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Creamy Leek Filo Parcels

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Creamy Leek Filo Parcels

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Ingredients

  • 25 g butter
  • 1 large leek, sliced
  • 100 g regular Philadelphia cheese, softened
  • 1 tsp ground nutmeg
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 6 sheets filo pastry
  • olive oil for greasing and brushing
Serves: 6 Preparation: 30   Total Time: 30min whats this
 

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 180C/350F/gas mark 4
  2. Grease a large baking tray. Melt the butter in a saucepan and fry the leek until soft then beat in the Philadelphia until thoroughly mixed. Season with salt, pepper and nutmeg.
  3. Brush 1 sheet of filo pastry with olive oil and fold in half length ways. Place 1/6th of the filling mixture at the bottom of the strip of pastry. Fold over in a triangle shape. Continue folding, keeping the triangle shape, until you reach the end of the strip of pastry. Make sure the filling is completely enclosed.
  4. Place on the baking tray and brush with oil. Repeat this for the remaining pastry.
  5. Cook for 20-25 minutes until crisp and slightly browned. Cool slightly and serve.

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