Butternut Squash & Feta Filo Rolls
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Serves: 7
 
These butternut squash & feta filo rolls, are yet another cunning way to smuggle cooked butternut squash into a recipe.
Ingredients
  • 1 medium sized butternut squash, approx 1kg, peeled and chopped into medium-sized cubes
  • extra-virgin olive oil
  • 200g feta cheese
  • 1 tbsp finely chopped parsley
  • 1 garlic clove, finely chopped
  • pinch chilli flakes
  • salt and pepper
  • 1 x 270g pack filo pastry (usually 7 sheets) sheets, brought to room temp 20 mins before using
  • handful of black sesame seeds
  • to serve: runny honey and Greek yoghurt
Instructions
  1. Pre-heat the oven to 180°C fan/200°C/400°F/gas mark 6
  2. Toss the squash cubes onto a baking tray with 1 tbsp olive oil and season with salt. Roast in the oven for 30-35 minutes, until completely soft. Remove from the oven and leave to cool off till no longer steaming hot, then tip into a bowl and mash.
  3. Into the mashed squash bowl crumble in the feta, add the chopped parsley, garlic, chilli and mix together till well combined. Season to taste.
  4. Open out the filo pastry, and keep the stack of sheets covered with a tea towel while you work with one sheet at a time. Paint the top of your sheet of filo with one coat of olive oil then with the long end facing you, fold in half from left to right. Paint the new top with olive oil. With the now shortest edge facing you, pile up a sausage mound of filling a 2cm up from the bottom, leaving a 2cm gap at each side. Fold up the bottom of the pastry to cover the filling, then fold in the sides by around 2cm. Tightly roll up the pastry into a roll, and use olive oil to stick the pastry at the join. Transfer to a baking tray, brush olive oil over the top and sprinkle with the black sesame seeds. Repeat with the rest of the filling and filo sheets.
  5. Bake in the oven for 20-22 minutes, or until until golden all over. Leave to cool a little before eating, to avoid molten feta burning the inside of your mouth. Serve with a drizzle of honey and Greek yoghurt (or tzatziki) for drizzling (or dunking).
Notes
There are usually 7 slices in a packet of shop bought filo pastry. I don't know why there aren't an even number, but this filling will be enough to stuff all 7.
Recipe by Ceri Jones Chef at https://cerijoneschef.com/butternut-squash-feta-filo-rolls/