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    Home » Chicken

    April 13, 2015

    Chicken with Nutty Herb Crumble Pillows - Week 15, 2015

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    ChickenWithNuttyHerbCrumblePillows

    Delicious and filling filo pillows with crunch and texture. Best served with a simple salad or steamed vegetables.

    This recipe for me brings back many fond memories when a ThermoFun member from Adelaide came and stayed with us for a weekend mid last year. It was fabulous to meet Sue and this is a recipe we enjoyed making together.

    One of my lovely ThermoFun Club members worked out the calories and kjs per pillow:
    Pillows made with skinless chicken breast........385 calories or 1540 kjs.
    Pillows made with skinless chicken thigh fillets ......390 calories or 1560 kjs.
    Thank you Maggie!  :)    If you ever calculate the calories for my Honey Nougat Delight Recipe I REALLY do NOT want to know!!  ;)

    ThermoFun – Week 15 – Chicken with Nutty Herb Crumble Pillows

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    Ingredients

    Filo Pastry

    • Filo pastry – I used the Pampas box which has 18 sheets which is perfect for this recipe.
    • spray oil

    Crumble

    • 40g fresh bread crumbs
    • 180g of nuts of your choice (eg pecans, walnuts, almonds)
    • handful of fresh parsley
    • 1 teaspoon dried thyme
    • 1 teaspoon dried marjoram
    • lemon zest – 4 strips

    Chicken Filling

    • 1 onion peeled and halved
    • 2 leeks sliced into rings
    • salt and pepper to taste
    • 20g oil
    • 600g chicken breast or thigh cubed
    • 50g flour
    • 250g block cream cheese cubed at room temp.

    Instructions

    Crumble

    1. Place all crumble ingredients into the bowl and turbo at short intervals until you have a coarse crumble. Set aside, reserving a quarter to garnish.
    2. No need to wash bowl.

    Chicken Filling

    1. Chop onion 3 sec / speed 5. Scrape down.
    2. Add sliced leek, oil and salt and pepper 8 mins / Varoma / speed 1 / Reverse / MC off.
    3. Add cubed chicken 3 mins / Varoma / speed 1 / Reverse
    4. Add flour 1 min / Varoma / speed 1 / Reverse
    5. Add cream cheese 1 min / Varoma / speed 1 / Reverse
    6. Fold in crumble with the aid of your spatula.

    Fill the Pillows

    1. Preheat oven 180°
    2. Cut filo sheets in half and stack - this will give you 36 square sheets.
    3. Mark filling into 12 and place a portion of the filling on the filo and proceed to wrap 3 sheets of the filo into a pillow shape. Spraying filo layers as you are wrapping.
    4. Place pillows on trays lined with baking paper, with space between and bake in a preheated 180° oven for 20 mins. Check at 15 mins and sprinkle the reserved crumble on top and bake a further 5 mins.
    5. While pillows are baking, prepare your salad or vegetables.

    Notes

    Makes 12 pillows.
    Cooked pillows can be frozen.

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    Comments

    1. Jenny Sullivan says

      October 05, 2015 at 10:26 pm

      I love these chicken parcels so easy to do n the whole family enjoy eating them too bonus. Today I didn't have leek so I put carrot in them. N I didn't have much cream cheese so I put Feta n in too. Served them with beetroot n carrot salad.

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    2. Joanne T Ferguson says

      April 24, 2015 at 5:03 pm

      Another great recipe Leonie! This almost reminded me of croquette filling, so I saved some, cooled it down and made croquettes out of using toasted panko!
      I rolled some with filo and I added the filling to a ramekin dish topped with filo and nuts! A keeper recipe!
      I used walnuts because I had one hand, but reckon I might try pistachios next time! YUM!
      I also air fried them to save time and money!
      Thank you for continuing to inspire me with you Cook Along!

      Reply
      • thermofun says

        April 25, 2015 at 4:11 pm

        Thanks Joanne - I love the idea re the croquette filling! :)

        Reply

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