Birthday is over! Its time to get excited for Christmas!! First stop: Thanksgiving. I was initiated into the church of eat as much as you possibly can last year and I'm keen for this years'. In my true Christmas tradition, I'm preparing my meals early to save rushing (and time for replacing if its a disaster). I've used the same recipe I made for my Christmas dinner a coupe of years ago.
First, the leeks were roughly chopped and lightly sweated in a large frying pan. Once they begun to brown, spinach was added to the pan to allow it to wilt slightly before adding to a mixing bowl.
While the leeks were cooking, I chopped the pre-cooked chestnuts into quarters and coated in nutmeg and beaten egg. Some of the egg was kept back for the glaze later.
This was all added to the mixing bowl and mixed together along with the chunks of goat cheese. It looked, smelt and tasted delicious, let me tell you. (Not that I had a cheeky taste before it cooked...)
Next I rolled out a pre-made block of puff pastry into a rectangle big enough to envelope the filling. This was slid onto a prepared baking tray, where the filling was spooned down the middle of the pastry. Egg wash was brushed around the edges of the pastry so the ends could be folded over and then the rest wrapped around the filling.
The top was brushed with the rest of the egg and the parcel was popped in the oven for around 40 minutes to bake. It looks and smells amazing and I have no idea how I'm going to get it to north London on Saturday!
Stay tuned for a cross section picture at the weekend!
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