Name: Mixed Vegetables in a Cider Cream Sauce with A Puff Pastry
Ingredients: 500 g Mixed Vegetables; (cut into small; ; florets or batons); 25 g Butter; 2 Shallots; (finely chopped); 500 ml Dry Cider; 400 g Puff Pastry; 150 g Cheddar Cheese; (grated); 2 tb Creme Fraiche; Salt and Fresh Ground Black Pepper

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables, Dairy		Starter, Here’s one , Earlier2	4	servings

INGREDIENTS

500	g	Mixed Vegetables; (cut into small
		; florets or batons)
25	g	Butter
2		Shallots; (finely chopped)
500	ml	Dry Cider
400	g	Puff Pastry
150	g	Cheddar Cheese; (grated)
2	tb	Creme Fraiche
		Salt and Fresh Ground Black Pepper

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Melt the butter in a pan and fry the shallots until softened.
2. Add the cider to the pan and bring gently to a boil. Put the vegetables
in a steamer and steam over the cider until just cooked, but retaining a
little crunch.
3. Boil the cider mixture down until you are left with 100ml. Stir in 2
tbsp of Creme Fraiche.
4. Taste the sauce and add salt and pepper. Return the vegetables to the
pan with the sauce.
5. Roll out the pastry to approximately 5mm in thickness and cut out 4
pieces measuring 150mm by 80mm.
6. Sprinkle the pastry pieces with the cheese and bake for 15 to 20 minutes
at 200ºc / 410ºf / Gas Mark 6.
7. Remove the pastry from the oven and allow to cool slightly before
slicing in half horizontally.
8. Spoon the vegetables on top of the bottom layer of pastry adding some of
the cream sauce. Use the remaining pastry with the cheese to place on top
of the dish.
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NOTES : Chef:Greg Robinson
Converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.

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