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Cranberry and goat’s cheese filo parcels
 
 
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Ingredients
  • 250g fresh cranberries
  • 100g caster sugar
  • ½orange, juice and zest
  • 10 x 30x26cm filo pastry sheets (approx 220g packet)
  • 200g goat’s cheese
  • 8 tbsp olive oil
  • rocket leaves
Method
  1. Put the cranberries in a saucepan with the sugar and add the orange zest and juice.
  2. Bring to a simmer and cook gently for 8-10 mins until the cranberries soften.
  3. Leave to cool.
  4. Pre-heat oven to 200C/Gas 6.
  5. Make the parcels by placing a sheet of filo pastry on a work surface.
  6. Brush each sheet with a little olive oil, place another sheet on top, brush evenly with a little more oil.
  7. Cut into four squares.
  8. Place a 10g chunk of goats cheese in the middle of each square and top with a small teaspoonful of the cranberry sauce, fold the pastry around the filling and scrunch the top so it holds together, brush all over with olive oil and place on a baking sheet.
  9. Continue until you have used all the filo sheets and goat’s cheese.
  10. Reserve the remaining cranberry sauce to serve with the parcels.
  11. Bake for approximately 10-12 mins until golden and crisp.
  12. Serve warm with an extra spoonful of cranberrry sauce and garnished with rocket leaves.
Recipe by appetite magazine at https://www.appetitemag.co.uk/your-starter-for-10-cranberry-and-goats-cheese-filo-parcels/