Asparagus And Cheese Puffs

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon oil (i prefer olive oil)
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 1 slice bacon, finely chopped
• 1 can asparagus, pieces
• 2 teaspoons chicken stock powder
• 4 tablespoons plain flour
• 1 can cream of asparagus soup
• 2 packets frozen puff pastry
• 1 egg (for egg wash)
• salt and pepper
• 1/2 cup shredded cheese

Recipe

• 1 set oven temperature to 180 degrees celsius.
• 2 grease two large oven trays.
• 3 place oil in a saucepan and heat.
• 4 add chopped onion and bacon and cook until onion is transparent.
• 5 add asparagus pieces and cook for about 1 minute.
• 6 add the plain flour to this mixture and cook again for a further minute stirring at all times.
• 7 pour soup, add stock powder, cheese, salt and pepper over the asparagus mixture and simmer for about 5 minutes on low.
• 8 prepare pastry by cutting 8 cm circles out (i use a tea cup to do this).
• 9 place a heaped teaspoon in the middle of the circle and fold pastry over to form a semi-circle and pinch with fingers or use a fork to close the edges.
• 10 (if you over-fill the pastries, the filling will burst out when cooking).
• 11 place on a greased oven tray, brush on egg wash and bake for about 15 minutes or until golden brown.