I featured these filo cigars stuffed with ricotta on tv this week and you can find the recipe on Littlerock .
Filo pastry is such a good alternative to other pastries. Did you know it contains 299 calories per 100g as opposed to puff pastry with 598 per 100g? And you need to use a lesser quantity of filo to make a crust. I love it as an ingredient and prefer the refrigerated variety to the frozen one as it does not seem to dry out so quickly.
I am just listening to Maya Angelou’s caged bird rapping and on Littlerock you can also find a translation of these beautiful lyrics by writer and poet Patrick Sammut.
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![The weather is changing and here comes the autumn and some delicious roasts. Sprinkling some raw couscous on fennel and sesame seed potatoes before roasting them makes them extra crunchy and so soft inside.
300g potatoes, chopped with skin on
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons uncooked couscous
1 teaspoon fresh or dried herbs [optional]
1 tablespoon sesame seeds
1/2 tablespoon fennel seeds
Sea Salt
Prepare an oven dish by greasing with a tablespoon of olive oil. In a large bowl toss the potatoes with the olive oil, herbs and salt if you are using it. Finally add the raw couscous and toss again. Use your hands to mix the potatoes and ensure that they are consistently covered.
Place in a preheated oven at 220C for 35 minutes. Spinkle with more sea salt if desired, fennel and sesame seeds.
Serve hot or cold with drinks and a toothpick or as a side to a main meal. The inside remains soft and so creamy !
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300g potatoes, chopped with skin on
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons uncooked couscous
1 teaspoon fresh or dried herbs [optional]
1 tablespoon sesame seeds
1/2 tablespoon fennel seeds
Sea Salt
Prepare an oven dish by greasing with a tablespoon of olive oil. In a large bowl toss the potatoes with the olive oil, herbs and salt if you are using it. Finally add the raw couscous and toss again. Use your hands to mix the potatoes and ensure that they are consistently covered.
Place in a preheated oven at 220C for 35 minutes. Spinkle with more sea salt if desired, fennel and sesame seeds.
Serve hot or cold with drinks and a toothpick or as a side to a main meal. The inside remains soft and so creamy !
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where do you get the filo?
Hello Cindy, from a grocery shop or supermarket in Europe but perhaps in the States you need to go to a Greek or Turkish food store ?
http://littlerock.com.mt/food/l-ghagina-filo/. I wrote this article about it if you just translate it on google translate, it should give you more info 🙂 trust you are keeping well…
thank you. my mother used to buy filo and cook with it, i would like to too. <3
Also, you can find them in Trader Joe’s. 🙂
Lovely recipe 🙂
Thank you Elaine 🙂
Wonderful recipe, well done! 🙂
Thank you so much 🙂
You’re welcome! 🙂 x
phyllo dough is so light and delicious, have you experimented with baklava? Enjoy u’r day!
I have not made balava for a while but love it :). I also loved galaktoboureko which we featured on tv together with Nina Rallis, daughter of the Greek Ambassador 🙂 http://goodfoodeveryday.wordpress.com/2014/08/25/nina-maria-rallis-makes-galaktoboureko-on-one-tv-today/
Have a lovely day 🙂
Great recipe. I love all your original filo recipes too. 🙂
Thank you Fae, hope you have settled back in now 🙂