Chicken, mozzarella & pesto filo parcels
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- Easy
- Serves 2
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- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 8 large basil leavesfinely chopped
- 1 tsp pine nuts
- 225g boneless skinless chicken breastsor thighs, chopped
- 3 sundried tomatoesfinely chopped
- 125g mozzarellachopped
- 4 rectangular sheets (about 170g) filo pastry
- 20g buttermelted
- green vegetablesor salad, to serve
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal676
- fat32g
- saturates15g
- carbs49g
- sugars3g
- fibre3g
- protein46g
- salt1.7g
Method
step 1
Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6 and put a baking tray in to heat.
step 2
Grind together the oil, basil and pine nuts in a pestle and mortar to make a rough pesto. If you don’t have a pestle and mortar, chop the basil and nuts very finely and mix with the oil. Season.
step 3
Put the chicken, tomatoes and mozzarella in a bowl and stir in the pesto. Season well.
step 4
Pile up the filo pastry on a board, then cut in half to make two squares (each with four pastry layers). Set one pile aside and with the other pile, twist each sheet around slightly to make a star outline.
step 5
Spoon half the mixture on to one of the piles of pastry. Brush a little melted butter around the base, then gather up the outsides and scrunch them together. Brush half the remaining butter over the top. Repeat with the remaining ingredients to make another filo parcel.
step 6
Transfer the parcels to the preheated baking tray and bake in the oven for about 25 mins until golden. Serve with green vegetables or salad.
