CHEESE AND POTATO PASTY
CHEESE AND POTATO PASTY
CHEESE AND POTATO PASTY

Ingredients
  • 225g/8oz plain flour
  • 100g/3½oz butter
  • 1 free-range egg
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 80g/3oz walnuts
  • crushed finely
  • milk
  • to bind (if necessary)
  • 400g/14oz new potatoes
  • cut into cubes and boiled until tender
  • 400g/14oz smoked cheese
  • cut into cubes
  • handful baby spinach
  • 2 red onions
  • cut into wedges
  • roasted for 30 minutes
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 free-range egg
  • beaten
  • for egg wash
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 onion
  • sliced
  • 1 garlic clove
  • finely sliced
  • 1 chilli
  • finely chopped
  • thumb-sized piece fresh ginger
  • sliced into matchsticks
  • 450g/1lb carrots
  • grated
  • splash green ginger wine
  • 150g/5oz demerara sugar
  • 150ml/5fl oz white wine vinegar
  • 1 tsp ground cloves
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
Directions
  • Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6.
  • For the pastry place the plain flour
  • butter
  • egg
  • seasoning and walnuts into a food processor and pulse until combined into a dough. Add a splash or two of milk if necessary to bring the dough together. Remove and roll the dough into a ball
  • then cover with cling film and place into the fridge to chill for two hours.
  • Remove the dough from the fridge and cling film. Roll out on a clean floured surface to 2cm/1in thickness and cut out a round using a 15cm/6in plate as a guide.
  • For the filling
  • place the new potatoes
  • cheese
  • spinach and red onions into a bowl. Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper and mix well.
  • Now place the potato mixture onto one half of the pastry. Fold over the other half to cover
  • crimp the edges to seal and brush with the egg wash. Place onto a baking sheet and place into the oven to bake for 20 minutes
  • or until crisp and golden.
  • For the chutney
  • heat the oil in a frying pan over a medium heat. Add the onion
  • garlic
  • chilli and ginger and fry until soft.
  • Add the carrot and cook for ten minutes.
  • Add the ginger wine and boil to reduce
  • until nearly all of the liquid has evaporated.
  • Add the sugar
  • vinegar
  • cloves and cinnamon and simmer for 15-25 minutes
  • or until the liquid has reduced and the mixture is thickened.
  • To serve
  • place the pasty on a plate with the chutney spooned alongside.