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A baked Cheese and Onion Plait, slice through showing the filling

Cheese & Onion Plait

Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 35 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
Servings: 8
Calories: 378kcal
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A delicious Cheese & Onion Plait, with a filling of Cheese, caramelised onions leeks all encased in buttery puff pastry

Ingredients

  • 450-500 g potatoes peeled and chopped
  • 150 g mature cheddar cheese grated
  • 2 Teaspoons Olive oil
  • 1 large leek sliced into 1 cm rounds
  • 2 cloves garlic peeled and finely chopped
  • Salt & Pepper
  • 2 teaspoons Olive Oil
  • 1 Red Onion peeled and sliced
  • 1 sheet chilled puff pastry
  • 1 egg beaten

Instructions

  • irst boil your potatoes in a pan of water for 20-25 minutes until tender
  • Next break those potatoes up with a fork and add your grated mature cheddar on top and mix, season with salt & pepper - leave on onside to cool
  • Then sauté your leeks in a frying with garlic in a drop of olive oil, over a medium heat for approx 10 minutes until soft - tip them out into a dish again leave to cool, season
  • In the same frying pan add another teaspoon olive oil and sauté your onions for approx 8 minutes - they need to be soft, don't burn them
  • Preheat your oven 200C/400F/Gas 6
  • Remove your pastry from the fridge and unroll the sheet
  • Pile your potato and cheese mix down the centre in a sausage shape and make a 'trough' down the middle (you could say a ditch) and fill with your leeks
  • Finally top with your red onions
  • Next using a knife slice 2cm slices down your pastry and simply lift one over the filling then another from the other side and continue until the whole Cheese & Onion plait is covered.
  • Using a fork crimp / seal the ends Egg wash the while plait, lift onto a baking tray and bake at 200C for 35-40 minutes until golden brown and your pastry is baked
  • Remove from the oven and slice and enjoy

Notes

*** All nutritional information is approximate and intended as a guide 

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts
Cheese & Onion Plait
Amount per Serving
Calories
378
% Daily Value*
Fat
 
24
g
37
%
Saturated Fat
 
8
g
50
%
Trans Fat
 
1
g
Polyunsaturated Fat
 
2
g
Monounsaturated Fat
 
12
g
Cholesterol
 
40
mg
13
%
Sodium
 
230
mg
10
%
Potassium
 
330
mg
9
%
Carbohydrates
 
31
g
10
%
Fiber
 
2
g
8
%
Sugar
 
2
g
2
%
Protein
 
10
g
20
%
Vitamin A
 
405
IU
8
%
Vitamin C
 
14
mg
17
%
Calcium
 
160
mg
16
%
Iron
 
2
mg
11
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.