Flogeres - Sweet Cheese Phyllo Rolls

Total Time: 47 mins Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 125 g cream cheese, softened
• 250 g fresh ricotta
• 250 g fresh cottage cheese
• 2 tablespoons caster sugar
• 24 sheets phyllo pastry
• 100 g unsalted butter, melted
• ground cinnamon (to serve)

Recipe

• 1 using an electric mixer, beat cream cheese until light and fluffy, then add ricotta, cottage cheese and sugar and beat until well combined.
• 2 working with 4 sheets of filo at a time, place a sheet of filo on a work surface, brush lightly with melted butter, then top with another pastry sheet. continue brushing and layering until there are 4 layers.
• 3 cut layered filo into four 12x18cm rectangles, then place one rectangle, with the shortest side facing you, on a work surface and spoon 1 tbsp cheese mixture along the shortest side, leaving a 1cm border.
• 4 roll pastry into a cylinder, folding in the sides as you roll.
• 5 brush with melted butter and place on a baking paper-lined oven tray. repeat with remaining filo, filling and butter to form 24 rolls.
• 6 bake filo rolls at 190c for 12 minutes or until crisp and golden.
• 7 dust with ground cinnamon, then serve immediately. flogeres are best made on the day of serving.