Friday, June 1, 2012

Cheese cigars, easy as, and with one hand only!


With one hand only because with the other I was taking pictures :-)!!!.

Cheese cigars are rolls of filo pastry filled with cheese and then fried or baked (I bake them). I just put all my filo pastry sheets on a tray and fold them one by one until I used them all up. Proceed like for a spring roll, rolling the cheese stick up a few times (picture 2 and 3), and then folding in the sides in (picture 4) before continuing to roll. This way you will seal the cheese in. You can repeat it with a second sheet of pastry if you think that the cheese will melt out into the tray (or if you like to have more pastry!).




Once more: this time I put a bit of chopped parsley with the cheese so that it is easier to see. In pictures 5 and 6 you can see how the sides are rolled in.



Last time now, pizza cigars, I put a strip of tomato paste, then cheese, then oregano, roll, fold the sides in, and roll again until the end.  Brush with water and bake at 180 C° until golden in colour.



Photos and Recipes by Alessandra Zecchini ©

21 comments:

  1. wowwwww che bella idea!!!! Copio subito e ti aspettiamo sul nostro blog!

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  2. Io questa pasta non riesco a trovarla

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  3. Ma lo sai che sono un tipico antipasto arabo???
    Ovviamente si usa un differente tipo di formaggio. Mi hai ricordato che non li faccio mai...

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    1. Me lo immaginavo, la prima volta li ho mangiati in Turchia, il formaggio e' più' bianco, io a dire il vero uso gli avanzi, tanto si scioglie tutto... ma se e' troppo grasso cola fuori, per questo un formaggio bianco fresco ma compatto sarebbe perfetto!

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  4. Un passo a passo strepitoso!!! peccato che qui la pasta fillo sia difficile da trovare....grrr

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    1. Peccato daveero perche' e' abbastanza difficile da fare a casa.

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  5. ma che bella ricetta passo passo....e per una golosità davvero unica :)

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  6. Cheese cigars looks delicious.

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  7. what nice idea Alessandra Look delicious!!

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  8. Belli e facili....sempre nuove idee!!?...sei brava a fare due cose diverse con le mani!!! :-)

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  9. Franci e Vale, ho imparato a fare due cose diverse con le mani (e pure i piedi) quando ho avuto i bambini! :-)!!

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  10. Wonderful, Alessandra. I have made cheese cigars like this before, but I love all the variations you tried.

    Sue xo

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    1. I guess that they would also make them in Greece Sue?

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  11. io faccio delle cose simili con la pasta sfoglia, arrotolo i sigari con ripieno di pomodoro e verdure o crema di basilico, una bontà,, li devo provare con la pasta fillo credo vengano una meraviglia :))

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  12. Se la trovi la pasta filo si presta ancor meglio e tutto viene più leggero e croccante :-).

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  13. that is a very easy snack, proof with your one handed makings!

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  14. Oooh they sound yummy -I especially love the pizza one

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  15. Hi - this is such a wonderful tutorial
    Thanks!

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  16. Con una mano sola e la pasta phillo avrei combinato un disastro! Che sfiziosissima e gustosa idea, queste te la rubo :D! Un bacione, buona settimana

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  17. I always love to eat the cheese items like cheese pizza and cheese sandwich. Good to hear about such great recipe of cheese cigars. Sounds really yummy.....

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