Goats Cheese & Thyme Palmiers

Ingredients:

2 Tb spoons Thyme Leaves
300 grams Goats Cheese
1 packet of Puff Pastry
Cracked black pepper
Salt
2 Eggs
100 ml Milk
1 Medium size Onion (peeled, rough dice)
5 Cloves Garlic (peeled)


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Method

1. Combine the goats cheese, thyme leaves, 1 egg, garlic and onion. Season.
2. Blend in food processor until a fairly smooth paste.
3. Whisk together the egg and milk.
4. Lay out the pastry and spread the goats cheese mix using a palette knife, onto the pastry. Leave a 1 cm edge.
5. Starting from one edge begin to roll the whole edge evenly towards the centre (like a swiss roll) stopping in the centre.
6. Repeat process from the opposite side (so it looks like you have two swiss rolls together).
7. Pre heat oven to 210 deg C
8. Slice the log approx ½ cm thick.
9. Lay on greased baking trays and bake in oven for 15-18 minutes.
10. Leave to cool. Serve with a sprinkle of Sea Salt and your favourite olive oil.

Orange and poppy seed pudding

Ingredients:

300g Butter
300g Caster Sugar
4 Orange Zest
200ml Orange juice (reduced to 100ml)
4 Eggs
15g Baking Powder
250g Flour
2 tbsp Poppy seeds
½ tsp Nutmeg
½ tsp Cinnamon
½ tsp Ginger

Method:

1. Cream the butter and sugar
2. Add the orange juice and zest
3. Add the eggs and the sifted flour, baking powder &
spices
4. Add the almond meal & poppy seeds
5. Cook for 20-25 minutes on 220C
6. Once the pudding has been unmoulded, brush with the orange syrup

Orange Syrup
200g Icing Sugar
150ml Orange juice
3 tbsp Cointreau
Method: Heat the orange juice & sugar together & finish with the cointreau