Recipe - Pine Nut-Almond Filo Fingers

One half pound Filo dough
Three fourths cup Almonds
Three fourths cup Walnuts
One fourth cup Pine nuts
1 teaspoon Ground cinnamon
2 tablespoon Powdered sugar, optional
One half cup Nondairy margarine, melted
Powdered sugar

A Rosh Hashana Mediterraneanstyle treat:

Faye Levy, author of "Faye Levy's International Jewish Cookbook," learned
to make these scrumptious pastries from Lebaneseborn Suzanne Elmaleh, who
lives in Jerusalem. These are not drenched in syrup, but rather are crisp,
lighttextured, delicate and with a hint of sweetness.

If filo dough is frozen, thaw in refrigerator 8 hours or overnight.

Remove filo from refrigerator 2 hours before using. Leave in package.

In food processor chop almonds and walnuts together, leaving some pieces.
Do not grind finely. Transfer to bowl and stir in pine nuts, cinnamon and
powdered sugar.

Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or grease them. Remove filo
sheets from package and unroll on dry towel.

With sharp knife, cut stack of sheets in half lengthwise, then in half
crosswise. Cover filo immediately with piece of wax paper, then with damp
towel. Work with only 1 sheet at time, keeping remaining sheets covered so
they don't dry out.

Remove 1 pastry square from pile. Brush lightly with melted margarine.
Spoon about 2 teaspoons filling at 1 end of filo square so it extends all
along edge.

Fold 2 ends of dough in slightly over filling, then roll up tightly to form
thin finger. Transfer to baking sheet. Continue with remaining dough and
filling. Bake pastries at 350 degrees 15 to 20 minutes or until very light
golden.

Cool on rack. (Pastries can be kept, baked or unbaked, covered tightly, in
freezer, or baked pastries can be kept in airtight container 1 day at room
temperature.) Before serving, sprinkle pastries generously with powdered
sugar. Makes about 30 pastries.

Each serving contains about:

101 calories; 87 mg sodium; 0 cholesterol; 6 grams fat; 11 grams
carbohydrates; 3 grams protein; 0.32 gram fiber.
Posted to JEWISHFOOD digest V97 #016

From: Claudia Parras tamale@aloha.net

Date: Sat, 07 Sep 1996 15:42:21 1000