I absolutely love spinach and ricotta pasties so was keen to give these a try. The taste of the filling was spot on and much less salty than the store bought ones. I did have trouble making the square shapes pictured in the recipe book as I obviously didn't seal and twist the top of the pastry properly and they burst open while cooking. For the remaining batches I just made them in the shape of a sausage roll which was much easier and froze them uncooked. My kids weren't keen on them though (too much green spinach!) but they will do nicely as weekend lunches for my husband and I. Rating: 5/5.

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Although this recipe takes quite a long time to prepare from start to finish, we found it delicious and will definitely make it again. I used less rice (300g) and still had leftovers. The only thing that made me a little uncomfortable was that although the chicken was cooked well in the end with the vegetables, it was not cooked at the stage where the rice is ready to take out so I thought that raw chicken juices could have been in the rice.

Made this tonight and it was delicious, no leftovers to be seen!

Hard to describe but I googled it and people describe them as tasting like a cross between lima beans and green peas. I really like the texture of them and half the fun is popping them out of the shell with your teeth. Great healthy snack.

Made the vegetarian pasties tonight and they were great, the mixture made 20 pasties in total (adults ate 2 each and kids 1 each for dinner with a salad). Although the recipe suggests to freeze the filling and make up when wanted I just prepped the whole batch at once as they will be easier to pull out the freezer that way.

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