Home Economics: Mini Pastry Savouries

Hi there!

Today I will be writing about how I made Mini Pastry Savouries in Home Economics.

Ingredients:

• 2 pre-rolled sheets of flaky puff pastry 
• 1-2 eggs
• pinch of salt
• pinch of pepper
• 1-2T Milk
• 1-2 slices of ham, shredded (optional)
• 1-2 cherry tomatoes, chopped (optional)
• 100g Edam cheese, grated (optional)
• frozen corn, thawed (optional)
• frozen peas, thawed (optional)

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 200°C. Using pastry cutters, cut circles to fit patty pans. Chill in fridge. 
2. Mix: egg, pinch of salt, pinch of pepper, 1T milk. (Make again if needed/if you run out!) Whisk with fork.
3. Transfer egg mixture into a measuring cup.
4. Place ham, cheese, cherry tomatoes or whatever your preferred toppings into your pastry case.
5. Carefully pour egg mixture into each case. Don't spill any!
6. Bake for 8-10 minutes.
7. Cool and eat.

Notes:

• Keep pastry as cold as possible
• My group left our ones in the oven for an other 7 minutes after switching to the 'fan bake' setting. 

Sensory Evaluation:

My Mini Pastry Savouries turned out amazing. The pastry was soft and flaky on the outside as well as being soft on the inside of the pastry. The egg mixture was well seasoned and was soft and springy when bitten into. My group added cheese, ham, cherry tomato to our pastries and it tasted really good, the different toppings provided for a nice array of texture in the pastries. The tops of the pastries were light brown and crispy while the inside was soft and light. Our pastry puffed up very nicely in the oven and gave extra volume to our product. There were many different flavours in the Mini Pastry Savouries, they all went together brilliantly. I will definitely be making them again!

Here are some photos of my end outcome:

Thanks for reading!