Asparagus feuilletés with chive butter sauce

Name: Asparagus feuilletés with chive butter sauce
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: Makes 8
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons chopped fresh chives; ½ quantity puff pastry; 1 egg, beaten; 1 teaspoon lemon juice; 150 g (5 oz) unsalted butter, chilled and cubed; 16 fresh asparagus tips, about 6 cm (2½ inches) long 80 g (2¾ oz) Brie, cut into 8 slices

Preparation info

Makes
8

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr 5

Appears in

Quiches & Pastries

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 1998

About

Feuilletés are puff pastry cases that are generally filled with meat, vegetables or seafood.

They can be either square, rectangular, triangular or diamond shaped. In this recipe they are filled with asparagus and Brie, and served with a mouthwatering chive butter sauce.

Ingredients

Filling

16 fresh asparagus tips, about 6 cm (2½ inches) long 80 g

Pastry
Vegetarian

Method

To make the filling, bring a pan of salted water to the boil, add the asparagus tips and cook for 2-3 minutes, or until tender. Drain the asparagus, refresh in iced water for 5 minutes, drain again, then transfer to a tray to cool (see Chef’s techniques).
Roll out the pastry on a lightly floured surface to a 21 x 26 cm (8½ x