Savoury Danish Pastries with Bacon & Blue Cheese
What's the big idea?
I thought this twist on the traditional Danish pastry would make an unusual starter. They did. Trouble was, they were so tasty that nobody was interested in a main course - they just wanted more of these!
In the end I decided that maybe the best thing to do is to make some for the start of the match, then another batch for half-time, and then serve the "main meal" after the final whistle.
They're also great to take with you if you're going to watch a game.
Makes 8 pastries
Shopping List
Here's the list of what you need, and if you click the link on the right, the nice people at Tesco will deliver it for you!
- 1 tablespoon (Danish) butter
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped
- 1 clove of garlic (crushed)
- 12oz diced (yes, Danish!) back bacon
- ½ teaspoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon English (what, not Danish?!) mustard
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- Freshly ground black pepper to taste
- 4oz crumbled Danish blue cheese
- 1-2 tablespoons sour cream
- 12oz puff pastry (the ready made frozen stuff is fine!)
- 1 egg, beaten
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What To Do
 Pre-heat the oven to 400F/200C/Gas Mark 6.
Meanwhile, heat a the butter in a frying pan. Fry the onion and garlic for 5 minutes until golden.
Add the bacon and fry, stirring occasionally, until cooked.
Add the paprika, mustard, Worcestershire sauce and black pepper to the pan.
After a couple of minutes, remove from the heat and allow to cool for at least 10 minutes.
Mix in the Danish blue cheese and sour cream.
Roll out the puff pastry and cut into eight squares.
Divide the bacon & cheese mixture equally between the pastry squares.
Fold two diagonally opposite corners of each pastry square into the middle, to cover most of the cheese mixture.
Glaze with a little beaten egg.
Grease and line a baking tray with greaseproof paper. Place the pastries on this and bake
for 20-25 minutes, or until golden brown.
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