Crispy rolls with chicken and leek
Finely sliced leeks are cooked with a shallot, to which is added leftover chicken with a little cream and parmesan. This mixture is rolled up in filo pastry, and cooked in the oven.
208K 6 4.7
Last modified on: February 21th 2011
Keywords for this recipe:RollCrunchyCrispyFilo pastryBrickLeekChickenFor 10 pieces, you will need:
- 0
2 leeks - 1
1 shallot - 2
200 g cooked chicken - 3
4 tablespoons olive oil - 4
100 ml cream - 5
20 sheets of filo pastry - 6
a little butter - 7
parsley - 8
sesame seeds (optional) - 9
salt - 10
pepper - 11
a little Parmigiano reggiano (Parmesan) - Total weight: 885 grams
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Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 28 min. | 21 min. | 49 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 2 - 1 min.
Pour 4 tablespoons olive oil into a pan on medium heat, add shallot, salt, pepper, and cook for one minute.
Stage 3 - 5 min.
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.
Meanwhile, cut chicken (use leftovers) into very small pieces.
Stage 4 - 5 min.
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.
Stage 5 - 1 min.
Remove from heat, allow to cool, and add chopped parsley.
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.
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.
Stage 7
...put about a tablespoon of chicken-leeks mixture in the middle of one edge of filo sheets...
Stage 8
... roll filo around the mix over about ¼ length to start a roll...
Stage 9
...fold sides over centre...
Stage 10 - 15 min.
...and finish rolling up.
Continue like this with all the mix, or all the sheets.
Continue like this with all the mix, or all the sheets.
Stage 11 - 2 min.
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.
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.
Stage 12
You can sprinkle some sesame (or other) seeds on rolls.
Stage 13 - 10 min.
Put in the oven for 5 to 10 minutes...
Stage 14
...until rolls are nicely browned.
Serve with a green salad if possible.
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
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 1,266 Kcal or 5,300 Kj | 70 gr | 78 gr | 105 gr |
| 63 % | 27 % | 7 % | 16 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 143 Kcal or 599 Kj | 8 gr | 9 gr | 12 gr |
| 7 % | 3 % | 1 % | 2 % |
| Per piece | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 127 Kcal or 532 Kj | 7 gr | 8 gr | 10 gr |
| 6 % | 3 % | 1 % | 2 % |
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Source
Home made.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Cooked chicken: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Rice and peas, Chicken Brussels pie, Gratin-style spinach and chicken omelette , Valay salad, Lemony chicken and radish salad, ... All |
 | Cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Potimarron and Parmesan tart, Cream sauce with Vin Jaune, Individual creamy endive gratins, Crispy spinach rolls, Baker's tuna and mushroom tart, ... All |
 | Sheet of filo pastry : You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Langoustine sabayon tart, Red rice pannequets, Filo leeks and cheese tart, ... All |
 | Olive oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Simple mushroom salad with thyme and lemon, 3 ways, Gratin of purple artichokes, Cod loin with saffron, Summer Salmon Blanquette, Beetroot and fried chicken salad, ... All |
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