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  • Ooh!

  • Today I'm making savouries for the end of the meal. You've caught me about to make pastry.

  • For these cheese seftons you will need:

  • Cheshire cheese

  • flour

  • cayenne pepper

  • butter

  • and for the puff pastry: flour

  • butter

  • and water.

  • Now I've made a dough of water and flour with a good pinch of salt, I'm going to

  • roll it out on this marbled surface. It's important for puff pastry to keep it cool.

  • Normally I would make this in the pastry room but I thought I'd bring this

  • out so I could show you how I do it.

  • So the first thing I'm going to do is to

  • roll out my pastry into a rectangular shape.

  • And now it's ready, I'm going to

  • divide it roughly into three - just little marks with my fingers - and in the middle third

  • spread the butter.

  • It doesn't need to completely cover the space but you

  • don't really want too large gaps.

  • Now the butter is covering the middle, I'm going

  • to brush away the extra flour here - otherwise it won't stick - fold over the edges

  • Turn it and then roll it back into its rectangle. I'll then divide it into three

  • again, put more butter in the middle, fold it, turn it and repeat the whole thing

  • but without the butter. And then, just in case it's got a little warm, leave it somewhere to chill.

  • For my cheese mix, I'm going to use Cheshire Cheese - a pale, crumbly, sharp cow's cheese

  • ideal for cooking.

  • I'm going to rub in the butter.

  • And I'm going to add a pinch of cayenne pepper.

  • Quite a big pinch.

  • And now, to combine it with my pastry.

  • Now I've rolled and turned my pastry one more time,

  • it's time to add the cheese mix

  • spreading it out, making sure it's well covered. Fold it over, brushing off any

  • extra flour, otherwise it won't stick.

  • I shall roll this out to a rectangle, divide it into three, then put the rest of

  • the cheese mix in the middle...fold it, turn it, roll it one final time.

  • So seven turns in total. The trick is seven or eight turns.

  • Now to cut it out.

  • There are many different recipes for savouries nowadays, it's become quite fashionable.

  • A very British habit!

  • You can display these in lots of different ways.

  • I like to put them in rings.

  • Once you've cut them out, put them on a well-buttered baking tray

  • and then place them in the oven.

  • They take about 10 or 15 minutes in the oven, but you must keep an eye on them,

  • you don't want them to get too dark.

  • There you are - cheese seftons.

Ooh!

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