Recipes · Breakfast & snacks
Pastechi
Crisp half-moon pastries filled with cheese, chicken, beef, fish or vegetables; a familiar Curaçao breakfast and snack.
Ingredients
- 300 g flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 40 g butter
- About 140 ml water
- Cheese, meat, chicken, fish or vegetable filling
- Oil for frying or baking
Method
- 1
Mix the dough until smooth and let it rest briefly.
- 2
Prepare a fairly dry, well-seasoned filling.
- 3
Roll out the dough, cut circles, add filling and fold into half-moons.
- 4
Seal the edges firmly and fry or bake until golden.