Cheese and Onion Fold Over

Level: Easy

This is one of my favourite fold overs when I was in the UK. Every time I headed home right after my classes, I’d stop by at the Cost Cutter to pick up this warm, tasty pasty. Never more…you can try this easy-peasy lemon squeezy recipe. All you need to have is the puff pastry.

Cheese and onion fold over

Ingredients:

• 600g baking potatoes, peeled and chopped into chunks
• 300g mature cheddar, 200g grated, 100g cubed
• A pinch of black pepper (as much as you like it)
• one large french onion
• 1 egg, beaten
• 500g pack all-butter puff pastry

Method:

1. Heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Boil potatoes for 15 mins until tender, then drain well and smash a little. Cool slightly.

2. Mix the cheese, black pepper and onions with the smashed potatoes and stir to make a mouldable filling. Roll out the pastry to a rectangle about 25 x 35cm. Carefully lift onto a baking sheet and brush all over with beaten egg.

3. Press the cheese mix along one of the long sides of the pastry, leaving 2cm pastry free on one side for sealing, and half of the pastry empty on the other side for folding over later. Fold the pastry over the filling and press the edges together, before trimming with a knife and sealing well by pressing the edges with a fork.

4. Brush with egg and bake for 30 mins. Cool, then slice and serve. Can be made 1 day ahead.

Taken and edited from: http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/69607/easy-cheese-and-onion-slice