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Cheese and potato whirls

Easy to make, great party food and the kids love them!

★★★★★ Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars. 2 Ratings
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  • Recipe:

    Sent in by Cheryl

  • Difficulty: Medium
  • Serves 4
  • Vegetarian
  • Freezable

Preparation

Total time
50 Mins
Preparation time
30 Mins
Cooking time
20 Mins
  • 200g potatoes, mashed

  • 1 onion, diced

  • 1 egg, beaten

  • 100g cheese, grated

  • 250g puff pastry (ready made)

  • 1 tsp English mustard powder

  • 1 tbsp parsley, finely chopped

  • 2 tbsp milk

  1. Boil the potatoes until tender, then mash the with milk and cheese

  2. Fry the onions in a drop of oil until soft and then add to the mix

  3. Add parsley and mustard to mix

  4. Season to taste

  5. Preheat oven 180'C/Gas mark 4

  6. Then roll out your pastry (depending on how many you want to make you could halve the pastry and make pasties for yourself as well)

  7. When you have rolled out your pastry, spread your cheese and potato mix onto the whole of the pastry just leaving a little space on one end (about 1cm)

  8. Roll your pastry so you have what looks like a swiss roll, put a little milk along the last edge to keep in place

  9. Glaze the top using the egg, then cut your swiss roll width ways into slices

  10. Place on baking tray and cook for about 20 minutes or until golden

You will need

Baking tray - This non-stick one from MasterClass is electroplated and sandblasted for extra durability - see more details here at Amazon.

Food chopper - Designed to make food-prepping and cooking easier, this two-blade cutter chops and dices in one swift motion by closing the lid. Perfect for onion-cutting - see more details here at Amazon.

Rollling pin - this solid beech rolling pin revolves to make light work of pastry and dough - see more details here at Wilko.

Tips

These cheese whirls look so tempting. They make a perfect party food or snack for kids and adults alike!

Serve with ketchup for kids, or sweet chilli sauce for grown-ups.

Variations

If you want to give them even more of a pizza flavour, you could stir some small chunks of tomato and pepperoni into the mix, and add a little oregano, too.

Reviews

★★★★★ Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars. 2 Ratings
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  • P P(9)

    ★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.

    My children have had these in school and love them so I will be making these in the holidays for them.

    Reviewed on 18/07/15

  • Guest

    ★★★★☆ Rated 4 out of 5 stars.

    So simple to make , these would be a very welcome addition to a summer picnic.

    Reviewed on 11/02/15

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