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Cream-filled filo pastries

Joudie Kalla's sweet cream-filled pastries make the perfect finale for your Iftar meal

Joudie Kalla's sweet cream-filled pastries make the perfect finale for your Iftar meal

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Cooking Time

Cook: 1 Hour

Cooking Time

Serves: 18

Cooking Time

Price: 19p per serving

Nutritional Information

Each 48g serving contains

Energy
673kj
161kcal
8%
Fat
9.6g
Med
14%
Saturates
5.8g
Med
29%
Sugars
9.6g
Med
11%
Salt
0.12g
Low
2%
of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
1402kj/335kcal

Ingredients

1L whole milk

50ml white wine vinegar

60g unsalted butter

145g caster sugar

150ml double cream

200g pack Asda Ready Rolled Filo Pastry

Juice ½ lemon

10g shelled pistachios, crushed

Method

1
Bring the milk to a boil in a large pan. Add the wine vinegar, then cook for 2 mins until the curds separate from the whey. Sieve, discarding the liquid.
2
Put the warm curds into a bowl and stir in 10g of the butter and 20g of the sugar. Mix in half of the cream until smooth then chill in the fridge. Stir in the remaining cream.
3
Preheat the oven to 200C/180C Fan/Gas 6. Melt the remaining butter and use a little to grease 2 large baking trays.
4
Lay a sheet of filo pastry on a chopping board. Brush with melted butter, layer with another sheet, then brush again with butter. Repeat until all the pastry is stacked. Cut into 18 squares and diagonally fold each into a triangle. Arrange on the trays and bake for 8-10 mins, until golden.
5
Meanwhile, to make the syrup, put the remaining 125g caster sugar in a pan with 150ml water and bring to a boil. Cook for 10 mins or until reduced by half. Turn off the heat, add the lemon juice and allow to cool.
6
When the pastries are fully cooled, carefully open each folded triangle and spoon in some of the cream mixture. Drizzle with the syrup and sprinkle with the pistachios to serve.