Name: Blue cheese and walnut pastries
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 2/3 cup chopped pitted dates; 1/2 cup chopped walnuts; 150 gram creamy blue cheese, crumbled; 8 sheets filo pastry; 100 gram butter, melted

Blue cheese and walnut pastries

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Makes 20 Item

Prep

20M

Cook

10M

Total

30M

Ingredients

2/3 cup chopped pitted dates

1/2 cup chopped walnuts

150 gram creamy blue cheese, crumbled

8 sheets filo pastry

100 gram butter, melted

Method

1. Preheat oven to hot, 200°C. Line 2 oven trays with baking paper.

2.In a small bowl, combine dates, walnuts and blue cheese.

3.Work with 1 sheet of filo at a time, keeping the others covered with a clean tea towel to prevent them drying out. Brush with butter, top with another sheet. Brush with butter. Cut into 5 strips lengthways.

4.Place 1 tablespoon of date mixture into the lower left and corner of the pastry strip. Fold over right to left to form a triangle, then keep folding to end of strip, retaining triangular shape. Arrange on oven tray.

5.Repeat with remaining pastry, butter and filling. Bake for 8-10 minutes, until crisp and golden.

Makes 20 You can make these ahead of time, cover with plastic wrap and chill until required. Bake when ready to serve.
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