Spinach Pasties (chaussons à la florentine) Recipes

Ingredients :

2 portions Petit Suisse or  40g cream cheese

1 egg yolk

1/2 oz grated Gruyere or Lancashire cheese

4oz cooked spinach, well drained and chopped

salt, pepper

12oz bought puff pastry

Beat the cream cheese with almost all the egg yolk and the grated cheese. Add the chopped spinach to this mixture and season. Reserve a little egg for glazing the pastry. Roll out the pastry to a thickness of 1/8 in. Cut into 8 rounds, 3.5-in in diameter. Put some of the cheese and spinach mixture in the centre of each round. Damp the edges and fold into half-moons. Pinch the edges hard to make a firm seal. Glaze with the reserved egg and cook for 15 minutes in a hot oven 220C, 425F, Gas 7.

Serves 8

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