# Mushroom & Truffle Filo Pastry Cigars

Super flaky, crunchy mushroom and truffle filo pastry cigars with an umami bomb filling encased in a pastry that’s fried to perfection, perfect for a festive table.

- Cuisine: Mediterranean
- Category: Dessert
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 cup Milk
- Oil
- 200 g Mushroom
- 2 tbsp Butter
- 2 tbsp AP Flour/ Maida
- 1 tsp Chilli flakes
- 2 cloves Garlic
- to taste Salt
- to taste Pepper
- 1 pinch Nutmeg powder
- 1 tsp Truffle oil
- 0.25 cup Grated cheese
- as required Filo pastry sheets
- 2 tbsp Maida for slurry
- 3 tbsp Water for slurry
- Mayo

## Instructions

1. Heat up the milk in a pan and set it aside.
2. In another pan, heat up oil and sauté the mushrooms until they have some color on them.
3. Add the butter and flour to the mushrooms and cook for a couple of minutes until the flour becomes nice and brown.
4. Add chili flakes, grated garlic, and salt to the mushrooms and sauté for a couple of minutes.
5. Gradually add the warm milk a little bit at a time, gently combining until the sauce is nice and smooth.
6. Finish the sauce with pepper, nutmeg powder, and truffle oil, then mix well.
7. Take the sauce off the heat and cool it down.
8. Add some grated cheese to the cooled mushroom mixture and mix it all together.
9. Cut the filo pastry sheets into squares.
10. Stack three filo sheets, brushing each with a flour and water slurry to stick them together.
11. Pipe the mushroom and truffle filling in the middle of the stacked filo sheets.
12. Fold the filo pastry over the filling and roll it tightly to form a cigar, brushing the edges with slurry to seal.
13. Deep fry the prepared cigars in medium hot oil until they are nice and golden brown from the outside and cooked through.
14. Serve the mushroom and truffle filo pastry cigars hot and enjoy.

## Equipment

- Pan
- Brush
- Piping bag

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DP5_nSwDAj3/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/c5337aa9-43f1-4d05-8977-47f7194d89cd
- Extracted: 2025-10-18

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