Pies are an all-time Kiwi favourite and steak and cheese filo parcels are a great mid-week option. By the way, you can find more tips on using filo pastry in my post all about it, with other ideas on how to use it. Rich chunks of beef in a thick gravy are topped with cheddar cheese and encased in layers of flaky filo pastry, then baked until golden. These pesto goats cheese filo parcels are such a delicious combination. Cut a large sheet of filo pastry, measuring about 28cm x 38cm (11in x 15in), into four equal pieces. For the cream cheese mixture place cream cheese, goat cheese, powdered sugar, vanilla and egg in a medium bowl and mix with a hand mixer until light and fluffy and set aside. Step 4: Brush the top with a final layer of olive oil and bake! Crisp, flaky pastry, smooth creamy goats cheese and the fabulous flavors of pesto to bring it together. [/caption] Bake for around 30 minutes, then slice and eat! Lay out 6 large sheets of readymade phyllo pastry. Preheat oven to 200°C (180°C fan) mark 6. Cook Time: 20 Minutes. Prep Time: 5 Minutes. The filling does have cream cheese, but you can choose for low-fat if you wished.
Greek Baked Feta Cheese in Phyllo and Honey So as you may have noticed cheese is really important in our home, but also in the Greek diet. Recipe kindly shared by Carina Duclos. This is a very thin, light and crispy pastry with no fat in it. Since traditionally Greeks did not eat much meat, cheese played the role of protein to go along with all those vegetable dishes. Serves: 8 – 10. 8 ounces feta cheese; 2 ounces cream cheese (1/4 block, softened) Optional: 1 ounce crumbled blue cheese 8 ounces ricotta cheese 3 tablespoons Parmesan cheese (grated) 2 large eggs (lightly beaten) 1 pound phyllo pastry sheets; 1/2 cup melted butter (for brushing phyllo) Step 2: Tip in the filling. In a medium mixing bowl combine peaches, sugar, vanilla and 1/2 cup cookie dust. Step 1: Drape sheets of filo pastry over a loose-bottomed baking pan, overlapping them over the sides.

Step 3: Scrunch the pastry that you left overhanging over the top. The pastry used is filo pastry. A delicious dinner that you can have on the table in just 45 minutes.