Camembert & Cranberry Pithivier |
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Serves 4 |
Prep 15 mins |
Cooking 30 mins |
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+ 45 mins chilling |
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Ingredients |
Pastry & Camembert
500g block puff pastry
plain flour for dusting
1 Camembert (about 250g)
1 egg, beaten
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Chutney
200g frozen cranberries
1 onion, grated
1 Granny Smith apple, grated
50g dried cranberries, chopped
100g soft brown sugar
100ml white wine vinegar
1/2 tsp sea salt |
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Put all of the chutney
ingredients into a pan with 50ml water and simmer gently
for 30 mins until thick. Cool completely.
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Cut the puff pastry block into
two pieces. Roll one out on a lightly floured work surface
until it forms a rough 22 cm circle. Use a plate to cut
out a circle, ensuring that it is about 3 cm bigger than
the Camembert. Put onto a baking tray lined with baking
paper and spread with 2 tbsp of chutney in a circle
roughly the same size as the Camembert. Put the cheese on
top of the chutney and put in the fridge.
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Roll the other piece of pastry
into a round on a lightly floured work surface to a circle
5 cm bigger than the first circle. Take the pastry and
cheese out of the fridge and spread 2 tbsp of chutney over
the top of the cheese. Lay the second piece of pastry over
the top, gently mould round the cheese and cut to the same
size as the bottom. Use a fork to crimp the edges and seal
the Camembert in. Chill for 30 mins.
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Use a small knife to make a
5mm hole on the top of the pastry, then use the back of
the knife to make curved score marks from the hole at the
top down to the border edge (make sure you don't go
through the pastry, just score it). Brush liberally with
beaten egg, then chill for 15 mins. Heat the oven to
200C/Fan 180C/Gas6 then bake for 25 - 30 mins until puffed
and golden.
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Cool slightly before cutting
into wedges.
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