Goat's cheese & onion pastries

Goat's cheese & onion pastries

Use a hearty shortcrust base then top with creamy cheese and crunchy walnuts and contrast with watercress salad

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 8

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 50 mins

Cook time

Cook 10 mins

Vegetarian

Vegetarian

Method

  1. For the onions, heat the oil in a non-stick pan. Add the onions, stir well, then cover and cook for 15 mins, stirring every now and then. Stir really well and add the sugar, lots of seasoning and the walnuts, olives and rosemary. Cook for 5 mins more, until soft and very golden.
  2. Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Thinly roll out the pastry, then stamp out 8 fluted rounds with a 10cm cutter. Prick with a fork, then bake for 10 mins. Mix the dressing ingredients together. This can all be prepared a few days ahead.
  3. Pile the onions onto the pastry rounds, top with goat's cheese and place a walnut half on top of the cheese. Bake for 10 mins until the cheese is melty. Toss the watercress with the dressing, pile onto plates and serve the pastry on top.
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Sara says...

'Most of the elements can be made ahead - an impressive dish with very little effort.'

PER SERVING

546 kcalories, protein 14g, carbohydrate 27g, fat 43 g, saturated fat 20g, fibre 3g, sugar 5g, salt 1.8 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, December 2009.

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  • 30 December 2009

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    24 May 2010

    RAB rated and commented on this recipe

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    I made these as a main course, using puff pastry instead. Served with boiled green beans tossed in sauteed tomato and garlic. Very nice as a veggie supper

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  • 26 February 2011

    DeborahHartup rated and commented on this recipe

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    This is really good! I made all the different components through the day, really easy, then as the main course was cooking, I put it all together and wacked in the oven for 10 minutes, looked amazing, tasted stunning- all the guest were super-impressed! The goats cheese looked too much before it was cooked, but once cooked and went all melty it was just a perfect amount for the salad, pastry and onion bit. The dressing was really simple but complimented the creamy cheese so well. Definitely make that again!

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  • 28 December 2011

    StudentNurseMum commented on this recipe

    I have just made a 'dummy run' of this for a dinner party on NYE...It is fantastic, I'm certain my friends will love it. Very easy...just delicious.

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  • 24 December 2012

    denythefencedee commented on this recipe

    Not tried it yet - but I think this needs some good balsamic on the side to dress

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    20 March 2013

    Deb commented on this recipe

    Made this for a dinner party starter & was a real success. Not a walnut fan so used pecans instead & dressed the leaves with a mix of balsalmic & olive oil. Will make again!

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 8

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 50 mins

Cook time

Cook 10 mins

Vegetarian

Vegetarian

Ingredients

FOR THE ONIONS

FOR THE PASTRY & TOPPING

  • 500g pack all-butter shortcrust pastry
  • 4 Capricorn goat's cheese , halved (keep the rind on)
  • 8 walnuts halves

FOR THE DRESSED WATERCRESS

  • generous handfuls watercress
  • 1 tbsp red wine vinegar
  • 3 tbsp walnut oil
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PER SERVING

546 kcalories, protein 14g, carbohydrate 27g, fat 43 g, saturated fat 20g, fibre 3g, sugar 5g, salt 1.8 g

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