Name: Crab & leek pasties
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 500g pack puff pastry; 25g butter; 140g leeks washed and thinly sliced; pinch of saffron strands; 250g crabmeat (white or brown, or a mix of the two); small bunch parsley roughly chopped; 50g fresh white breadcrumb; 1 zest and juice 1 lemon; 1 egg beaten

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Crab & leek pasties

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Serves 4

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Prep: 20 mins

Cook: 35 mins

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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500g pack puff pastry
25g butter
140g leeks

washed and thinly sliced
pinch of saffron

strands
250g crabmeat

(white or brown, or a mix of the two)
small bunch parsley

roughly chopped
50g fresh white breadcrumb
1 zest and juice 1 lemon
1 egg

beaten

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal684
fat45g
saturates21g
carbs49g
sugars3g
fibre3g
protein23g
salt2.39g

Method

step 1

Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Roll out the pastry on a lightly floured surface, then cut round a plate to make four 18cm circles. Put in the fridge for 10 mins.
step 2

In the meantime, melt the butter in a frying pan. Cook the leeks for 5 mins until soft. Soak the saffron in 1 tbsp of boiling water for 2 mins. Tip the saffron and soaking liquid into the leeks and cook for 1 min more.
step 3

Put the crabmeat in a bowl with the parsley, breadcrumbs, zest and lemon juice and some seasoning. Stir in the leeks then divide the mix between the four pastry circles, laying the filling on one half of the pastry. Brush the edge with egg then fold the pastry over, pressing the edges together. Brush the pasties with egg and bake for 30-35 mins until golden. Leave to cool then serve warm or at room temperature with extra lemon wedges if you like.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, September 2011

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