ingredients

1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
1 cup white flour
1 cup smead semolina
1 cup extra virgin olive oil
¼-½ cup warm water
2 ounces sesame seeds
2 pounds grated part-skim muenster cheese
1 egg beaten
¼ teaspoon baking powder

Instructions

In a large mixing bowl, mix flour, smead, salt and oil. Add water a little at a time. Mix until well blended. Cover and set aside.
Prepare cheese filling: combine cheese, beaten eggs and baking powder and mix lightly.
Take out a third of dough. Divide this third into walnut size balls. Dip each ball lightly into sesame seeds.
Flatten each ball into 2-inch circles. Place 1 teaspoon of filling in center of circle and fold in half, making a half moon shape, with sesame seeds showing.
Close by pinching ends firmly.
Bake on ungreased cookie sheet in 350˚ oven for 15 minutes or until bottoms are light brown.
Sembussaks may be frozen before baking. Bake in 400˚ oven for 20 minutes.
**Short on time? Use frozen store-bought Sembussak dough, 24 pack, and add your own filling. If you don’t mind a crunchier, less fluffy texture, use the whole wheat mini pizza dough and add filling for an even healthier version.