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.
194,5534.8/5 for 5 ratings
Grade this recipe: Last modified on: February 21th 2011
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
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 28 min. | 21 min. | 49 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?
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 |
| 1,538 Kcal or 6,439 Kj | 70 gr | 78 gr | 105 gr |
| 77 % | 27 % | 7 % | 16 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 174 Kcal or 729 Kj | 8 gr | 9 gr | 12 gr |
| 9 % | 3 % | 1 % | 2 % |
| Per piece | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 154 Kcal or 645 Kj | 7 gr | 8 gr | 10 gr |
| 8 % | 3 % | 1 % | 2 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 10 pieces : 3.28 $
- Per piece : 0.33 $
Source
Home made.More recipes?
This recipe uses (among others) | Cooked chicken: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chicken and Avocado Salad, Potimarron (chestnut pumpkin) "au gratin", Gratin of chicken with rice and sautéed mushrooms, Rice and peas, Beans with tomatoes, ... All |
| Cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Quick prawn curry, Quiche Lorraine, Scallops with fondue of leeks, Celeriac and mushroom gratin, Nanou's tuna 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: New York style pasta, Spinach fritters, Avocado and smoked salmon terrine , Baked salmon fillet, Quartet of brassicas with cream , ... All |
Other recipes you may also like
![[Chestnut cake]](/images/vignettes_150/1.jpg)
Chestnut cake
This delightful cake is doubly chestnutty: it contains chestnut flour, and pieces of glacé chestnuts are incorporated in the dough.73,2595/5 for 1 ratings 53 min.
![[Fruit crumble]](/images/vignettes_150/2.jpg)
Fruit crumble
A fruit pudding: very easy to do and delicious: just a layer of fruit with a golden crunchy topping.72,0994.0/5 for 20 ratings 1 hour 11 min.
![[Pear tart with almond cream]](/images/vignettes_150/10.jpg)
Pear tart with almond cream
This is a very quick and easy tart to make, as everything (or almost) can be done in advance. A piece of sweetcrust pastry, some almond cream and pears? You have "everything you need".74,2564.2/5 for 19 ratings 1 hour 14 min.
![[Express apple tart]](/images/vignettes_150/11.jpg)
![[Flambéd bananas ]](/images/vignettes_150/12.jpg)
Flambéd bananas
The trick of this recipe is to end up with bananas caramelised on the outside, still firm on the inside, coated with a tasty syrup which is not 95% butter.72,899 14/5 for 1 ratings 40 min.
News list of cooking-ez.com
Sign up to receive the latest recipes (next batch due to be sent on 2020-03-01)
Note: We'll never share your email with anyone else.
Follow this recipe
If you are interested in this recipe, you can "follow" it, by entering your email address here. You will then receive a notification immediately each time the recipe is modified or a new comment is added. Please note that you will need to confirm this following.Note: We'll never share your email with anyone else.
Alternatively: you can subscribe to the mailing list of cooling-ez.com , you will receive a e-mail for each new recipe published on the site.
Post your comment or question