Spinach and Ricotta Rolls
Recipe: #34320
February 16, 2020
Categories: Snacks, Cheese, Spinach, Australian, Game/Sports Day, Oven Bake, Vegetarian, Frozen Vegetables, more
"From our Sunday newspaper The Sunday Times. Times are estimated."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (150.7 g)
- Calories 348.1
- Total Fat - 23.4 g
- Saturated Fat - 5.2 g
- Cholesterol - 87 mg
- Sodium - 227.2 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 24.3 g
- Dietary Fiber - 2.1 g
- Sugars - 1.2 g
- Protein - 11.5 g
- Calcium - 192.2 mg
- Iron - 2.7 mg
- Vitamin C - 18.9 mg
- Thiamin - 0.2 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Preheat oven to 200C/180C fan forced and line 2 baking trays with baking paper.
Step 2
Heat the oil in a frying pan over a medium heat and cook the spring onion and garlic, stirring often, for 2 minutes or until softened and then transfer to a large bowl.
Step 3
Place the spinach in a sieve set over a bowl and using the back of a spoon to press as much liquid as you can out of the spinach and then discard liquid and add the spinach to spring onion mixture and then add ricotta, parmesan, egg, dill, lemon rind and nutmeg and season and using hand to mix until well combined.
Step 4
Cut each pastry sheet in half and place one-quarter of the spinach mixture in a log shape along 1 long side of a piece of pastry and brush the opposite long edge with extra egg and then roll up to enclose.
Step 5
Cut each roll into 3 pieces and place, seam side down on the prepared trays and repeat with the remaining spinach mixture and pastry.
Step 6
Score the rolls at 5mm intervals and brush with extra egg and bake for 25 minutes or until golden brown and serve with tomato sauce/ketchup.
Tips
No special items needed.