Doreen

[chelsea]

I've ordered some filo pastry with no idea of what im going to do with it! I've never cooked with it before , as I dont eat meat I really fancied doing a tomato & cheese style filo parcel, but dont know where to start.

 

Its in the fridge waiting for me......

 

any recipes or ideas please.

[surferdog]

These are a very tasty Rosemary Conley recipe (so low fat and vegetarian - what more could you ask for? ) Don't forget you can freeze the left over filo pastry sheets to use another time.

 

SPICY AUBERGINE PASTRIES

Serves 4

1 Serving 144 calories/4g fat

Serve hot or cold

 

1 medium onion, finely diced

2 garlic cloves, crushed

2 aubergines, diced

1 tbsp curry powder

1 tsps vegetable bouillon powder

200ml (1/2 pint) tomato passata

1 egg

3 tbsps skimmed milk

4 sheets filo pastry

1 tsp paprika

 

1. Preheat oven to 200c/400F/gas mark 6

2. Preheat non-stick frying pan, add the onion and garlic and dry-fry until soft (I use a bit of olive oil for this. Add aubergines and continue cooking over moderate heat as aubergine starts to soften. Sprinkle curry powder over and cook for 1 minute, stirring well, then add the stock powder and passata. Simmer gently for 15-20 minutes until liquid has reduced to a thick paste. Allow to cool.

3. Beat together the egg and milk. Take one sheet of filo pastry and brush with the egg mixture. Fold the pastry in half to form a smaller rectangle. Brush again with egg, then place a good tablespoon of the mixture in a line at one end of the pastry. Fold the end of the pastry over to cover the mixture.

4. Brush again with egg, then fold in the pastry at both sides. Roll the pastry up to form a spring roll shape.

5. Brush with egg and place on a non-stick baking tray. Repeat using the remaining pastry. Sprinkle paprika over the pastries.

6. Bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes until golden brown. Serve with salad.

[chickencam]

Goats cheese and tomato would be nice with plenty of black pepper, some well drained spinach would also make a good addition.

[theherd123]

Goats cheese and tomato would be nice with plenty of black pepper, some well drained spinach would also make a good addition.

 

Great minds think alike! I was just about to post about goats cheese!

I love it!

[Milly]

I have made the Jamie Oliver asparagus tart recipe several times recently (while asparagus is in season). I really like it as it uses potato in the quiche mix, which sounds odd but is actually very nice.

 

But, back to the filo - he uses about six sheets of filo (buttered) instead of ordinary pastry. This gives a nice crispy base. I'm sure you could do the same with any type of filling.

 

I also used to have a tarte tatin recipe with filo rather than ordinary pastry - again easy to do and nice and crispy.

 

Milly