Recipe: Leek Goats Cheese and Sun Dried Tomato Samosas [edit]

Step 1

Melt the butter in a small pan.

Step 2

Add the leek and cook gently on the simmering plate until soft with a hint of colour.

Step 3

Allow to cool.

Step 4

Gently stir in the goats cheese and sundried tomato and season to taste.

Step 5

Lay the filo pastry out on a board or work surface one sheet at a time keeping the rest covered with a damp cloth to prevent it from drying out and becoming brittle. Cut the pastry into strips about 50 x 250mm.

Step 6

Brush each pastry strip with melted butter.

Step 7

Put a teaspoonful of the filling onto the bottom corner of each strip of pastry.

Step 8

Season with salt and black pepper.

Step 9

Fold the pastry over so that it forms a triangle then continue folding the triangle over itself until you reach the end of the strip.

Step 10

Put on to greased baking sheets or lift off paper on a baking sheet.

Step 11

Continue with more strips of filo pastry until all the filling is used up.

Step 12

Brush the tops of each samosa with melted butter.

Step 13

Bake on the grid shelf on the floor of the roasting oven for about 10 minutes then put directly on to the floor of the roasting oven to brown the basesabout a further 5 minutes.

Step 14

Serve immediately.

Step 15

If goats cheese isnt your favourite use a cheese such as feta instead.

Step 16

Makes about 24