User Manual

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SERVES 4PREPARATION TIME - 15 MINUTES
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ICNIC PASTIES
Beef Stroganoff (page 21); Picnic Pasties (page 20).
Microwave Tip: Drying herbs
Place a handful of fresh herbs between two sheets
of kitchen paper on the turntable. Heat on MEDIUM
HIGH for 3 minutes until dry. Ensure the herbs do
not become too dry. Woody herbs take a little longer
to dry than leafy herbs.
200g (7oz) cooked ham, roughly chopped
25g (1oz) margarine
100g (4oz) button mushrooms, finely sliced
4-6 spring onions, finely sliced
5ml (1tsp) dried mixed herbs
salt and pepper to taste
100g (4oz) cheese, grated
pastry:
100g (4oz) plain flour
100g (4oz) plain wholemeal flour
5ml (1tsp) dried mixed herbs (Tip , this page)
salt and pepper to taste
100g (4oz) margarine
cold water to mix
1 egg (size 3), beaten to glaze
1 Combine ham, margarine, mushrooms, onion,
herbs and seasoning. Cook on HIGH for 2-3
minutes. Stir in cheese, allow to cool.
2 To make pastry mix flour, herbs and seasoning.
Rub in margarine until mixture resembles
breadcrumbs. Add enough water to form a soft
dough. Roll out pastry, cut out four 20.4cm (8")
circles of pastry and dampen edge with water.
3 Spoon ham mixture into the centre of each pastry
circle. Fold pastry over to form a semi-circle pasty.
Pinch edges together and brush surface with egg.
Place two pasties in a greased flan dish.
4 Place on high rack and cook on DUAL GRILL,
MEDIUM HIGH for 5-6 minutes until brown and
crispy. Repeat for the remaining two pasties.