Savoury California Prune Baklava

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INGREDIENTS

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  • 1 Bunch of spring onions
  • 200g Mixed nuts
  • 200g Feta cheese
  • 225g Hallumi cheese
  • 150g California Prunes chopped
  • 1 lemon
  • 4 tbsp pumpkin seeds
  • 270g Filo pastry
  • 50g Melted butter
  • 2 tbsp sesame seeds
  • 1/2tsp dried chilli flakes
  • 2 tbsp Honey

DIRECTIONS

  1. Chop the spring onions and place in a mixing bowl.
  2. Scatter in the nuts and seeds, then add the chopped California Prunes
  3. Grate the hallumi straight into the bowl and crumble in the feta cheese
  4. Cut the lemon in half and squeeze into the bowl before stirring together.
  5. Trim the filo pastry to fit your oven proof dish, then brush it with melted butter
  6. Place one sheet into the bottom of the tin, brush with melted butter and top with
    another sheet
  7. Add more and more sheets and brush with butter to make up 3 layers, then top
    with 1 third of the cheese, nut and California Prunes mixture
  8. Repeat the process with 3 more layers of filo pastry and the filling, then again once
    more
  9. Finish with the final 3 layers of the filo pastry and brush with the remaining melted
    butter
  10. Scatter with sesame seeds and chilli flakes, then drizzle with honey before baking
    at 180c for 40 minutes until golden and crisp

AUTHOR

Peter Sidwell

Peter Sidwell

California Prune Board Ambassador Peter Sidwell, is a chef, baker, TV presenter, author, and innovator of all things food related. Peter has been a chef all his working life and over the years has developed a simple, fresh and innovative way of cooking which focuses on the importance of fine ingredients and technical know-how to ensure the best results. Peter has travelled the world cooking, talking and demonstrating his approach and explaining how and why it works so well for all manner of food offerings. Peter works both with chefs, consumers, food producers and retailers to innovate, create process or refine procurement. Working from his new innovation centre in England's beautiful Lake District, Peter and his team create exciting, attractive and mouth-watering new recipes with digital content, showcasing the delicious flavour and versatility of California Prunes.