Cheese and Mushroom Pine Trees for a Veggie Christmas

"I've hung onto this recipe for years, knowing that I would need it one day. And this Christmas I will be using it. I thought I'd post it so as not to lose it. It's a puff pastry case in the shape of a pine tree, stuffed with a mixture of rice, boursin cheese and mushrooms. Decorate the tree with pastry scraps, cut out into the shape of baubles and stars. It looks festive enough to be a crowd pleaser, veggie or not."
 
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Ready In:
1hr 25mins
Ingredients:
14
Serves:
6
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ingredients

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directions

  • To make the filling, melt butter in a large pan and fry onions for five minutes, then add garlic and mushrooms. Cook for 10 mins until tender and all the juices have dried up.
  • Add the lemon juice and rind, rice, cheese, parsley, nutmeg and salt and pepper. Mix well, then chill.
  • Preheat the oven to 200C (400F, gas 6).
  • Cut pastry in half and roll each half to a 36 x 25.5 cm rectangle. (That's 14 x 10 inches) Fold these in half lengthways and cut the long edge of each into a Christmas tree shape.
  • Unfold and place tree on a baking sheet. Brush with egg, spoon filling into centre, and cover with second tree.
  • Seal the edges, prick tree and garnish with pastry scraps. Glaze with egg and bake for 30 mins until golden.
  • Gently heat fromage frais and herbs, season and serve hot with tree.

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Not much to tell! I'm a South African living in London, mother of four rangingfrom 25 to 9. I am desperately trying to get my children's stories published - anyone out there interested? Until my ship sails in, I cook, eat everything and anything, and then diet like mad. I love experimenting with new recipes and I absolutely hate spoilt kids who visit and say? "what is THIS?" and push it away without trying. My favourite cookbook is Mrs Beeton's family cookbook. 1994 edition.
 
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