Puff-pastry Lids

Name: Puff-pastry Lids
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 500 g (1 lb) ready-made puff or shortcrust pastry; 500 g (1 lb) ready-made puff or shortcrust pastry; 1 egg yolk, whisked with 1 teaspoon milk or water; 1 egg yolk, whisked with 1 teaspoon milk or water; 1 egg yolk, whisked with 1 teaspoon milk or water; 1 egg white, whisked to a froth

Preparation info

Makes
6
lids

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
30 min

Appears in

Good Soup Book

By Lindsey Bareham

Published 1997

About

This impressive ‘garnish’ can be used for any soup but is particularly good with Mushroom Soup with Mushroom Gremolata and other aromatic soups. You will need to use bulbous rather than flat-style soup bowls, which will also need to be ovenproof.

Ingredients

500 g (1 lb) ready-made puff or shortcrust pastry
1 egg yolk

Pastry
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to Gas Mark 7/220°C/425°F. Roll out the pastry 5 mm (¼ inch) thick and cut it into circles about 4 cm (1½ inches) wider than the soup bowls. Working quickly on one bowl at a time, paint a 4 cm (1½ inch) band of egg white round the outer rim of the