Vegetarian plait Recipe
- 2 red peppers
- 2 orange peppers
- 2 yellow peppers
- 2 red onions
- 2 garlic cloves
- ½ packet readymade puff pastry
- 2 x 150g/5oz soft goats' cheeses, sliced
- small bunch fresh thyme
- 1 free-range egg, beaten
- Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6.
- Roughly slice the peppers, red onions and garlic and place on baking tray. Bake in the oven for approximately 30 minutes until soft and well browned.
- Roll out the pastry into a rectangle about 25cm/10in x 20cm/8in.
- Put the cooked vegetables down the middle of the pastry. Lay the cheese slices evenly down the middle. Scatter with small sprigs of thyme.
- With a sharp knife, cut slits 3cm/1in apart, 1cm/½in away from the peppers mixture to the edge of the pastry, slanting away from you. Brush with beaten egg.
- Starting at the end nearest to you, fold the pastry alternately over each other, to give a 'plait' effect. Brush the top with beaten egg.
- Transfer to a baking tray and bake in the centre of the oven for 30 minutes, reducing the temperature to 150C/300F/Gas 2 after 20 minutes. Serve in slices hot or cold.
