chesse whirls

busiscoming2

Hi there I want to makecheese whirls or cheese and oninon whirls but can't seem to find a recipe. Is it a bread mix thats used?

helenamy123

hi,

this is from the indexed collection posted by magenta sue originally.

School dinner favourite, ideal way of using up leftover mashed potatoes. I use frozen puff pastry but sometimes make a quick(?) version using

8 oz plain flour, pinch salt
8 oz butter, cut into small dice
cold water to mix

Gather into ball of dough, put in plastic bag and chill in fridge. Roll into oblong, fold in three and roll again. Chill, fold and roll into a large oblong. See why I usually use frozen pastry?;)

You can add chopped onion to the potatoes, just lightly fry first. Takes 25 mins if you have the potatoes ready, 45 if you have to start from scratch.

Preheat oven 200C

1 pack puff pastry rolled into an oblong

6 medium potatoes peeled, boiled and mashed
salt, pepper
1 tablespoon chopped parsley (optional)
6-8 oz grated cheese

Mix the potatoes, salt, pepper,parsley and cheese together.

Beat 1 egg and add most of it to the potatoes to make the mixture spreadable.

Brush the long edges of the rectangle of pastry with beaten egg. Spread the potato mixture over the rest of the pastry.

Roll the pastry up like a swiss roll, then cut into slices. Lay the slices down flat on a lined baking tray. Any leftover egg can be brushed on the pastry. To freeze put the tray in the freezer for an hour or two until they are solid, remove with a fish slice and put in bags or boxes.

Bake 10-15 minutes until the pastry in golden brown.

To cook from frozen Put on a baking tray, leaving room to spread and defrost for 3-4 hours at room temp then bake as above

hope this helps

helen