Cream Cheese & Cranberry Parcels
Serves: 6
Time to prepare: 20 mins
Time to cook: 20 mins
Dietary requirements: Egg-free, Vegan (with substitutions), Halal, Kosher
Ingredients
- ¼ tub cream cheese or vegan cream cheese*
- 225g/8oz packet fresh or frozen filo pastry
- 25g/1oz margarine or vegan margarine*, melted
- 30ml/6 tsp cranberry sauce
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 190°C/375°F/gas mark 5.
- Take 3 sheets of filo pastry at a time. Cut in half so you have 10 x 12.5cm/4–5 inch squares. Take one square and brush with a little melted butter or margarine. Place another square on top at an angle, and brush again. Do the same with a third sheet.
- Place a teaspoon of cream cheese in the middle of the filo pastry and top with a teaspoon of cranberry sauce. Bring the edges of the pastry up together and pinch them to form a little parcel (money-bag shape). Make up the rest of the parcels in the same way.
- Brush with melted margarine and place on a greased baking tray.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 15–20 minutes until the pastry is crisp and golden. Serve hot with extra cranberry sauce.