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Filo pastry recipes

Wonderfully flaky and satisfying crispy, filo pastry is a truly versatile ingredient. Discover our favourite filo pastry recipes below.

Ideal for adding texture to sweet or savoury dishes, use filo in desserts including our chocolate tahini ruffle pie and honey, sesame and filo cheesecake puddings or to create stand-out mains, such as Ottolenghi’s curried cauliflower cheese pie.

We’ve got filo pastry recipe classics too, such as spring rolls, spanakopita, cherry strudel and baklava (plus a chocolate version), as well as alternative ideas using this thrifty ingredient. These sausage rolls with cider and apple use filo rather than puff pastry for an extra-crunchy finish – and this salmon pie is topped with filo for the same effect.

Check out our best shortcrust pastry ideas and puff pastry recipes too.

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Spinach

Greens and goat’s cheese ‘everything’ crinkle pie

This easy greens pie is packed with leafy veg folded into creamy goat's cheese. Top with golden filo and seeds for extra crunch.

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Easy

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Ramadan

Nadiya Hussain’s samsas (sweet nutty samosas)

Nadiya Hussain shares her recipe for samsa. These sweet versions of samosas are stuffed with nuts and fruit and often served during Ramadan.

Vegetarian

Easy

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Filo pastry

Vegetarian filo Christmas wreath

Food writer Elly Curshen’s spectacular filo-wrapped wreath makes a perfect vegetarian Christmas main or Christmas buffet centerpiece.

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Easy

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Courgettes

Courgette and feta filo triangles

Courgettes retain their sticky juiciness once baked in these crisp filo triangles. The perfect late-summer picnic bites or party nibbles.

Freezable Vegetarian

Easy

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Filo pastry

Patlıcanlı rulo börek (Turkish aubergine and pepper filo rolls)

Özlem Warren’s aubergine börek, with their crisp and golden filo pastry, bring a taste of traditional Turkish cuisine to your summer table.

Freezable Vegetarian

Medium

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Savoury tarts

Candice Brown’s goat’s cheese, smoked salmon and asparagus filo tart

This smoked salmon filo tart by Bake Off champion Candice Brown is so versatile. Light enough for lunch but also perfect for supper.

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Filo pastry

Filo-wrapped feta with spiced honey

Georgina Hayden's easy filo-wrapped feta is a guaranteed crowdpleaser. It's served drizzled with spiced honey and sprinkled with thyme.

Vegetarian

Easy

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Make-ahead desserts

Galatopita (Greek filo custard pie)

Galatopita is a sweet milk pie from Greece. Georgina Hayden shares her recipe for this classic Greek pud, using golden filo pastry.

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Harissa

Harissa, feta and filo cigars

Tangy feta meets fiery harissa and sweet honey, in this filo cigars recipe. The perfect pre-dinner bite or fancy snack – no humidor required.

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Easy

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Vegetarian Christmas dinners

Root vegetable, chickpea, and feta tart

Looking for a vegetarian main that looks impressive but doesn’t take hours to make? Sabrina Ghayour's root veg and feta tart is the answer.

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Easy

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Miso

Miso shiitake mushroom tart

A seriously tasty and umami-rich mushroom tart. The filling is full of funghi and thrumming with chilli, ginger and garlic.

Vegetarian

Easy

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Pears

Pear and brown butter strudel

This easy pear strudel – flavoured with nutty brown butter, cinnamon and brandy-soaked sultanas – is a fantastic dessert for feeding a crowd

Vegetarian

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Sustainable recipes

Hake cigars with saffron yogurt

Nathan Outlaw's filo-wrapped hake cigars make the perfect starter or nibbles. Serve with saffron and herb yogurt.

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Vegetarian pies

Ottolenghi’s butternut crunch pie

This ruffled filo pie from team Ottolenghi cleverly treads the line between sweet and savoury, with a top note of zingy heat thanks to a scattering of pickled chillies.

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Armenian pakhlava with pomegranate syrup

Armenian pakhlava is similar to baklava. The buttery filo pastries have a sweet pomegranate syrup and are served at festive gatherings.

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Easy

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Quick and easy desserts

Sweet filo triangles with cardamom, clementine and pistachios

Fragrant cardamom, sticky citrus, crunchy nuts and crisp pastry – this beautiful, festive dessert can be put together in the time it takes to bake the filo.

Vegetarian