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Ricotta Citrus Purses

These delicious bite size deserts are filled with lemon and orange flavour. They would make a light desert after a big meal or can be put out in a buffet.

Ingredients​​ 

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  • 4 sheets of Filo Pastry

  • 250g Ricotta cheese

  • 65g Breadcrumbs

  • 20g Orange peel – chopped

  • 4 Tsp Caster Sugar

  • 1 Tsp Lemon Zest, grated

  • 1 Tsp Lemon extract

  • 100g Butter, melted

  • Icing sugar to dust

What do we need?

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  • Chopping board

  • Peeler 

  • Paring knife

  • Grater

  • Tablespoon

  • Teaspoon

  • Weighing scales

  • Small mixing bowl

  • Pastry brush

  • Saucepan

  • Baking Tray

Tia's tip

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You may need some extra butter to seal the edges of your parcels.

What do we do?

  • Take the Orange, peel off the skin and place it on the chopping board. Use the paring knife to cut the peel into small pieces.

  • Zest the Lemon using the smallest grating side on your grater.

  • Put the ricotta cheese, breadcrumbs, chopped lemon peel, orange zest, sugar and lemon extract into the small bowl and stir well.

  • Melt the butter in the saucepan or microwave.

  • Put a sheet of filo pastry on the chopping board and fold it in half from left to right. Cut down the folded line. (see pictures overleaf)

  • Then fold each piece in half left to right again and cut down the line. 

  • Fold each piece in half using the melted butter to stick the halves together.

  • Put a small tablespoon of the filling in the centre of the filo pastry squares. Take all four corners into the centre and squeeze to close into a parcel. 

  • Repeat steps 7&8 until all of the parcels are made.

  • Place on a lined baking tray and brush with butter before cooking. 

  • Heat the oven to 180C/ 160C fan/ Gas Mark 4 and cook for 15 minutes. Check after 10 minutes as you do not want the top of the parcels to go too brown. 

  • Let the parcels cool down and sprinkle with icing sugar before serving.

 

Eat and enjoy!

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