Recipe: Onion and Cheese Pastries

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Description/Notes:

Probably the most popular pastrie in your picnic hamper

Ingredients:

12 oz. (350g) cooked onions

4 oz. (125g) grated cheese

1 teaspoon of chopped parsley

salt and pepper

quarter pint of white sauce

pinch of nutmeg

8 oz. (225g) short crust pastry

Cooking Instructions:

1. Pre-heat oven to 400F, Gas Mark 6, 200C
2. Roll out the pastry thinly and cut into 4 inch (10 cm.) rounds
3. Chop the onions, mix with all the other ingredients and season carefully
4. Put a good spoonful of the mixture on each pastry round
5. Damp edges and fold over, pressing edges well together
6. Score across the top of the pastry, put on a baking tray and bake in the pre-heated oven for 25-30 minutes