CHOCOLATE AND HAZELNUT FILO ROLLS
CHOCOLATE AND HAZELNUT FILO ROLLS
CHOCOLATE AND HAZELNUT FILO ROLLS

Ingredients
  • 25g/1oz butter
  • 3 x 32cm x 38cm/13in x 15in filo pastry sheets
  • 250g/9oz chocolate and hazelnut spread
  • 100ml/3½fl oz double cream
  • 1 tbsp caster sugar
  • ½ tsp vanilla extract
  • icing sugar
  • sifted for dusting
Directions
  • For the pastry
  • preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6 and line a large baking tray with greaseproof paper.
  • Melt the butter in a small saucepan
  • then remove from the heat.
  • Cut each sheet of filo pastry into 4 even-sized rectangles and brush each rectangle lightly with the melted butter.
  • Spread one tablespoon of the chocolate spread
  • as evenly as possible
  • across the long side of each piece of pastry
  • keeping a 2cm/¾ in border. Fold the two short sides of the pastry over the filling to seal the chocolate spread. Roll up the pastry from the long side
  • to fully enclose the filling.
  • Repeat with the remaining rectangles of filo pastry to make 12 rolls.
  • Place the rolls on the lined baking tray and brush them with a little more melted butter
  • then bake in the oven for 8-10 minutes or until the pastry is a pale golden brown.
  • Remove the rolls from the oven and leave to cool on a wire rack.
  • For the vanilla cream dip
  • whip the cream very lightly with the sugar and vanilla extract. Spoon into a small serving bowl.
  • To serve
  • dust the chocolate filo rolls with a little sifted icing sugar
  • and arrange them onto a serving plate with the vanilla cream dip placed alongside.