Sweet Potato Goats Cheese & Portobello Pithiviers

Cook pithivier fillings

1. Preheat the oven to 190ºC
2. Line two oven trays with baking paper or foil and place a wire rack on one
3. Add the olive oil, rosemary and thyme to a small bowl and season well with salt and pepper
4. Add the mushrooms to the wire rack and brush all over with half of the oil
5. Add the sweet potato slices to the other tray and brush with the remaining oil
6. Bake both for 30 minutes until the sweet potatoes are tender
7. Remove the sweet potatoes and allow to cool
8. Cook the mushrooms for a further 20 minutes then remove and allow to cool
9. Trim the mushrooms’ edges if needed

Assemble pithiviers

1. Remove the puff pastry from the fridge
2. Using a cutter if possible, cut out 4 equal discs of pastry that will allow at least a 2cm border around the sweet potato circles
3. Using the other roll of pastry, cut 4 more discs of pastry a good bit larger than the other discs - these will need to be a bit large to cover the filling
4. Place the smaller puff pastry discs down on small individual sheets of baking paper
5. Dab the rim of the pastry with a little water
6. Place the sweet potato discs in the centre of each disc and top with a generous amount of goats cheese
7. Then top with the roasted mushroom and press down firmly to flatten slightly
8. Top with the larger pastry disc
9. Carefully seal the edges very firmly together and squeeze out the excess air
10. Optionally trim with a cutter again for a clean finish
11. These must be well sealed otherwise it will leak from the puff pastry - still delicious but you’ll lose some goats cheese

Decorate and chill

1. Spray with oil or optionally brush the pastry with whisked egg
2. Create a small opening on top to allow air to escape
3. Optionally decorate by lightly scoring a pattern
4. Chill for at least 30 minutes or up to 2 hours is best

Bake

1. Increase the oven to 220ºC
2. Bake for 10 minutes
3. Drop the temperature to 200ºC and bake for a further 15–20 minutes until golden and crispy all over

Serve

1. Prepare your chosen sides and serve alongside the pithiviers