Appetizer

Today every group in the class made a different type of appetizer. A few were sweet, some were savory. We made an awesome chocolate appetizer.
After mixing a glass of nougat cream with hazelnuts we formed 24 small balls.
All appetizers were made out of phyllo pastry. This is a very thin type of pastry that gets flaky and crispy when you bake it. Because phyllo is so thin it dries out in seconds, so we always made sure that the part of the pastry we did not use was wrapped in plastic wrap.
To make the triangles we took two layers of the phyllo pastry, applied a thin film of melted butter on the one side of one layer and put the other one on top. By applying the butter the layers connect better and do not dry out so fast. After this we but the big piece in four long stripes and put one ball of the chocolate on the end. Then we folded them in form of a triangle. To understand that better please have a look at the
pictures. Often the boxes where the phyllo is stored in have instructions for many different ways of folding the pastry. Before we put them into the oven we spread a little bit melted butter on top, what provides colour and crispness. We baked the appetizer for about fifteen minutes in a 375F hot oven.
They were delicious! This appetizer can be served warm or cold. I think it is better to use this recipe as a dessert because it is very sweat. Any form of ice cream and fruit would go perfect with it!