Twice-Baked Fillo Pinwheels - Two Ways

From a mid-day snack to a crowd-pleasing appetizer, these fun fillo pinwheels are easy to make and you will love all of its flavorful layers.

Food is much like clothing - you can wear your leggings with sneakers for casual days or you can dress them up with high heels and accessories and look like a million bucks.

Take a ham and cheese sandwich for example - it's simple and pure comfort food, but if you replace the bread with fillo dough and cut it into pinwheels, you get yourself a dish that is worth serving to your guests, bringing it to parties, or celebrating holidays, like the Mother's Day.

You can make these twice-baked fillo pinwheels two ways: with ham and cheese and with turkey and cheese, or with whatever your heart desires. They are perfect for breakfast, brunch, and as a grab-and-go snack.

Not sure what to do with leftover fillo sheets? Try this all-time favorite spinach and cheese pie, cheese pie, or a simple egg pie.

If you're new to fillo pastry, I highly recommend using this fillo for your first project, as it's not as fragile.

Check out their other products too. You'll fall in love with them just as I did. They turned me from someone who was intimidated by fillo for decades into a "fillo queen", as my friends lovingly dubbed me.

Fillo is so versatile and you can easily venture beyond baklava. Top your pot pies with fillo rosettes (another example of taking a simple comfort dish to a fancy level), use them for cups to hold baklava ice cream, replace your traditional pie crust with fillo for a super cute ruffled pie, or a giant ricotta bundt pie to feed a crowd.

Wrap fish into fillo for a wow-factor and make firecracker appetizers for the 4th of July or New Year celebration.

You will quickly get comfortable with using fillo and soon you'll be making more complex dishes like baklava cheesecake and cherry blossoms.

Have I convinced you yet? 🙂 Start with these twice-baked pinwheels and you'll see how easy it is.

🛒 Ingredients and Notes

Ham & Cheese Pinwheels 

• fillo dough, thawed
• unsalted butter
• black forest deli ham
• shredded mozzarella cheese
• pesto rosso (with sun-dried tomatoes)
• black sesame seeds (optional)

Turkey & Cheese Pinwheels 

• Fillo Factory country-style fillo dough
• unsalted butter
• deli turkey breast
• shredded cheddar cheese
• 3 tablespoons pesto (with basil)
• black sesame seeds (optional)

🔪 Instructions

1. Heat the oven to 350 degrees.
2. Place one sheet of fillo on a clean surface, and brush lightly with butter. Repeat with two more sheets of fillo. Spread the third layer of buttered fillo evenly with pesto rosso, leaving a 1-inch border. Place ham slices over pesto, overlapping if necessary, and sprinkle evenly with mozzarella cheese.
3. Starting with the short side of the fillo, carefully begin rolling the pastry tightly so it is compact. Butter the border of fillo to seal the seam.
4. Brush the outside of the roll with butter, and sprinkle with sesame seeds if using. Transfer the roll to a parchment-lined baking pan.
5. Repeat steps 1-4 with ingredients for turkey pinwheels.
6. Bake until deep golden, 20 to 25 minutes. Remove from the oven, and transfer to a wire rack until cool enough to handle.
7. Using a serrated knife, carefully slice the roll into 1-inch-thick slices, discarding the edges. Return to the baking pan, cut-side down. Bake until golden throughout, about 10 minutes.
8. Remove from the oven, and serve warm or at room temperature.

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Twice-Baked Two Ways Fillo Pinwheels Recipe

By Jas

From a mid-day snack to crowd-pleasing appetizer, these fun fillo pinwheels are easy to make and you will love all of its flavorful layers.

3.6 from 5 votes

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 30 minutes mins

Total Time 45 minutes mins

Course Appetizer

Cuisine American

Yields 16 servings

Calories 158 kcal

Ingredients

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Ham & Cheese Pinwheels

• ▢ 3 sheets fillo dough, thawed
• ▢ ½ stick unsalted butter, ¼ cup, melted
• ▢ 15 slices of black forest deli ham
• ▢ 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
• ▢ 3 tablespoons pesto rosso, with sun-dried tomatoes
• ▢ 1 tablespoon black sesame seeds, optional

Turkey & Cheese Pinwheels

• ▢ 3 fillo dough, thawed
• ▢ ½ stick unsalted butter, ¼ cup, melted
• ▢ 15 slices of deli turkey breast
• ▢ 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
• ▢ 3 tablespoons pesto, with basil
• ▢ 1 tablespoon black sesame seeds, optional

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Instructions

• Heat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Place one sheet of fillo on a clean surface, and brush lightly with butter. Repeat with two more sheets of fillo. Spread the third layer of buttered fillo evenly with pesto rosso, leaving a 1-inch border. Place ham slices over pesto, overlapping if necessary, and sprinkle evenly with mozzarella cheese.
• Starting with the short side of the fillo, carefully begin rolling the pastry tightly so it is compact. Butter the border of fillo to seal the seam.
• Brush the outside of the roll with butter, and sprinkle with sesame seeds if using. Transfer the roll to a parchment- lined baking pan.
• Repeat steps 1-4 with ingredients for turkey pinwheels.
• Bake until deep golden, 20 to 25 minutes. Remove from the oven, and transfer to a wire rack until cool enough to handle.
• Using a serrated knife, carefully slice the roll into 1-inch-thick slices, discarding the edges. Return to baking pan, cut-side down. Bake until golden throughout, about 10 minutes.
• Remove from the oven, and serve warm or at room temperature

Notes

• Use olive oil instead of butter or lightly coat fillo sheets with cooking spray.
• Substitute sesame seeds with poppy seeds.

Nutrition

Calories: 158kcal (8%) | Carbohydrates: 5g (2%) | Protein: 10g (20%) | Fat: 11g (17%) | Saturated Fat: 4g (20%) | Cholesterol: 30mg (10%) | Sodium: 490mg (20%) | Potassium: 100mg (3%) | Fiber: 1g (4%) | Sugar: 1g (1%) | Vitamin A: 193IU (4%) | Vitamin C: 1mg (1%) | Calcium: 105mg (11%) | Iron: 1mg (6%)

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