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 artichoke.

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. Bind with the two egg and add half of he olives and garlic and some chopped parsley and the sun dried 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.

Place on the heat and bring to the boil, then cover and simmer for about 45 minutes or until tender . Add the peas and board beans and cook a further 5 minutes.

Place a large round metal baking dish and sprinkle with flour. Spread the dough out on the cover the baking dish using your fingers.

Place the artichokes and beans over the pastry leaving an edge all around. Sprinkle with the remaining olives Preheat the oven to gas / mark  200°C and bake 45 minutes until golden just before serving       

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