Creamy Chicken and Garlic Picnic Pasties-Parcels With Boursin

Ingredients

• 8 ounces pre-prepared puff pastry
• 8 ounces cooked chicken breasts, chopped
• 5 ounces cream cheese with garlic and herbs, such as Boursin
• 3 ounces mushrooms, chopped
• 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped
• fresh ground black pepper
• egg or milk, for glaze

Directions

1. 1

   Heat oven to 200ºC, 400ºF, Gas Mark 6. Grease and line a large baking tray.

2. 2

   Thoroughly mix together all the filling ingredients, seasoning with black pepper. (You can pre-fry the mushrooms if you wish.).

3. 3

   Roll out the pastry to a 30 cm (12 inch) square, then cut into 4 squares, place them on the baking tray.

4. 4

   Pile the ingredients into the middle of the pastry sqaures. With the back of a spoon firmly press ingredients together.

5. 5

   Brush edges with milk, fold corners to the centre sealing edges.

6. 6

   Brush with beaten egg or milk and bake for 35 minutes until golden brown.

7. 7

   Eat warm or cold.