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Blue Cheese and Spinach Roll

1 onion, peeled and diced
2 tsp minced garlic
dash oil
500grms Spinach
1/4 cup cream or Ricotta cheese
nutmeg, salt and pepper to season
12 filo pastry sheets
75g butter, melted
1/4 cup chopped walnuts
200g Creme Blue Brie

1. Cook the onions and garlic in the oil in a frying pan until tender. 2. Squeeze out the moisture from the cooked Spinach and add to the pan with the cream or Ricotta cheese. Season with the nutmeg, salt and pepper. Cook 3-4 minutes then cool. Scatter in the walnuts.
   
   1. Spread one sheet of filo pastry lightly with butter and place a second sheet on top. Repeat with a further 6 sheets of filo.
      
2. Arrange half the spinach mixture down the center of the filo. Cut the Cream Blue Brie into thick slices and place down the center. Arrange the remaining spinach on top.
   
3. Roll up the pastry to enclose the spinach filling. Place the roll join-side-down on a greased baking tray. Brush the remaining sheets of filo with butter and arrange decoratively on top.
   
   1. Bake at 190oC for 40 minutes until golden and crispy.
      
      
      
      

Yummy!~!~