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Cheese
and Trout pastry bites
Ingredients
For the
pastry
350 g prepared
Puff pastry, chilled
75g Winterdale Shaw Farmhouse Cheddar cheese, grated
1 egg yolk, mixed with 1 tbsp water
For the
topping
110g Montgomery's
Cheddar cheese
2 Leeks, finely sliced
25g Butter
1 lime
pinch grated Nutmeg
pinch freshly ground black pepper
110g rainbow trout fillets, skinned and cut into thin strips
Prep time:
20 mins
Cook time: 20 mins
Serves: 24 pastry bites
Method
1. Preheat
the oven to 200C/gas 6. Roll out the pastry to a 25cm x 10cm rectangle.
Sprinkle the top two-thirds of the pastry with the grated cheese.
Fold the bottom third up to cover the middle third and then fold
the top third over this. Give the pastry a quarter turn. This
incorporates a layer of cheese into the puff pastry.
2. Roll out
the pastry to the thickness of a £1 coin. Cut into 5cm squares
and place on a baking sheet. Brush with the egg glaze.
3. Thinly
slice the cheddar cheese into similar size squares and use to
cover each pastry square.
4. Lightly
sauté the shredded leek in the butter for 2 - 3 minutes. Use half
the lime to squeeze juice over the leeks. Season well and spoon
the leeks onto the cheese covered pastries. Top with strips of
trout.
5. Place pastries
on a baking sheet lined with baking parchment and bake for 15-20
minutes until the pastry is well risen and golden.
6. Garnish
with thin slices of lime and serve warm.
NOTE: These
lovely little snacks can be prepared in advance and frozen until
needed!
Cheese
Biscuits
Ingredients
100g Butter
100g Flour
100g Ashmore Farmhouse or Quicks No Kidding Goats Cheese
Fennel seeds
cayenne pepper
caraway seeds, poppy seeds, cumin seeds and Paprika, (optional
alternative toppings)
For the
egg wash:
1 egg yolk
1 tbsp water
Prep time:
5 mins
Cook time: 5 mins
Serves: 4-6
Method
1.Place the
butter, cheese and flour into a food processor and whiz until
the mixture forms a smooth dough.
2. Remove
the dough from the processor and form it into a long log shape,
with a diameter of about 5cm. Wrap the log up tightly in cling
film and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
3. When you
are ready to cook the biscuits, set the oven to 190°C/gas 5 and
line two baking trays with baking parchment. Unwrap the log and
cut it into thin slices. For thin, crispy biscuits, slice them
as thinly as possible. Lay the biscuits on the baking trays.
4. Make an
egg wash by mixing the egg yolk with one tablespoon of water.
Brush the egg wash over the biscuits to glaze them. Top the biscuits
with some fennel seeds and cayenne, or use any combination of
caraway seeds, poppy seeds, cumin seeds, or paprika.
5. Bake for
4-5 minutes, depending on the thickness of the biscuits, until
golden brown. Transfer to a wire rack to cool and store in an
airtight tin
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