Flakier than a panzarotti, crunchier than spanikopita, a pastizzi is a type of cross between a samosa and a croissant. I know, because today I devoured my first one!
It went like this...
Trevor and the boys and I were out at the "bigfoot playground" with some 11-week-old twins we have been volunteering with. Suddenly, Alex HAD to go pee, RIGHT NOW!!! (Anyone with six-year-olds at home will get the urgency here.) So, Trevor took him to the nearest cafe/restaurant, which happened to be "Joe's Pastizzi Plus" across the street.
When they came out of the washroom, the proprieter enquired as to whether they had ever sampled a pastizzi. Upon recieving Trevor's negative response, the dear woman immediately pressed two fresh, warm and flakey, cheese-filled pastizzis into his hands, insisting he take them for free, and suggesting if he like them, he come back to buy more.
I was instantly sold -- what a delectable treat, especially fresh!
I ran back across the street to pick up a few for the dear, tired parents of the newborn twins we had stolen for the afternoon, and was delighted to discover that pastizzis come in multiple flavours!! Along with three cheese-filled options, I also picked up a few corned beef, peas and onion varieties. They were as well rec'd by the mother of the newborn twins as they had been by me, and by Trevor before me.
Pastizzi -- YUM! Pick some up yourself at 6070 Dundas Street West, near Islington Ave.
It went like this...
Trevor and the boys and I were out at the "bigfoot playground" with some 11-week-old twins we have been volunteering with. Suddenly, Alex HAD to go pee, RIGHT NOW!!! (Anyone with six-year-olds at home will get the urgency here.) So, Trevor took him to the nearest cafe/restaurant, which happened to be "Joe's Pastizzi Plus" across the street.
When they came out of the washroom, the proprieter enquired as to whether they had ever sampled a pastizzi. Upon recieving Trevor's negative response, the dear woman immediately pressed two fresh, warm and flakey, cheese-filled pastizzis into his hands, insisting he take them for free, and suggesting if he like them, he come back to buy more.
I was instantly sold -- what a delectable treat, especially fresh!
I ran back across the street to pick up a few for the dear, tired parents of the newborn twins we had stolen for the afternoon, and was delighted to discover that pastizzis come in multiple flavours!! Along with three cheese-filled options, I also picked up a few corned beef, peas and onion varieties. They were as well rec'd by the mother of the newborn twins as they had been by me, and by Trevor before me.
Pastizzi -- YUM! Pick some up yourself at 6070 Dundas Street West, near Islington Ave.
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