Quick Pistachio and Honey Pastry
Pistachios, warm spices, goat cheese with honey and quick wrapped in a few phyllo pastries, is a shortcut to the traditional phyllo pastries.
Servings 8 people
Equipment
- cookie sheet pan
- Basting brush
Ingredients
- 1 cup Pistachios
- 1 tbsp Cinnamon ground
- 1/2 tsp Cloves ground
- 2 tbsp Goat cheese chevre, soft
- 1/4 cup Honey extra for drizzle
- 6 Phyllo dough sheets
- 6 tbsp Butter melted
- 1 tbsp Orange zest
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325.
- Crush nuts, and spices together. Add cheese and honey, and blend.
- Brush melted butter lightly across 3 layers of phyllo dough sheets.
- Place half of the filling in a log at one end of the sheets. Roll the end over, brush with butter, continue rolling and brushing until the roll is complete. Repeat this with the remaining 3 phyllo sheets and filling.
- Make small diagonal slices across the top of the roll, taking care not to cut all the way through. Baste again with butter.
- Bake until the crust is golden, about 25-minutes
- Drizzle more honey across the top while still warm, grate orange zest. Cool, and slice the remainder of the way through.