Backpost: Filo cups are such a simple appetizer or dessert element. Any recipe I’ve found for making your own filo dough seems horrendously difficult and nightmarish, so a quick box of these can’t be beat. A fun summer snack to-go is to fill these with strudel filling, consisting of apple chunks, raisins (for more traditional, go black- but for a sweeter tooth, go golden). These bake for a mere 8 minutes and you’re set!
- To make a healthy strudel filling, my mother taught me to just put the apples and raisins straight in to a deep-set pan with some cinnamon. You can add a little vanilla and something to add moisture if your apples aren’t throwing about enough water (apple sauce, or a thick fruit nectar- mango, pear, or apricot work best). There’s really no need for butter- you get a nice creamy-like texture from cooking the apples thoroughly. The trick is to find that sweet spot between retaining a slight hint of crunchiness- otherwise you’ll end up with apple sauce (unless, of course, that was your desired result all along)
- These cups work for savoury dishes as well as they do sweet- I’ve found them to also be delicious as a sweet-and-salty appetizer with pear chunks, honey, dried apricot pieces, parmesan, and salt. Really, though, anything works!
