Ingredients

1 kg maltese bread dough

6 fresh ariticokes

2 eggs

1 ½ cus fresh breadcrumbs

2  tins anchovies

 1 tin tuna

150gr pitted  black olives roughly choped

8 stem fresh garlic

A good handfull of parsley  chopped ,  

500gr peeled boar beans

100gr peas

Olive  oil

Method

Clean the artichokes down to the heart and remove the choke.

Peel and chop the artikockes stalks . . keep them in water acidulated with lemon.

Prepare the filling by mixing the fresh breadcrumbs with the anchovies and tuna . blind with the two egg and add half of he olives and garlic . mi i some chopped  parsley and the sundried tomatoes . Season with the salt and pepper . stuff the center of the artichokes and place them upright next to each other in a pan with a tight-fitting lid. Add water, chopped, garlic , olive oil and some salt and pepper . lace on the heat and bring to the boil , then cover nd simmer for about 45 minutes or until tender . Add the peas and board beans and cook a further 5 minutes. Ake a large round metal baking dish and sprinkle wit flour. Spread’s the dough out o cover the baking dish using your fingers . place the braised artichokes and bans over the pastry leaving an edge all around. Sprinkle with the remaining olives . preheat the oven to gas / ark  200°Cand bake 45 minutes until golden just before serving       

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