Swiss Cheese and Ham Pastries
You know by now that I LOVE all Swiss food. In particular, I find a great Swiss cheese is hard to pass by. I made this recipe when I returned from my first trip to Zurich. I was in love with the countryside, the beauty of the architecture, the culture, the macarons, and yes, the Swiss cheese, particularly gruyere, fondue which is just melted cheese with some alcohol for pete's sake, the potatoes cooked in wine with yes, more cheese. Feel free to go ahead and use a (Norwegian) Jarlsberg or, at a pinch, (Dutch) maasdam, all sweet cheeses, which will lend this recipe the little sweetness it needs.
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Need
- 1 Batch Puff Pastry or 3 sheets commercial butter puff pastry Recipe
- 1 eggs
- 1 egg yolks
- 120 Grams Creme Fraiche (homemade) (or sour cream) Recipe
- 40 Grams unsalted butter BUY
- 30 Grams cornflour or cornstarch
- 120 Grams whole milk BUY
- pink salt flakes and freshly ground black pepper to taste BUY
- gruyere cheese (or go wild and use raclette), thinly sliced
- Black Forest ham, thinly sliced
- egg wash
Do
- 1
Preheat oven to 200°C. Line 2 baking trays with paper.
- 2
Roll pastry into a large rectangle and then cut in half lengthwise. OR cut commercial puff pastry sheets in half and set aside.
- 3
Make a béchamel sauce by placing egg and egg yolk, crème fraiche, butter, cornflour and milk into the Thermomix bowl. Cook 6 min/100°C/speed 4. Cool.
- 4
Lay cheese and ham slices across 1 half of each pastry sheet leaving room around the edges to seal. Top with béchamel and cover with other half of pastry. Seal borders with a fork or small knife. Slash tops to allow steam to escape and brush liberally with egg wash. Bake for 20–25 minutes until puffed and golden. Serve hot.
Tenina Holder is a wife, mother of five and grandmother of eight, who started cooking in the olden days before Thermomix was even a thing.
Tenina has become the premium go to source for all Thermomix expertise and of course fresh and easy recipes that work. Her cooking classes and foodie trips are sold out in literally hours, her cookbooks appear on the Australian best seller lists and her social reach is in the millions. Her Insider Club is the most fun you can have with a Thermomix and you really should join her! She believes chocolate, butter and salt are health foods. Her food positivity mantra is, eat everything, just not all at once!
