Cheese and Asparagus Pastries

Name: Cheese and Asparagus Pastries
Ingredients: 8 oz / 230 g cheese, grated; 1 lb / 455 g puff pastry; 8 oz / 230 g trimmed fresh asparagus (the tender green parts and tips only); milk or beaten egg, to glaze; freshly ground black pepper; juice of ½ lemon; 4 ripe tomatoes, peeled, deseeded and chopped; salt; milk or beaten egg, to glaze; milk or beaten egg, to glaze; 8 basil leaves; 2 oz / 60 g butter

Preparation info

Makes
8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Times Cookbook

By Frances Bissell

Published 1995

About

Buying asparagus loose during the short season, one is often left with an assortment of different sizes. Here is one way of using them up.

Ingredients

8 oz / 230 g trimmed fresh asparagus (the tender green parts and tips only)
1 lb /

Starter
Vegetarian

Method

Bring a saucepan of salted water to the boil and throw in the asparagus. Boil vigorously for 5 minutes, or until just beginning to become tender. Drain and refresh under cold running water. Roll out the puff pastry, and cut out eight circles. Divide the asparagus between the eight circles, arranging it on one half only. Divide the cheese into eight and heap it up on top of the asparagus. Top th