mini fillo shells...

[BarbaraRose]

I am having a Tupperware party in a couple of weeks and need to serve some snacks. I have some frozen mini fillo shells but am needing some ideas on what to put in them? And do I need to bake them first or not? I have never used fillo shells before so any ideas (veggie, fruit or ??) would be great!

[mitch5252]

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I have no experience, so I can't testify to the deliciousness of the product, but here ya go.
Some of the recipes sound good.

http://www.athensfoods.com/consumers/recipes.aspx

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[JudyJB]

What do they look like in the package? Do they look like they are cooked and are flaky and nice and brown? I am guessing they are not cooked because they would get soggy being frozen.

My mother used to use a kind of puff pastry. After she cooked the pastry, and very close to when she would serve them, she would fill them with a mixture of crabmeat and mayonnaise with just a bit of finely chopped cucumber. (Scape the seeds out before you chop them.) She used canned crabmeat--it does not take much to fill a lot of pastries as you are only putting a small spoonful in each.

Or you could put a tiny spoonful of chicken salad in each one.

[BarbaraRose]

Thanks Mitch for the link. Lots of great ideas on there!

Judy, that would be a good idea for the chicken salad or even tuna or egg salad.

The recipes I looked at all said to bake the shells for 3-5 minutes to make them crispier.

[Bethers]

Everything I find shows how you cook it (and how long) depends on the recipe. Here's basic info on using it, though:

http://busycooks.about.com/cs/cookingme ... odough.htm