Puff pastry with asparagus and mushrooms in creamy sauce

Name: Puff pastry with asparagus and mushrooms in creamy sauce
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: Makes 6
Ingredients: 250 ml (8 fl oz) milk; 60 ml (2 fl oz) crème fraîche or cream; 30 g (1 oz) plain flour; melted butter, for brushing; 250 g (8 oz) button or oyster mushrooms, thickly sliced; 45 g (1½ oz) unsalted butter; 1 egg, beaten; 15 asparagus spears, trimmed; 375 g (12 oz) ready-made block puff pastry

Preparation info

Makes
6

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 15

Appears in

Breakfasts

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 1998

About

An ideal brunch dish: crisp in texture, the pastry is filled with subtle flavours that come together harmoniously in a creamy sauce.

Ingredients

15 asparagus spears, trimmed
375 g (12 oz) ready-made block puff pastry

Vegetarian
Breakfast

Method

Bring a pan of salted water to the boil. Add the asparagus spears and cook for 4 minutes, or until tender. Remove from the pan, plunge into a bowl of iced water, drain well and set aside.
On a lightly floured surface, roll t