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Cheese and Tomato Puff Pastry Pastel
Pastries

Cheese and Tomato Puff Pastry Pastel

Cheese and tomato pastel in crisp puff pastry — a rich Mediterranean bake for any time of day.

⏱ 45 min🍽 8 servings 🌍 Mediterranean👩‍🍳 Afoona🧩 2 parts

👨‍🍳 Method

To assemble

  1. 1
    Preheat the oven to 190°C (375°F).
    ⚙ Preheating the OvenOven
    💡Put things in the oven only once it's reached temperature, after the heating light has gone off: an oven that hasn't reached temperature changes baking times, and the bake burns outside or stays underbaked.
  2. 2
    Roll out one sheet of pastry on a work surface and transfer it to a baking sheet.
    Rolling pinBaking pan
  3. 3
    Sprinkle the mozzarella cheese and 4 oz of the yellow cheese over the pastry.
  4. 4
    Arrange the cherry tomatoes and olives on top and sprinkle with the oregano, salt and black pepper.
  5. 5
    Cover with the second sheet of pastry, seal the edges and brush with beaten egg.
    Pastry brush
  6. 6
    Sprinkle the rest of the yellow cheese over the pastry and score it lightly with a knife.
    Knife
  7. 7
    Bake 25–30 minutes, until the pastry is crisp and golden and the cheese is bubbling.
    ⚙ BakingOvenBaking pan
    💡Check by the cue (until…), not just the clock: every oven bakes a little differently.
537calories
16 gprotein
33 gcarbs
37 gfat
● protein 12%● carbs 25%● fat 63%

Per serving (176 g), of 8 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (5) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Oven · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Toaster oven (Fits one small pan; good for small batches) · Air fryer (Small batches only, no runny batters) · Pot (Only for covered stews on the stovetop, no browning on top)
  • Baking pan · Also works: Glass / ovenproof baking dish (None) · Disposable pan (None)
  • Pastry brush · Also works: Spoon / teaspoon (regular) (Spread with the back of a spoon, less even) · Paper towels (Paper towel dipped in oil)
  • Rolling pin · Also works: Glass (for drinking/serving) (Bottle/glass, less even rolling) · Pasta machine (For pasta dough)
  • Knife · Also works: Food processor (Fast, less control over size) · Kitchen shears (For herbs/dough)

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