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.
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Last modified on: February 21th 2011

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Times for this recipe
Preparation: 28 min.
Cooking: 21 min.
All in all: 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, ½ cup 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
Proteins (gr)Carbohydrates (gr)Fats (gr)Energy value (in k-calories)Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe790 300 %90 9 %340 50 %1,540 80 %6,440 80 %
Per 100 g90 30 %10 1 %40 6 %170 9 %730 9 %
Per piece80 30 %9 1 %30 5 %150 8 %640 8 %
The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per 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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