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Pea, tarragon and cream cheese pithivier

Pea, tarragon and cream cheese pithivier

Name: Pea, tarragon and cream cheese pithivier
Total time: 50 min
Yield: Serves 2-4
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 × 500g pack puff pastry rolled out and cut into 2 × 14cm circles and 2 × 16cm circles; 1 onion finely chopped and cooked in a knob of butter until soft; 150g frozen peas defrosted; 125g cream cheese beaten until soft; small bunch tarragon chopped; ½ lemon zested; 1 egg beaten; a handful parsley chopped

Published: March 25, 2015 at 3:09 PM

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Serves 2-4

A little effort

Total time: 50 mins

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A pithivier is a classic French savoury tart, round in shape and marked with a sunbeam pattern. Once you have learnt the technique, it is easy to change the filling. This is a great vegetarian one to start with – peas, tarragon and cream cheese.

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Ingredients

Nutrition

1 × 500g pack puff pastry

rolled out and cut into 2 × 14cm circles and 2 × 16cm circles
1 onion

finely chopped and cooked in a knob of butter until soft
150g frozen peas

defrosted
125g cream cheese

beaten until soft
small bunch tarragon

chopped
½ lemon

zested
1 egg

beaten
a handful parsley

chopped

Nutrition: per serving

kcal253
fat89.2g
saturates42.8g
carbs95.3g
fibre4.7g
protein23g
salt2.41g

Method

step 1

Heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Mix all the ingredients together except the pastry and egg. Lay the 2 smaller pastry circles out on a baking sheet and heap the filling in the middle, brush around the edges with egg and lay the bigger circles on top.
step 2

Press the edges together with a fork, score a pattern on the top and brush with egg. Bake for 25 minutes or until puffed and golden.

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