Monday, August 31, 2009

Make-Ahead Spinach Phyllo Roll-Ups

Ingredients:
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 1 pkg. (10 oz.) frozen chopped spinach, thawed, drained
  • 1 cup Crumbled Feta Cheese
  • 1 tub (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Garden Vegetable 1/3 Less Fat than Cream Cheese
  • 4 green onions, finely chopped
  • 2 tbsp mixed dry herbs such as basil, oregano, thyme, parsley
  • 15 sheets frozen phyllo (14x9 inch), thawed
  • 1/3 cup butter, melted

  1. MIX first 5 ingredients until well blended; set aside. Brush 1 phyllo sheet lightly with butter; top with 2 more phyllo sheets, lightly brushing each layer with some of the remaining butter. Place remaining phyllo between sheets of plastic wrap; set aside.
  2. SPREAD 1/5 of the spinach mixture along 1 short side of phyllo stack; fold in both long sides then roll up, starting at 1 of the short sides to make log. Repeat with remaining phyllo sheets and spinach mixture to make 4 more logs. Brush with remaining butter. Make small cuts in tops of logs at 1-inch intervals. Place in large freezer-weight resealable plastic bags or wrap tightly in plastic wrap.
  3. FREEZE up to 3 months. When ready to bake, remove desired number of logs from freezer. Refrigerate, tightly wrapped, several hours or overnight until thawed. Place on baking sheet. Bake in 375°F-oven for 25 min. or until golden brown. Cool on baking sheet 5 min.; transfer to cutting board. Use serrated knife to cut each log into 6 slices.

WW Points Value: 2

Note: I know the instructions say brush each layer of phyllo dough with butter but DON'T DO IT! Trust me! Instead, put 1 piece of phyllo dough on top of another and brush the top piece with butter. Then put the 3rd piece of phyllo on top of the 1st 2 and brush that one with butter. Then put on the spinach mixture and roll the dough and brush with butter. This makes the phyllo roll-up flakier and crispier when it comes out of the oven (Even tastier!) This recipe is from kraftfoods.com in the healthy living section.

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