Pie Minister Heidi (Filo) Rolls

I randomly signed up for a newsletter for Capricorn goat's cheese and they sent out a recipe for Pie Minister Heidi Rolls. I have never tasted them but the recipe looked tasty. To make it slightly healthier, I used filo pastry instead of puff pastry.

Ingredients:


1 large red onion

4 garlic cloves, peeled and halved

500g sweet potato, peeled and cubed

1 tablespoon of olive oil

120g spinach

160g goat's cheese

4 sheets of filo pastry

1 egg, beaten (for egg wash)

75g sesame seeds

Method:

1. Heat the oven to 180C/356F/Gas Mark 4. In a large roasting dish, add the onion slices, garlic, sweet potato chunks and drizzle over the oil, salt and pepper. Give a good mix. Roast for 20-25 minutes until the sweet potato is just tender and the onion is nicely caramelised. Allow to cool.

2. While the veg is roasting, wilt the spinach in a pan gently with a splash of water. Remove from the heat and strain the spinach to remove any excess water. Roughly chop and set aside.

3. Cube the Capricorn Somerset Goats Cheese into small dice and mix into the drained spinach. Roughly chop any large pieces of sweet potato and mix the sweet potato, onion and garlic into the spinach mixture. Mix well, taste the mixture and season. Place in the fridge to chill for 20 minutes.

4. Take a sheet of filo pastry, brush half of it with egg wash and fold in half, then cut the sheet into three. The filo sheets I used were 39cm x 30cm. I folded the longest edge over.

5. Egg wash the long edge and both short edges, place 1/12th filling in a straight line, in the middle of the pastry.

6. Fold the short edges over, onto the mixture and then roll the non-egg washed edge over rolling until the the egg washed edge makes a seal.

7. Place seam down onto a lightly oiled baking tray (or silicon sheet), brush the top with egg wash.

8. Bake in the oven for 20 minutes.

They make a really tasty snack. The combination of the inside ingredients is a great one.