Feta, Chard, And Pine Nut Pastry Braid Appetizer
- 2 bunches chard
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- salt
- ground black pepper
- 1 roll puff pastry
- 1 package feta cheese
- 3 9/16 tablespoons pine nuts
- 1 egg yolk
- Remove chard leaves from stalk, chop coarsely.
- Wash several times in water, and cook in a pan with a tablespoon of olive oil.
- Cook until the water has evaporated, Season with salt and pepper.
- Set aside.
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
- Roll out puff pastry, and spread in a rectangular baking tray. Cut out rectangular shape if necessary.
- Create a line of chard leaves in the middle of the dough.
- Top with crumbled feta and pine nuts.
- Cut diagonal strips (width 1.5 cm) in the dough, on each side of the line of chard leaves.
- Fold a strip taken from the right side, and then another from the left side, over the chard and cheese mixture, to form a braid (see photo).
- Brush with egg yolk.
- Bake 15 to 20 minutes until golden.
chard, olive oil, salt, ground black pepper, roll puff pastry, feta cheese, nuts, egg yolk
Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Feta_-Chard_-and-Pine-Nut-Pastry-Braid-Appetizer-781984 (may not work)