Rice Paper Spirals with a Cheese and Farmer’s Cheese Filling

These trendy and delicious “buns” are a lighter alternative to traditional baked goods — a wholesome, oven-baked dish with no dough, filled with a savoury cheese and farmer’s cheese mixture and wrapped in rice paper 

Ingredients (makes 10 spirals)

• 30 sheets rice paper, 12 cm in diameter

• 500 g farmer’s cheese

• 200 g feta cheese

• 100 g grated cheese

• 4 eggs

• 6 green onions

• Sesame seed mix, for sprinkling

Steps

1. Combine the farmer’s cheese, feta, and grated cheese

2. Separate the egg yolks from the whites and set the yolks aside

3. Lightly beat the egg whites with a fork and add them to the cheese mixture

4. Finely chop the green onions and add them to the filling

5. Mix everything well

6. Lightly moisten a cutting board with water

7. Dip the rice paper sheets, one at a time, in warm water. Arrange 3 sheets, overlapping slightly, on the cutting board

8. Spread a strip of filling down the centre of the rice paper

9. Roll the rice paper with the filling into a tube, then coil it into a spiral

10. Brush each spiral with egg yolk and sprinkle with the sesame seed mix

11. Bake in a preheated oven at 190°C (375°F) for 30 minutes, until golden brown