Leek and Cheese Filo Pastry Parcels

Name: Leek and Cheese Filo Pastry Parcels
Yield: Makes 24 parcels, serving 8
Ingredients: 3 oz/84 g cream cheese, such as Philadelphia; Freshly grated nutmeg; 3 oz/84 g cream cheese, such as Philadelphia; Salt and freshly ground black pepper; Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 6 medium leeks, washed, trimmed, and cut in 1-inch/2.5-cm slices; 1 garlic clove, skinned and finely chopped; 2 tbsp sunflower or olive oil; 2 tbsp sunflower or olive oil; Melted butter, or sunflower or olive oil; 1 oz/28 g butter; Melted butter, or sunflower or olive oil; Melted butter, or sunflower or olive oil; 4 sheets of filo pastry

Preparation info

Makes 24 parcels, serving
8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Claire Macdonald Cookbook

By Claire Macdonald

Published 1997

About

These are delicious and different served with soup, as a first course, especially a soup such as the Leek, Mushroom and Madeira Soup.

Ingredients

4 sheets of filo pastry
Melted butter, or sunflower or olive oil

Starter
Main course
Vegetarian

Method

Start by making the filling. Heat the butter and oil in a saucepan, and add the sliced leeks and chopped garlic. Cook till the leeks are soft, about 10 minutes over a moderate heat. Season with salt and pepper, and freshly grated nutmeg. Take the pan off the heat and liquidize the cooked leeks to a smooth purée, adding the cream cheese. How smooth a purée you get depends on the sharpness of the