Chicken Parcels

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 13 ounces frozen puff pastry
• 1 medium onion
• 1 ounce butter
• 10 ounces cooked boneless chicken
• 3 tablespoons parsley
• 4 tablespoons double cream
• salt and pepper
• 3 slices cooked ham
• 1 egg yolk
• 6 lettuce leaves

Recipe

• 1 thaw pastry.
• 2 preheat oven to 400.
• 3 peel and chop onion and fry in butter until transparent.
• 4 set aside six fairly large pieces of chicken and finelychop the rest.
• 5 put chopped chicken into a bowl with parsley and fried onion.
• 6 lightly beat the cream, then stir into the chicken with seasoning.
• 7 roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface.
• 8 cut out 6 five inch squares.
• 9 cut ham in half and place one piece in center of each dough square.
• 10 top with a piece of chicken, then cover with chopped chicken mixture.
• 11 dampen dough edges with cold water.
• 12 fold corners to center to cover the filling, pinching the edges together, but leave a small hole in the top.
• 13 place parcels on a greased baking tray.
• 14 beat the egg yolk with a pinch of salt and brush over parcels.
• 15 bake for 25 minutes or until well risen and golden brown.
• 16 serve the parcels on lettuce leaves.