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Recipe: Chicken and Apple Pastries
Servings: 8
Preparation Time: 15 min.
Cooking Time: 50 min.
 
Ingredients:
  • 4 tsp. olive oil
  • 1 red pepper, seeded and finely chopped
  • 1 clove garlic, crushed
  • 4 tsp. fresh dill, chopped
  • 1 green shallot, finely chopped
  • 3-1/2 oz. feta cheese, crumbled
  • 4 black olive, finely chopped
  • 8 chicken breast fillet
  • 3/4 cup flour
  • 1-1/2 oz. unsalted butter, melted, extra
  • 4 tsp. olive oil
  • 1/3 cup apple jelly
  • 12 Athens fillo pastry sheet, cut in half crossways
  • 1-1/2 oz. unsalted butter, melted, extra
  • 4 tsp. olive oil
Cooking Directions:
Preheat oven to 350° F. Heat oil in a heavy nonstick pan over medium heat. Cook pepper about 4 minutes, stirring until pepper is soft. Stir in garlic, transfer to a bowl and set aside to cool. Stir in next 4 ingredients. Wipe pan clean and heat over medium-high heat. Place flour in a heavy plastic bag. Add fillets and shake well to coat. Remove from bag, shaking off excess. Heat butter and oil in pan. Cook fillets, in batches if necessary, 1 minute each side, or until browned. Transfer to absorbent paper to drain. Let cool before spreading jelly over one side of fillets. Divide filling and spoon over fillets. Combine remaining butter and oil. Layer 3 half sheets of filo together and brush each with butter and oil. Place 1 fillet at narrow end, folding sides in and rolling up tightly. Brush with butter mixture. Repeat process with remaining fillets and pastry. Arrange pastries on a greased oven tray and bake about 35 minutes or until golden.
 
Per Serving: calories 518, fat 18.8g, calories from fat 33%, protein 47.4g, cholesterol 133.1mg, dietary fiber 1.2g

Nutrients Exchanges
Calories 518 Milk Exchanges 0.0
Protein 47.4g Vegetable Exchanges 0.1
Carbohydrates 35.0g Fruit Exchanges 0.0
Dietary Fiber 1.2g Bread Exchanges 1.5
Sugar 10.8g Other Carbohydrates/Sugar Exchanges 0.7
Fat Total 18.8g Lean Meat Exchanges 0.3
Saturated Fat 7.6g Very Lean Meat/Protein Exchanges 5.5
Mono-unsaturated Fat 8.7g Fat Exchanges 3.1
Poly-unsaturated Fat 2.6g
% Calories from Fat 33%    
Cholesterol 133.1mg
Sodium 421.2mg
Vitamins Minerals
Vitamin A 119.7IU Calcium 94.0mg
Thiamin (B1) 1.7mg Copper 0.9mg
Riboflavin (B2) 2.0mg Iron 3.1mg
Niacin (B3) 22.5mg Magnesium 62.3mg
Vitamin B6 1.3mg Manganese 0.7mg
Vitamin B12 0.9mcg Phosphorus 437.4mg
Vitamin C 18.4mg Potassium 544.5mg
Vitamin E 3.0IU Selenium 44.2mcg
Folate 21.3mcg Sodium 421.2mg
Pantothenic Acid 1.9mg Zinc 2.2mg