Strawberry Ricotta Phyllo Purses with Chocolate Syrup
- 1 x phyllo (filo) pastry sheets
- 1 tablespoon powdered sugar
- 3 tablespoons raisins, seedless
- 2 small cardamom pods
- 1 cup ricotta cheese prefer partly-skimmed
- 8 each strawberries fresh
- 1 x chocolate syrup for serving
- In a blender, puree the well washed and pat dry strawberries.
- Mix some of it by tablespoon with ricotta cheese and raisins, do not add too much, otherwise the filling becomes too watery.
- Remove the seeds from the cardamom pods and powder it.
- Sprinkle it in the ricotta mixture.
- Add about 1/2 tablespoon of sugar, mix well and taste, add more sugar if desired.
- The filling should be thick and not watery.
- To make the purses:
- Take one sheet of the phyllo dough, making sure to quickly cover the rest with a damp cloth.
- Brush melted butter or coat cooking spray all over, sprinkle some sugar over evenly.
- Repeat the steps until 6 layers of fillo dough.
- Cut into 5 inch x 5 inch squares.
- Preheat oven to 350F (180C).
- Add a spoonful of the strawberry ricotta mixture in the center, making sure not too much mixture is added, otherwise it will ooze out when covering with the dough.
- Gather all the sides of the fillo dough and close the mixture in the center forming a purse.
- Brush the outer surface with melted butter or coat with cooking spray.
- Bake in the over for 16 to 20 minutes until golden brown.
- Drizzle some chocolate syrup on the serving plate, place the strawberry ricotta purses, drizzle some more chocolate over the purses and dust it with powdered sugar.
- Garnish with fresh strawberry.
- Serve warm.
phyllo, powdered sugar, raisins, cardamom pods, ricotta cheese, chocolate syrup
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/strawberry-ricotta-phyllo-purse-52051 (may not work)