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Cheese and Onion Pasties
A pack of shop pasties costs around £3 for four, and the homemade version costs 65p each and tastes significantly better. Ready-rolled puff pastry is one of the great supermarket shortcuts – it costs about £1.20 and turns cheap fillings into something that looks and tastes properly impressive. Cheese and onion is the classic, but the same method works with any leftover filling.
Total cost: £2.60 (£0.65 per portion) – Serves 4 pasties. Prep: 15 mins | Cook: 30 mins
Cheese and Onion Pasties
Homemade pasties that cost a fraction of the shop-bought versions. Ready-made pastry keeps this simple, and the filling is just onions, potato and cheese - cheap ingredients that taste brilliant together.
Ingredients
Method
- Preheat oven to 200C/180C fan/Gas 6. Boil the diced potato for 8 minutes until just tender. Drain and set aside.
- Melt the butter in a pan. Add the onions and cook gently for 10 minutes until soft and sweet. Season well.
- Mix the cooked potato, onions and grated cheese together in a bowl.
- Unroll the pastry and cut into 4 equal squares. Divide the filling between them, piling it on one half of each square.
- Brush the edges with beaten egg, fold over to make a triangle shape and crimp the edges with a fork.
- Place on a baking tray, brush with egg wash and bake for 25-30 minutes until golden and puffed.
Tips and Variations
Make sure the filling is completely cool before you put it on the pastry or the butter will melt and make the pastry soggy. These freeze uncooked – just add 5 minutes to the baking time from frozen. Add a pinch of mustard powder to the cheese for extra flavour.
Is it cheaper to make this from scratch? Use our Cook vs Buy Calculator to compare the real cost of homemade vs shop-bought.
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