Goats Cheese and Pepper Pastries

Flaky puff pastry with goat's cheese and red peppers. Serve with a simple side salad for an easy lunch. 

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As I had one of those long, pointed, sweet red peppers in my fridge, yes, just the one! 😃 I didn't really know what to do with it, but I had some goat's cheese too, and so these individual goat's cheese pastries happened.

On with the pastries......

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Yield: 2

Author: Jan Bennett

Goats Cheese and Pepper Pastries

Easy and delicious lunch served with a green salad.

Prep time: 10 MinCook time: 20 MinTotal time: 30 Min

Ingredients

• 250g of ready-made puff pastry - at room temperature
• 125g soft goats cheese - the kind that comes looking like a little log
• 1 half of a long, pointed sweet red pepper - sliced thinly into about 12 rings
• a tiny amount of vegetable oil for frying
• pesto from a jar
• a little milk or beaten egg for brushing the pastry

Instructions

Preheat your oven to 200°C/400°F or Gas 6

1. Begin by gently frying your pepper slices in a pan with a small splash of oil over low heat. You’re not looking to brown them, just soften them up, as they won’t spend much time in the oven and would otherwise stay crunchy. Once softened, take them out and set aside.
2. Now roll out your pastry into 2 oblongs or squares, keeping them about 1 cm thick. You can trim them to make them nice and neat.
3. Now, carefully score another oblong (or square, whichever you're making) about 2cms inside - so that it looks like a picture frame is the best way I can describe it.
4. Be careful not to cut all the way through, or the goat cheese will have nowhere to stay and will fall out the bottom. Hold off on adding the cheese for now.
5. Using a fork, poke holes in the area where the picture would be if it were in a frame; this helps keep the centre from puffing up while baking.
6. Without putting in the filling, place each pastry onto a non-stick baking tray, brush with a little milk and put into a preheated oven and bake for just 10 minutes.
7. They won’t have browned or fully cooked yet. Working quickly, carefully peel away one layer of pastry from the middle (the part that hasn’t puffed up). This creates a spot for the cheese to sit without spilling over the edges.
8. Add the goat’s cheese, layer on the pepper slices, and pop it back in the oven for another 8 to 10 minutes.
9. Remove from the oven, top with a little pesto and serve immediately.

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