Asparagus Pastry and other Ingredients......

Asparagus pastry and other vegetables comine to make some great snacks and finger food. Here you will find a number of recipes based on asparagus encased in a pastry in one way or another.

My favouritie for Party nibbles are the Asparagus and Goats Cheese Filo rolls. They are VERY easy to make and cook in no time.

Also incredibly easy and very tasty is the Puff Pastry topped with stir fried vegetables shown above center.

Asparagus and Goats Cheese Filo rolls

Puff Pastry Topped with Stir Fried Vegetables

Serves: 4 for a fairly filling snack or cut into pieces coudl serve 8-10 as starters.

Ingredients:

• 1 pack Ready to roll Puff Pastry, fresh
• Asparagus, Fresh or Frozen
• Mushrooms
• Red, yellow or orange sweet pepper
• Olive oil
• Cherry tomatoes
• Tomatoe Puree

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 200C


2. Snap the ends off the asparagus and rinse in cold water, if using frozen do not defrost use from frozen


3. Cut asparagus into chunks about 1-2cm long


4. Chop mushrooms and pepper into 1-2com cubes


5. Cut a standard pack of puff pastry into four equal squares and roll each out to make four squares about 6 inches by 6 inches.


6. Spread each square with a thin layer of tomato puree leaving a 2cm border


7. Heat a little olive oil in a frying pan and fry quickly for a minute or two (not very long at all they will continue to cook in the oven)


8. Spread the vegetable mix on the puff pastry leaving a border of about 2cm and top with cherry tomatoes cut in half


9. Place on a baking sheet and cook for about 8 - 10 minutes or until the pastry turns a golden colour. Watch it to be sure it does not burn


10. Serve warm or cold (warm is best)with salad

you could add a few pieces of cheese for a tasty finish but its not necessary Other ways to combine asparagus pastry and a host of other ingrediants can be found under:

Asparagus Quiche

Salmon and Asparagus

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