Easy cheese & onion slice

Easy cheese & onion slice

This cheesy dish is a great buffet recipe for guests to just help themselves to

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Cuts into 8-10 slices

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 30 mins

Cook time

Cook 45 mins

Vegetarian Freezable

Vegetarian

Can be frozen unbaked

Method

  1. Heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Boil potatoes for 15 mins until tender, then drain well and smash a little. Cool slightly.
  2. Mix the cheese, cayenne and onions with the smashed potatoes and stir to make a mouldable filling. Roll out the pastry to a rectangle about 25 x 35cm. Carefully lift onto a baking sheet and brush all over with beaten egg.
  3. Press the cheese mix along one of the long sides of the pastry, leaving 2cm pastry free on one side for sealing, and half of the pastry empty on the other side for folding over later. Fold the pastry over the filling and press the edges together, before trimming with a knife and sealing well by pressing the edges with a fork.
  4. Brush with egg and bake for 30 mins. Cool, then slice and serve with caramelised red onions. Can be made 1 day ahead

467 kcalories, protein 16g, carbohydrate 35g, fat 31 g, saturated fat 19g, fibre 2g, sugar 1g, salt 1.37 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, December 2009.

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  • 16 November 2009

    rozzie rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    My husband and I thought this was delicious. I've made it twice now and will again.

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  • 10 December 2009

    Frantic Flapjack rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    This was easy to do and very tasty. Although I stuck to the same dimensions for the pastry as it states in the recipe, the end result was very large and I still had quite a lot of filling leftover.

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    22 December 2009

    Di rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I used 200g cheddar (100g grated/100g cubed) which was lovely. I really don't think it needed any more. Nice easy recipe, will make again.

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  • 26 December 2009

    Natalie rated this recipe

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  • 06 January 2010

    suzy rated this recipe

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  • 06 April 2010

    fluffy rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    i made this recipie but made single pies and used them as i needed them, i froze them before baking, although they didnt last long!! i think they taste much better than some shop bought pies and you only need a few ingredients. Fantastic.

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  • 20 May 2010

    rancegal rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I made this for a 'faith supper' our music society were holding. It went down very well and I plan to make it again. For the cubed cheese I used Red Leicester which made it more colourful, and I am intending to use Stilton another time. Delicious, and so easy.

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  • 21 June 2010

    Robyn rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Made these for my wedding buffet and although i dont know how well they went down at the party (i was abit busy on the day!!) i served a slice to my mum and had some myself straight from the oven. Now, i really no not like this kind of thing - pastry, cheese and onion yuk BUT i thought this was rather tasty and would certainly make again. I am considering the filing as an alternative to normal mash as i think it would suit something plain like chicken... MMmmm :) good recipe

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  • 21 August 2010

    sunshine rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This was a lot bigger than I imagined and so we had lots left over......but that was fine with me as it is lovely as a snack warmed until it goes gooey in the centre! Delicious!

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  • 19 November 2010

    vegetarian recipes rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    fabulously tasty

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  • Binder photo kim

    10 December 2010

    kim rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    wow this made 13 full size pasties, very tasty, added a teaspoon of fennel seeds to spice up a bit, they were supposed to be for xmas but have all gone already!!!!

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  • 12 December 2010

    Ann Duffy rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This is such a tasty recipe - made it twice for school staff buffets, and they keep asking for it. Very easy to make and freezes well.

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  • 23 December 2010

    scrummy commented on this recipe

    great! i aded a couple of carrots and parsnips and some sliced sausages i had leftover divine!

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  • 28 December 2010

    Julie Tulip rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    DELICIOUS!!! As part of our buffet table, this went down really well! I used a 375g pack of pastry ... but it still worked fine (a small amount of spare filling but not much ... just enough for chef to do a generous taste test!!!!!). Much more tasty than expected! Really enjoyed it and will def make again.

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  • 31 December 2010

    mamapat rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Made this for a Boxing day party, it was so easy and so good!! I should have made two as it disappeared so fast.

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  • 31 December 2010

    Bean commented on this recipe

    Tried this out for an early New Year party last night and it went down really well. Very tasty and so easy to make. I used 375 g of pasrty and have enough filling to make another now. I rate this as a success, as was the party - shame about the permanent ink I managed to get onto my new pale grey leather handbag!!!!

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  • 07 January 2011

    sue b commented on this recipe

    I made this for a family Christmas party and it was very popular. It was so easy to make and yet so tasty. I am looking forward to making, and eating it again.

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  • 17 January 2011

    mumlig commented on this recipe

    Tried this for a buffet but used emmental cheese and a leek - very tasty. Went down a treat with my guests - none left!!

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  • 21 January 2011

    x Silver x commented on this recipe

    I love this !! I found it best to use one pre rolled sheet of puff pastry and just reduce the potatoes by 100g and the cheese by 50g and it fits perfectly without bubbling cheese out the sides!!!

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  • 05 February 2011

    Fave Recipes commented on this recipe

    OMG this is gr8. Made it last night, changed it a bit tho. Used 200g cheddar and 100g stilton, didn't add spring onions and spread the caramelised onion along the pastry before putting the cheese mixture on top. It was really good, will be making again :o)

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Cuts into 8-10 slices

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 30 mins

Cook time

Cook 45 mins

Vegetarian Freezable

Vegetarian

Can be frozen unbaked

Ingredients

  • 600g baking potatoes , peeled and chopped into chunks
  • 300g mature cheddar , 200g grated, 100g cubed
  • pinch cayenne pepper
  • large bunch spring onions , finely sliced
  • 1 egg , beaten
  • 500g pack all-butter puff pastry
  • jar caramelised red onions (we used English Provender Company), to serve
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467 kcalories, protein 16g, carbohydrate 35g, fat 31 g, saturated fat 19g, fibre 2g, sugar 1g, salt 1.37 g

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