Tasty homemade cheese & onion pasties...very cheap to make.

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I have just made these for lunch and they have gone down a treat with my DD(4) & DS(7). yummy, very cheap and quick to make.

have you got a recipe? Sound yummy

Block of Mild cheddar cheese grated.
Onion, I just used half an onion so it wasnt too strong, sliced very finely.
Roll of ready rolled puff pastry, or you could make your own.
1 egg beaten, to glaze.
fresh ground pepper.

Pre-heat oven to 200.
Cut pastry into squares, pastie sized.
Place one square on to baking tray (use baking paper to prevent it sticking underneath)
Handful of cheese and a pinch of diced onion, fresh ground black pepper.
Place another square of pastry on the top and crimp around the edges with a fork.
Brush on beaten egg. Prick to let out he steam.

Repeat with however many you need.
Place in oven for 20-25 mins until golen brown.
Take out, leave to cool slightly as cheese filling can be very HOT!

Serve with salad and enjoy!

To make the cheese go further you can add potatoe I am a real cheepscate

Thanks for recipe and the potato tip, I think I might make them for dd and I this week

thanks for recipe - have copied it and will certainlt use! Potato would work well there. And a bit of mustard powder for people who like it hot (like me!)

I use potato too - just some thinly sliced pieces - just bulks them out a bit.

We use potato mashed and added with milk as well.

I like to do little ones in jam tart cases:

Shortcrust pastry in jam tart cases - prick the bottoms with a fork and bake blind for a few minutes.

Fill with a mixture of mashed potato, lightly fried onions and lots of grated cheese then bake until brown and crispy on top. These are good cold in lunchboxes - or would be if fussy dd1 would actually eat cheese.

Great recipe. Need something comforting... thanks

Aw, I got all excited then but I only have shortcrust pastry and DH has just eaten the last egg.

Can you please put this in the recipe section? (So I don't have to cut and paste and then forget where I've saved it when I finally get round to buying the pastry...)

It is in the recipes section??! isnt it?