Crab Triangles

250 gms Filo Pastry

125 gms butter

CRAB FILLING

6 green Shallots

1 tlbspn Madeira or Dry Sherry

2 Hard Boiled Eggs (optional)

1 tlbspn Chopped Olives

45 gms Butter

250 gms Crab Meat

1 Egg Yolk

Salt & Pepper

BECHANNEL [sic] SAUCE

1/3 Cup Milk

Sliced Onion

Few cracked Peppercorns

Some Mace (optional)

1/2 Bay Leaf

45 gms Butter

3 tlbspn Plain Flour

Green Herbs (optional)

Method: Finely chop shallots & saute in butter until softened. Flake crab & remove any bony tissue. Add to shallots with remaining filling ingredients and blend into bacchanal [sic] sauce. Lay filo pastry flat on a damp tea towel and cover with a 2nd tea towel, so pastry doesn't dry out. Melt butter and brush each sheet of filo & fold in half. Cut filo into 3rds. Brush with butter again. Place a large teaspoon of filling in corner and fold into triangles. Brush triangles with butter. Place on ungreased tray and bake in Mod over 190 C for 45 mins or until puffed & golden brown. Serve piping hot. (Can use any Seafood).

Source: contributed by K. Eldredge in Cookbook: St Joseph's School, Clare (Clare: St Joseph's School, 1991), p.12.

Pineapple Quiche

Fillo pastry (for savoury dishes)
120g cream cheese
30g butter
2 tablespoons plain flour
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon prepared mustard
2 eggs, beaten
6 tablespoons milk
450g crushed pineapple
125g bacon, fried and chopped

Method: Place 5 or 6 layers of fillo pastry in an ovenproof dish, brushing each layer with melted butter. Cream together the cheese, butter, flour, nutmeg and the mustard. Add the eggs and milk. Cover the pastry with the pineapple and the bacon. Pour the filling mixture over. Cover with several more layers of fillo pastry, brushing each layer with melted butter as before. Bake in a moderately hot oven for 30 minutes or until golden. Serve hot.

Source: contributed by C. Esworthy in The Princess Royal Cookbook compiled by a sub-committee of The Muscular Dystrophy Association of South Australia (Kent Town: Peacock Publications, 1984 reprint of 1981 first edition; ISBN 0909209502), p.14.