• Privacy policy
  • T&C’s
  • About Us
    • FAQ
  • Contact us
  • Guest Content
  • TLE
  • News
  • Politics
  • Opinion
    • Elevenses
  • Business
  • Food
  • Travel
  • Property
  • JOBS
  • All
    • All Entertainment
    • Film
    • Sport
    • Tech/Auto
    • Lifestyle
    • Lottery Results
      • Lotto
      • Set For Life
      • Thunderball
      • EuroMillions
No Result
View All Result
The London Economic
SUPPORT THE LONDON ECONOMIC
NEWSLETTER
The London Economic
No Result
View All Result
Home Food and Drink Recipes

How To Make: Date, Feta & Couscous Filo Parcels

A quick easy dish championing highly nutritious dates, packed with antioxidants, fibres, minerals, and vitamins.

Jon Hatchman by Jon Hatchman
2021-04-30 14:28
in Recipes
Filo pastry parcels with feta, couscous, and dates

Photo courtesy of Traidcraft

FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmailWhatsapp

In addition to being highly nutritious and packed with antioxidants, fibres, minerals, and vitamins, dates are synonymous with Ramadan. Observed from 12th April until 12th May this year, Ramadan is an Islamic tradition where Muslims don’t eat or drink when it is light, ending their fast after sunset. Fasting teaches Muslims self-discipline and to be considerate of the poor who may go without food. During Ramadan, Muslims are also encouraged to spend more time with their family and friends, pray, and give up bad habits.

Jump to Recipe Print Recipe

Native to the Middle East, dates were eaten by Prophet Muhammad, according to the Qur’an, to break His fast, and Muslims strive to live by His teachings. Fasting for a significant part of the day, between dawn and sunset, can also bring on headaches, low blood sugar levels, and fatigue, but by eating dates when breaking their fast, these ailments can be prevented, with dates providing a healthy source of nutrition, fibre, sugar, and carbohydrates. Due to the carbohydrate content, they also digest slower, ultimately leaving you fuller for longer.

According to reports from Traidcraft, supplier of biscuits, sales of dates skyrocket in the months leading up to Ramadan every year. In 2020, sales were around 39 percent higher than the months July to September. To tie in with Ramadan, Traidcraft have also shared a selection of date recipes for breaking the fast, including these filo pastry parcels filled with feta, couscous, and dates.

Filo pastry parcels with feta, couscous, and dates

Filo pastry parcels with feta, couscous, and dates

Print Recipe Pin Recipe
Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Cook Time 30 minutes mins
Total Time 40 minutes mins

Ingredients
  

  • 100 g butter
  • Filo pastry sheets
  • 150 g natural yoghurt
  • 2 tbsp honey
  • Poppy seeds
  • Pomegranate seeds for decoration
  • 150 g feta
  • 8-9 dates
  • 1 cup couscous

Instructions
 

  • Boil a kettle and put a cup of boiling water on top of the couscous. Cover the couscous and let it sit for four minutes.
  • Melt the butter.
  • Cut the filo pastry sheets thinly and crumble some of the feta, roughly chopped dates, and couscous on top.
  • Diagonally fold the top right of the pastry to the bottom left of the filling and wrap it with the bottom section of the filo, folding over the remaining pastry to form a triangle shape, leaving a flap at the bottom.
  • Spread melted butter on the remaining flap to seal, and fold into the parcel.
  • Cook in the oven for 25 minutes at 180C/Gas 4 until golden brown and sprinkle with poppy seeds.
  • Mix the natural yoghurt and honey and eat the parcels with pomegranate seeds.
Keyword Dates, Filo Pastry, Pastry

RELATED: How To Make: Pecan Banoffee Pie

RelatedPosts

How To Make: Coronation Chicken for the King’s Coronation

How To Make: Tiramisu

How To Make: Club Sandwich

How To Make: Chicken Tinga

Subscribe to our Newsletter

View our  Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions

About Us

TheLondonEconomic.com – Open, accessible and accountable news, sport, culture and lifestyle.

Read more

SUPPORT

We do not charge or put articles behind a paywall. If you can, please show your appreciation for our free content by donating whatever you think is fair to help keep TLE growing and support real, independent, investigative journalism.

DONATE & SUPPORT

Contact

Editorial enquiries, please contact: [email protected]

Commercial enquiries, please contact: [email protected]

Address

The London Economic Newspaper Limited t/a TLE
Company number 09221879
International House,
24 Holborn Viaduct,
London EC1A 2BN,
United Kingdom

© The London Economic Newspaper Limited t/a TLE thelondoneconomic.com - All Rights Reserved. Privacy

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Lottery Results
    • Lotto
    • Set For Life
    • Thunderball
    • EuroMillions
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • Lifestyle
  • Food
  • Travel
  • JOBS
  • More…
    • Elevenses
    • Opinion
    • Property
    • Tech & Auto
  • About Us
    • Privacy policy
  • Contact us

© The London Economic Newspaper Limited t/a TLE thelondoneconomic.com - All Rights Reserved. Privacy

← Brits reveal age they stop worrying about what other people think of them ← Kate Hoey says Irish used ‘threat of IRA bombs’ to get its way in Brexit talks
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Lottery Results
    • Lotto
    • Set For Life
    • Thunderball
    • EuroMillions
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • Lifestyle
  • Food
  • Travel
  • JOBS
  • More…
    • Elevenses
    • Opinion
    • Property
    • Tech & Auto
  • About Us
    • Privacy policy
  • Contact us

© The London Economic Newspaper Limited t/a TLE thelondoneconomic.com - All Rights Reserved. Privacy

-->