Fetta pastry puffs with tomato salad

Recipes / Vegetarian

The just-made fresh tomato and mint salad is perfect with these salty cheesy pastry puffs.

Recipe «Fetta pastry puffs with tomato salad» presented in category Recipes / Vegetarian, to prepare this dish you will need no more 20 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 2 x 200g pieces Greek-style fetta, 1/3 cup finely grated parmesan or vegetarian hard cheese, 2 tbsp finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves, 1 tsp dried oregano, 1/4 tsp dried chilli flakes , 1 1/2 tbsp olive oil, 2 sheets frozen puff pastry, partially thawed, 1 egg, lightly beaten , Baby rocket, to serve, 1 1/2 tbsp olive oil, 1 tbsp red wine vinegar, 1 small garlic clove, crushed, 2 tsp dijon mustard, 2 tsp honey, 250g punnet cherry tomatoes, halved, 400g punnet tomato medley.

Ingredients:

  • 2 x 200g pieces Greek-style fetta 
  • 1/3 cup finely grated parmesan or vegetarian hard cheese 
  • 2 tbsp finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves 
  • 1 tsp dried oregano 
  • 1/4 tsp dried chilli flakes 
  • 1 1/2 tbsp olive oil 
  • 2 sheets frozen puff pastry, partially thawed 
  • 1 egg, lightly beaten 
  • Baby rocket, to serve 
  • 1 1/2 tbsp olive oil 
  • 1 tbsp red wine vinegar 
  • 1 small garlic clove, crushed 
  • 2 tsp dijon mustard 
  • 2 tsp honey 
  • 250g punnet cherry tomatoes, halved 
  • 400g punnet tomato medley 
  • 1/3 cup torn fresh mint leaves 

Instructions

  1. Cut each piece of fetta into 6 fingers. Place parmesan, parsley, oregano and chilli in a large bowl. Stir to combine. Drizzle fetta with oil. Toss the fetta in parmesan mixture to coat.
  2. Cut each pastry sheet in half. Cut each half into 3 even rectangles. Place 1 piece of fetta on each rectangle. Fold in sides and roll up to enclose filling (you may need to stretch pastry over fetta a little). Place on prepared trays, seam-side down. Freeze for 20 minutes.
  3. Preheat oven to 200°C/180°C fan-forced. Line 2 baking trays with baking paper.
  4. Brush pastry with egg. Bake for 20 minutes or until golden and crisp.
  5. Meanwhile, make Tomato salad: Place oil, vinegar, garlic, mustard and honey in a large bowl. Whisk to combine. Add tomatoes and mint. Season with salt and pepper. Toss to combine. Serve puffs with Tomato salad and rocket.