Goat Cheese And Red Pepper Phyllo Triangles With Olive Frisée Salad

Serves: 6

Leila Emmerich

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

51

Spice

50

Sweetness

60

Sourness

42

mins

Prep time (avg)

4.8

Difficulty

Ingredients:

1 cup

Olive Oil

1 tsp

Salt

Directions:

1

Make phyllo triangles: Cover phyllo stack with 2 overlapping sheets of plastic wrap and then a damp clean kitchen towel

2

Arrange 1 phyllo sheet on a work surface with a long side nearest you (keep remaining sheets covered) and brush with some butter

3

Top with 2 more phyllo sheets, brushing each with butter

4

Cut buttered phyllo stack crosswise into 5 (12- by 3 1/3-inch) strips

5

Put 2 teaspoons red peppers and 2 teaspoons goat cheese near 1 corner of a strip and fold corner of phyllo over to enclose filling and form a triangle

6

Continue folding strip (like a flag), maintaining triangular shape

7

Put triangle, seam side down, on a baking sheet and cover with plastic wrap

8

Make 14 more triangles in same manner, using remaining phyllo and filling (you may have a little butter left over)

9

Heat oil in a 12-inch nonstick skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then fry triangles in 2 batches until golden, about 1 minute per side

10

Transfer with tongs to paper towels to drain

11

Cover phyllo stack with 2 overlapping sheets of plastic wrap and then a damp clean kitchen towel

12

Arrange 1 phyllo sheet on a work surface with a long side nearest you (keep remaining sheets covered) and brush with some butter

13

Top with 2 more phyllo sheets, brushing each with butter

14

Cut buttered phyllo stack crosswise into 5 (12- by 3 1/3-inch) strips

15

Put 2 teaspoons red peppers and 2 teaspoons goat cheese near 1 corner of a strip and fold corner of phyllo over to enclose filling and form a triangle

16

Continue folding strip (like a flag), maintaining triangular shape

17

Put triangle, seam side down, on a baking sheet and cover with plastic wrap

18

Make 14 more triangles in same manner, using remaining phyllo and filling (you may have a little butter left over)

19

Heat oil in a 12-inch nonstick skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then fry triangles in 2 batches until golden, about 1 minute per side

20

Transfer with tongs to paper towels to drain

21

Make salad: Whisk together vinegar, mustard, and salt in a large bowl, then add oil in a slow stream, whisking until emulsified

22

Add frisée and olives and toss with dressing, then season with pepper

23

Mound salad on plates and arrange phyllo triangles alongside

24

Whisk together vinegar, mustard, and salt in a large bowl, then add oil in a slow stream, whisking until emulsified

25

Add frisée and olives and toss with dressing, then season with pepper

26

Mound salad on plates and arrange phyllo triangles alongside