Creamy Leek Phyllo Parcels

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 25 g butter
• 1 large leek, sliced
• 100 g cream cheese, softened
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• black pepper, to taste
• 6 sheets phyllo pastry
• olive oil, for brushing

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 180ºc.
• 2 grease a large baking tray.
• 3 melt the butter in a saucepan and fry the leek until soft then beat in the cheese until thoroughly mixed. season with pepper and nutmeg.
• 4 brush 1 sheet of phyllo pastry with olive oil and fold in half lengthways.
• 5 place 1/6th of the filling mixture at the bottom of the strip of pastry.
• 6 fold over in a triangle shape. continue folding, keeping the triangle shape, until you reach the end of the strip of pastry.
• 7 make sure the filling is completely enclosed.
• 8 place on the baking tray and brush with oil. repeat this for the remaining pastry.
• 9 cook for 20-25 minutes until crisp and slightly browned. cool slightly before serving.