Crispy spinach rolls
These are rolls of brik pastry (or filo), filled with a mixture of spinach, hard-boiled eggs, bacon and onions. They are served here accompanied by rice with cashew nuts.
89,3524.9/5 for 8 ratings
Grade this recipe: Last modified on: March 18th 2013
For 8 rolls, you will need:
- 0
250 g cooked spinach - 1
125 g small pieces of bacon - 2
1 onion - 3
1 glass dry white wine - 4
2 hard-boiled eggs - 5
50 ml cream - 6
8 sheets of brick pastry - 7
100 ml oil - 8
150 g rice - 9
100 g cashew nuts - 10
salt - 11
pepper - Total weight: 1,180 grams
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 1 hour 2 min. | 38 min. | 1 hour 40 min. |
At what time?
- When will I finish if I start the recipe at a certain time?
When should I start for the recipe to be ready at a certain time?
Keeping:
Can be frozen uncooked, but once cooked they do not keep.Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 2 min.
Prepare 250 g cooked spinach, then chop coarsly with a knife.
Stage 2 - 7 min.
Lightly fry 125 g small pieces of bacon in a frying pan without adding any extra fat.
When cooked to your taste, tip the bacon into a bowl, leaving the cooking fat in the pan.
When cooked to your taste, tip the bacon into a bowl, leaving the cooking fat in the pan.
Stage 3 - 8 min.
Stage 4 - 8 min.
Pour 1 glass dry white wine into the pan and deglaze it, then leave to cook until the wine has completely evaporated.
Tip into the bowl with the bacon.
Tip into the bowl with the bacon.
Stage 5 - 3 min.
Chop 2 hard-boiled eggs, then tip into the bowl with the bacon.
Stage 6 - 3 min.
Add the chopped spinach and 50 ml cream to the bowl, salt, pepper and mix well.
Stage 7 - 2 min.
Place a little of the mixture in a long sausage shape near one side of a sheet of brik.
Stage 8 - 2 min.
Roll up the sheet of pastry to form a long roll.
Stage 9 - 25 min.
Use up the rest of the filling like this.
Stage 10 - 15 min.
Pour 100 ml oil into a large frying pan on medium heat. There should be a shallow depth of oil all over the pan to cook the rolls properly.
When the oil is hot, cook the rolls evenly all over, turning them with tongs if possible (the easiest way).
Do be careful not to let them brown too much. This can happen quickly, so you must keep an eye on the rolls from the time they go into the pan.
When the oil is hot, cook the rolls evenly all over, turning them with tongs if possible (the easiest way).
Do be careful not to let them brown too much. This can happen quickly, so you must keep an eye on the rolls from the time they go into the pan.
Stage 11 - 25 min.
Prepare the rice with cashew nuts: cook the rice, and then add 100 g cashew nuts, coarsly chopped and dry-roasted in a pan for 2 or 3 minutes.
Stage 12
Serve 2 rolls per person.
Remarks
The proportions for the filling can be varied according to your taste, so don't hesitate to add a little more or a little less of something.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 2,839 Kcal or 11,886 Kj | 52 gr | 131 gr | 244 gr |
| 142 % | 20 % | 12 % | 37 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 241 Kcal or 1,009 Kj | 4 gr | 11 gr | 21 gr |
| 12 % | 2 % | 1 % | 3 % |
| Per rolls | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 355 Kcal or 1,486 Kj | 6 gr | 16 gr | 31 gr |
| 18 % | 2 % | 2 % | 5 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 8 rolls : 5.23 €
- Per rolls : 0.65 €
Note : These prices are only approximate.
Source
Home made.More recipes?
This recipe uses (among others) | Cooked spinach: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Spinach and cashew brik rolls, Creamy spinach and potato gratin, Gratin-style spinach and chicken omelette , Spinach brik parcels, Spinach on toast with bechamel, ... All |
| Rice: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Sushi, How to cook rice in rice-cooker, Mussels with arroz negro, Koulibiak in pie dish, Pilau rice, ... All |
| Small pieces of bacon: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Maroilles cheese quiche, Truffade, African style chicken, Special Cheese and Walnut Sticks, Breton Pie, ... All |
| Oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Comtoise tart for Seàn, Pears and caramelised walnut samosas , Roast beef "like they do it in Santa Fe", Pan-fried potatoes, Comtoise endive salad, ... All |
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