Crispy rolls with chicken and leek


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.
224K 6 4.7
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Last modified on: February 21th 2011

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28 min.21 min.49 min.
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Stage 1 - 10 min.
Crispy rolls with chicken and leek
Peel, wash and chop finely 2 leeks.

Peel, wash and chop finely 1 shallot.

Stage 2 - 1 min.
Crispy rolls with chicken and leek
Pour 4 tablespoons olive oil into a pan on medium heat, add shallot, salt, pepper, and cook for one minute.

Stage 3 - 5 min.
Crispy rolls with chicken and leek
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.

Stage 4 - 5 min.
Crispy rolls with chicken and leek
As soon as leeks are cooked, add chicken pieces, 100 ml cream and grated a little Parmesan (Parmigiano Reggiano) (to taste), mix well and leave to thicken a few minutes, uncovered.

Stage 5 - 1 min.
Crispy rolls with chicken and leek
Remove from heat, allow to cool, and add chopped parsley.

Stage 6
Crispy rolls with chicken and leek
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.

Stage 7
Crispy rolls with chicken and leek
...put about a tablespoon of chicken-leeks mixture in the middle of one edge of filo sheets...

Stage 8
Crispy rolls with chicken and leek
... roll filo around the mix over about ¼ length to start a roll...

Stage 9
Crispy rolls with chicken and leek
...fold sides over centre...

Stage 10 - 15 min.
Crispy rolls with chicken and leek
...and finish rolling up.

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

Stage 11 - 2 min.
Crispy rolls with chicken and leek
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.

Stage 12
Crispy rolls with chicken and leek
You can sprinkle some sesame (or other) seeds on rolls.

Stage 13 - 10 min.
Crispy rolls with chicken and leek
Put in the oven for 5 to 10 minutes...

Stage 14
Crispy rolls with chicken and leek
...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.
Source
Home made.
Nutritional information
Whole recipe
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
1,266 Kcal or 5,300 Kj72 gr78 gr105 gr
63 %28 %7 %16 %
Per 100 g
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
143 Kcal or 599 Kj8 gr9 gr12 gr
7 %3 %1 %2 %
Per piece
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
127 Kcal or 532 Kj7 gr8 gr10 gr
6 %3 %1 %2 %
% 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).
Possible allergens in this recipe: Celery, Milk, Gluten, Sesame
How much will it cost?
  • For 10 pieces : 3.02 €
  • Per piece : 0.30 €

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This recipe uses (among others)
Cooked chickenCooked chicken: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Gratin of chicken with rice and sautéed mushrooms, Hot sesame-cream chicken tartines, Quick chicken curry, Julia salad, Baked eggs with chicken and spinach, ... All
CreamCream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Tuna pasta, Nicholas's fish, Household cake (Gâteau de ménage), Vol-au-vent, Curried prawn risotto, ... All
Sheet of filo pastry 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 oilOlive oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Provençal braised carrots, Summer Salmon Blanquette, Croque-monsieur potatoes, Potimarron and leek soup, Crispy potato and mushroom brik rolls, ... All
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