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Monday 22 September 2014

Filo Apple and Nut Parcels




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Filo Apple and Nut Parcels
Flaky sheets of Greek filo filled with apples, nuts and honey and delicately spiced with cinnamon.

Ingredients:
  • 3 sheets Filo pastry
  • 2 Braeburn Apples
  • 2 tablespoons Melted Butter
  • 2 tablespoons Coarsely chopped pistachio nuts
  • 1 tablespoon Raisins
  • 2 tablespoons Flaked Almonds
  • 4 tablespoons Honey
  • 1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon
  • 1 tablespoon Lemon juice
Method:

1.Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F / 175 degrees C.
2.Remove the core from the apple and keeping the skin on grate the apple coarsely. Transfer the the apples to a large bowl and add the lemon juice and toss together.
3.Reserve quarter of the almonds and pistachio nuts and add the remainder to the the apples.
4.Add the 3 tablespoons honey, raisins and cinnamon to the apple mixture and toss together to combine all the ingredients.
5. Place a sheet of filo pastry on the table and brush some melted butter on it. Add a second sheet of filo and brush butter on it too and finally add the third sheet of filo on top and brush with the remaining butter.
6. Spread the apple mixture onto the filo layers and roll the filo pastry into a swiss roll shape starting to roll from the long edge.
7. Place the filo roll onto a baking tray  and cut the roll into 6 pieces. Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes until pastry starts to turn golden brown.
8. Remove the filo parcels from the oven and transfer to a wire rack to cool slightly.
9. To serve, brush the tops of the filo parcels with the remaining honey and sprinkle with the reserved nuts.
Serve the parcels with some honeyed Greek yoghurt.

Details
Prep time: Cook time: Total time: Yield: 6 slices


These parcels can be made using any type of apple and the nuts can be replaced with any of choice such as walnuts, brazilnuts, cashewnuts or hazelnuts. To make the honeyed Greek Yoghurt, stir in 3 tablespoons of honey into natural Greek yoghurt and mix together.

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50 comments:

  1. I often forget to use filo pastry but it is so versatile!

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  2. Hey Nayna

    I have never cooked with Filo Pastry, but this looks so yum!!! Aaah.....apples and nuts make for a wonderful combination (actually "ANYTHING" tastes better with nuts ;) )

    Thank you! #HUGSSS

    Kitto

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  3. Excellent and lovely looking nut parcels. Excellent preparation.
    Deepa

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  4. I LOVE these Nayna, such a GREAT idea for Autumn! Karen

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    1. Thanks Karen , we love them as they are not too sweet.

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  5. What a lovely light version of an apple pie

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  6. wow that looks really yummy! thanks for sharing the recipe!!
    abbi xx
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  7. How very Autumn! These look delicious so I bet they tasted it too
    AliceMegan

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  8. This looks delicious Nayna and reminds me of an apple strudel.

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  9. Whoa, they look fabulous Nayna. I would be very happy to help you out with one or two of those.

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  10. love the presentation and crispy version of apple pie

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  11. Yum! I am loving the combination of the apple and the nuts.

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    1. I love adding nuts to any type of sweet dish.

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  12. Perfect for this time of year! I haven't used filo for ages. this has reminded me how good it is!

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  13. I bet that smells delicious! I could do with a bite of that right now x

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  14. I'm not a nut fan but the husband is and he would love these :)

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    1. Michelle you can leave the nuts out and add blackberries instead.

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  15. I often used pre made pastry but have never used filo. I'd love to have a go at this but with raisins instead of nuts. Thanks for sharing.

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    1. Louisa, you can easily leave the nuts out and add mixed peel or something like berries instead.

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  16. Perfect as we have some apples that have been nibbled and need using

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    1. I hope you make them you won't be disappointed.

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  17. Those sound lovely - I adore apple and nuts, so def a good combo!

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  18. I haven't used fill pastry in ages and these have some lo

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    1. I hope I have encouraged you to try it soon.

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  19. I haven't used fill pastry in ages and these have some lovely seasonal flavours.

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  20. These sound delicious. Thank you for sharing

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  21. OOh they sound so tasty, bet they are fab with a bit of custard!

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  22. Oh My! They sound absolutely delicious, I love the idea of apple and honey together.x

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  23. oh my gosh these look right up my street! x

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  24. This is one of my favorite apple dessert. In just 40 minutes you will have delicious parcels on table

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  25. delicious..happy to follow you :)

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  26. These look delicious and sound easy to make - will try some for my husband as he loves apples in any shape or form.

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  27. I think my son would love these and they would be a cheeky way of getting some fruit in him!

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  28. Oh wow, this is my favourite type of snack!

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