Cheese And Onion Pasties

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• puff pastry (i use frozen, but homemade is fine if you are a purist)
• 1/2 ounce unsalted butter
• 2 medium onions, finely chopped
• 1/2 lb double gloucester cheese or 1/2 lb cheddar cheese, grated
• 4 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped

Recipe

• 1 thaw the pastry.
• 2 if using homemade, put your dough in the refrigerator to chill.
• 3 preheat oven to 400°f.
• 4 melt the butter in a frying pan on a low heat.
• 5 mix in the onions and cook them until they are just beginning to soften.
• 6 mix them with the cheese and parsley.
• 7 roll out the pastry and cut out 4 rounds, each about 6 inches in diameter.
• 8 put a quarter of the cheese mixture on one half of each one.
• 9 fold over the other side and crimp the edges together.
• 10 lay the pasties on a floured baking sheet and brush them with milk or beaten egg.
• 11 bake them for 30 minutes and serve hot.