Cookbook:Jambons (Cheese and Ham Pastries)

| Meat recipes | Cuisine of Ireland

Jambons are a type of square pastry filled with cheese and ham. The name is derived from the French word for ham, and they are common in Ireland and the UK.

Ingredients

 * 1 sheet of puff pastry
 * 1 tbsp plain flour
 * 1 tbsp butter
 * 250 ml milk
 * 200 g diced ham
 * 150 g grated cheese (Dubliner Cheese recommended, can be substituted)
 * 1 egg

Procedure

 * 1) Preheat oven to 200°C (400°F).
 * 2) Melt butter over medium heat and add flour. Cook for 5 minutes and begin adding milk gradually until the mixture thickens.
 * 3) Cut your pre-prepared puff pastry into squares and spoon a generous amount of the mixture onto each square. Sprinkle some ham and grated cheese on top.
 * 4) Fold the corners of the puff pastry so that they meet in the centre, forming a panier feuilleté (puff pastry basket) shape.
 * 5) Beat the egg and brush it over each sealed panier feuilleté.
 * 6) Bake for 20–25 minutes until puffed and golden brown.