Phyllo Triangles

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 50
• 10 sheets phyllo dough
• 1/2 cup butter (or more)
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 tablespoons onions, minced
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 cup ricotta cheese
• 3/4 cup spinach, cooked, squeezed dry
• 1/3 cup parmesan cheese, grated
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon rind, grated
• 1 pinch pepper
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 pinch nutmeg

Recipe

• 1 saute onion and garlic in olive oil for 2 minutes.
• 2 in a bowl, stir together onion mixture,ricotta, spinach,parmesan,rind, salt,pepper and nutmeg.
• 3 place one sheet of phyllo on the work surface.
• 4 cover remaining phyllo with a damp cloth.
• 5 use a ruler to cut the phyllo into 5 sheets about 2.5 inches wide.
• 6 brush each strip with melted butter.
• 7 spoon heaping teaspoons of filling about 1/2 inch from the end of each strip
• 8 fold 1 corner of the phyllo over the filling so the bottom edge meets the side edge to form a triangle.
• 9 fold up the triangle.
• 10 continue folding sideways and upward until the end of the phyllo is reached.
• 11 repeat
• 12 brush triangles with butter.
• 13 freeze (do not thaw before baking).
• 14 bake in 375* oven for 15 to 18 minutes.