Blue Brie Cheese And Spinach Roll

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 1 onion, peeled and diced
• 2 teaspoons minced garlic
• 1 dash oil
• 2 (10 ounce) boxes frozen spinach
• 1/4 cup cream or 1/4 cup ricotta cheese
• nutmeg, salt and pepper to season
• 12 phyllo pastry sheets
• 5 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
• 7 ounces blue brie cheese

Recipe

• 1 cook the onions and garlic in the oil in a frying pan until tender.
• 2 squeeze out the moisture from the defrosted frozen spinach and add to the pan with the cream or ricotta cheese. season with the nutmeg, salt and pepper.
• 3 cook 3-4 minutes then cool. scatter in the walnuts.
• 4 spread one sheet of phyllo pastry lightly with butter and place a second sheet on top. repeat with a further 6 sheets of phyllo.
• 5 arrange half the spinach mixture down the center of the phyllo. cut the blue brie into thick slices and place down the center. arrange the remaining spinach on top.
• 6 roll up the pastry to enclose the spinach filling. place the roll join-side-down on a greased baking tray. brush the remaining sheets of phyllo with butter and arrange decoratively on top.
• 7 bake at 375°f for 40 minutes until golden and crispy.
• 8 serve warm or cold in thick slices.