Cheese And Onion Pasty Greggs Food

GREGGS CHEESE AND ONION PASTY

Steps:

• Peel and boil the potatoes in slightly salted water until they're soft, then drain well and mash them, but don't be tempted to add any butter or milk.
• Stir in the cheddar, soft cheese and mustard into the mash while it's still hot and put aside.
• Add the butter to a large frying pan and melt, then add the onions and cook while stirring now and then, for at least 15 minutes over low heat until they are soft but not coloured.
• If you rush, your onions will taste raw and by cooking them slowly they will be sweeter in taste.
• Stir the pepper and remove the pan from the heat.
• Add the buttery onions to the potato and cheese mixture.
• Using a wooden spoon, mix together until you have a smoothish mixture. It will be quite dry looking but once they are in the oven the cheeses will melt and your filling won't be dry at all.
• Remove the pastry from the fridge 10 minutes before un-rolling.
• Unroll the pastry sheets and cut out the pastry to size. I cut mine to 16cm by 11cm, you will get four slices out of each 320g pack, so 2 pasties.
• Put the pastry shapes onto a baking tray onto a non-stick baking tray or onto greaseproof paper and brush around the edges with beaten egg.
• Spoon the filling into the middle of one side of each pastry and top with another slice of pastry.
• Using a folk crimp the pastries around the edge to seal.
• Take a sharp knife and cut 'V' shapes and then brush all over the tops with the egg wash.
• Brush the pastry all over with egg wash and score with a knife. Bake on the middle shelf of your preheated oven for 20 minutes or until golden brown.

CHEESE AND ONION PASTIES

Steps:

• Thaw the pastry.
• If using homemade, put your dough in the refrigerator to chill.
• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Melt the butter in a frying pan on a low heat.
• Mix in the onions and cook them until they are just beginning to soften.
• Mix them with the cheese and parsley.
• Roll out the pastry and cut out 4 rounds, each about 6 inches in diameter.
• Put a quarter of the cheese mixture on one half of each one.
• Fold over the other side and crimp the edges together.
• Lay the pasties on a floured baking sheet and brush them with milk or beaten egg.
• Bake them for 30 minutes and serve hot.

MINI CHEESE & ONION PASTIES

Steps:

• First, make the pastry. Tip the flour into a bowl. Holding the block of butter in its wrapper, grate it directly into the flour (you may need to dip the end of the butter into the flour occasionally if it becomes sticky). Add the cayenne pepper, mustard powder and half the beaten egg, and season with a pinch of salt. Bring everything together with your hands until the mixture starts to clump together. Tip the pastry onto the work surface and knead very briefly into a smooth ball, adding up to 3 tbsp cold water if it's too dry. Squash the pastry into a disc. Wrap and chill while you make the filling.
• Heat the oil in a frying pan and cook the onions and thyme leaves for 8-10 mins until the onions have softened and started to caramelise. Tip into a bowl and leave to cool. Once cool, mix in the grated cheese, mustard and spring onions.
• Heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6 and line a baking tray with baking parchment. Roll the chilled pastry out on a lightly floured surface to the thickness of a £1 coin. Cut out as many 10-12cm circles as you can (you can use a cup or mug as a template), then re-roll any off-cuts and repeat. You should get about 10-12 circles in total.
• Spoon a mound of the filling into the centre of each pastry circle, leaving the edges clear. Working with one circle at a time, brush a little of the remaining beaten egg around the edge, then bring two sides up to meet in the middle in a half-moon shape. Pinch the pastry together, crimping the edge to seal. Transfer to the baking tray and repeat with the remaining pastry circles and filling. Brush all the pasties with some beaten egg. Will keep frozen for two months.
• Bake the pasties for 20-25 mins (or 40-45 mins from frozen) until the pastry is deep golden brown. Leave to cool for at least 10 mins before eating warm, or cool completely and pack into containers for a picnic. Will keep in an airtight container for up to three days.