Cheesy cod bites in puff pastry parcels
Puff pastry parcels stuffed with cod fillets and Džiugas cheese.
| Cheesy cod bites in puff pastry parcels | |
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| Servings: | Serves 4 |
| Calories per serving: | 1145 |
| Ready in: | 1 hour, 10 minutes |
| Prep. time: | 40 minutes |
| Cook time: | 30 minutes |
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| Recipe author: | Chef |
| First published: | 1st November 2015 |
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Best recipe reviewCheesy AND crunchy 4.7/5 Neat idea and healthier than deep frying. |
Ingredients
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- for the puff pastry parcels
- 800 g cod fillet slices
- 500g puff pastry
- 4 teaspoons panko breadcrumbs
- 4 scant teaspoons of dijon mustard
- 4 tablespoons of grated Džiugas cheese
- Finely chopped fresh dill - dried dill will do at a push
- sea salt, freshly ground black pepper
- Juice from half a lemon
- 1 egg, beaten
- for the sauce
- 200 ml double cream
- 2 teaspoons of dijon mustard
- The zest from half a lemon
- sea salt, freshly ground black pepper
- A tablespoon of capers
Mise en place
- Preheat your oven to 200° C (400° F - gas 6), [fan oven 180° C & reduce cooking time by 10 mins per hour]
Method
- Lay out your sheets of puff pastry (or roll it out)
- Pop the fish slices into a bowl, sprinkle with lemon juice and season with salt and black pepper.
- Allow to marinate for 30 minutes.
- Sprinkle the insides of the puff pastry with Panko breadcrumbs and lay the fish fillets on top.
- Coat with mustard and then sprinkle with grated Džiugas cheese.
- Fold the pastry up and pinch the edges to make a good seal.
- Cut a slot in the top of the pastry so steam can escape.
- Brush with the beaten egg.
- Bake on a non-stick baking tray at 200° C for 15 minutes then reduce the heat to 160° C (325° F - gas 3), [fan oven 140° C] and bake for a further 15 minutes or until nicely browned.
- sauce
- Add the cream to a small pan together with the zest from half a lemon, season with salt and pepper and gently simmer.
Serving suggestions
Serve the fish pasties with the creamy sauce and sprinkle with capers.
Variations
For a nice change (and an economical one) try using basa fillets instead of cod.
If you can't get Džiugas cheese, try Parmesan cheese, it's quite similar.
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