For 10 pieces, you will need:

• 1 2 leeks
• 2 1 shallot
• 3 200 g cooked chicken
• 4 4 tablespoons olive oil
• 5 100 ml cream
• 6 20 sheets of filo pastry
• 7 a little butter
• 8 parsley
• 9 sesame seeds (optional)
• 10 salt
• 11 pepper
• 12 a little Parmigiano reggiano (Parmesan)
• Total weight: 885 grams

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How long does it take?

Time required for this recipe:

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Step by step recipe

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Stage 1

Peel, wash and chop finely 2 leeks.

Peel, wash and chop finely 1 shallot.

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Stage 2

Pour 4 tablespoons olive oil into a pan on medium heat, add shallot, salt, pepper, and cook for one minute.

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Stage 3

Add leeks, mix well and cover. Cook for about 5 minutes, until leeks are just cooked, checking that leeks don't catch on bottom of pan.

Meanwhile, cut chicken (use leftovers) into very small pieces.

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Stage 4

As soon as leeks are cooked, add chicken pieces, 100 ml cream and grated a little Parmigiano reggiano (Parmesan) (to taste), mix well and leave to thicken a few minutes, uncovered.

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Stage 5

Remove from heat, allow to cool, and add chopped parsley.

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Stage 6

Spread out in front of you two sheets of filo, one on top of the other...

Note: you can apply some melted butter with a brush between the two sheets to make them stick, it'll be easier to roll up.

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Stage 7

...put about a tablespoon of chicken-leeks mixture in the middle of one edge of filo sheets...

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Stage 8

... roll filo around the mix over about ¼ length to start a roll...

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Stage 9

...fold sides over centre...

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Stage 10

...and finish rolling up.

Continue like this with all the mix, or all the sheets.

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Stage 11

Preheat your oven to 392°F (200°C).

Put rolls on a baking sheet, apply melted butter with a brush. Make sure that end of the filo sheet makes a good joint to get a neat and pretty roll.

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Stage 12

You can sprinkle some sesame (or other) seeds on rolls.

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Stage 13

Put in the oven for 5 to 10 minutes...

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Stage 14

...until rolls are nicely browned.

Serve with a green salad if possible.

Remarks

The rolls are unsuitable for freezing because filo pastry breaks into fragments when frozen. You would do better to freeze chicken-leek mixture, then thaw it and make rolls just before cooking.

Nutritional information

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

• For 10 pieces : 3.02 €
• Per piece : 0.30 €

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