Ingredients

Method

• 2 T vegetable oil
• 2 large onions, halved and sliced
• sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• 1 T brown sugar
• 200 g mature white Cheddar, grated
• 200 g mozzarella, grated
• 200 g Gouda, grated
• 250 g smooth cottage cheese
• 5 g fresh oregano, finely chopped
• 2 x 250 g sheets Woolworths all-butter puff pastry
• cake flour, for dusting
• 1 T nigella or sesame seeds, for sprinkling (optional)
• 1 large free-range egg, beaten

Method

Ingredients

1. Preheat the oven to 190°C. Heat the oil in a pan and gently fry the onions until translucent, about five minutes. Season to taste.

2. Increase the heat to medium-high and allow the onions to brown, a further 5 minutes, sprinkling with the sugar.

3. Place all the cheese and the oregano in a bowl. Add the caramelised onions and mix, combining thoroughly.

4. Place the puff pastry sheets on a floured surface and cut into equally sized rectangles. Spoon 1–2 T of the cheese-and-onion mixture on half the slices of pastry. Brush the edges of the pastry with beaten egg, then carefully top with the remaining pastry and crimp the edges using a fork.

5. Brush the tops with more beaten egg and sprinkle with nigella seeds or sesame seeds. Place on a baking tray and bake for 15–20 minutes, or until pastry is cooked through and golden and the cheese has melted.

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Photograph: Willow Tucker