Bacon, Egg & Goat Cheese Breakfast Pastries
 
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Recipe type: Breakfast
Serves: 6 squares
Ingredients
  • Olive oil
  • 1 onion, thinly sliced
  • 1 package puff pastry, thawed overnight in the refrigerator
  • 6 medium eggs* + 1 egg, lightly beaten with a few drops of water (egg wash)
  • 6 rashers thick cut smoky bacon
  • 50 g goat cheese, crumbled
  • 6-8 large leaves fresh basil, chopped
  • Freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
  1. Heat a glug of olive oil in a medium pan. Add onions and cook on medium-low until sweet and browned. Usually, recipes will say this takes 10 minutes or so- they're lying. It's just true. Cook as long as you can over low heat to really achieve that sweet caramelization if you can (although no one will fault you for getting impatient, do your best). Set caramelized onions aside.
  2. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper. Roll out puff pastry on a lightly floured surface. Cut into 6 rectangles of roughly equal size and lay them on the lined baking sheet. Fold in ¼-1/2 inch the edges of the rectangles and pinch the corners together. This doesn't have to be perfect, but it will help your eggs stick in the centre. Using the tines of a fork, prick a series of holes into the centre of each rectangle. Brush all the pastries with egg wash and bake for 7-8 minutes.
  3. Remove pastries from the oven. The centres of each will have risen. Let them cool slightly then pat down and deflate the centre of each. Lay a rasher of bacon and a bit of caramelized onion in each pastry square then gently crack an egg overtop. Sprinkle the tops of the pastries with goat cheese and return to the oven. Cook for 8-10 minutes, until the edges of the puff pastry are golden and the eggs have just set.
  4. Remove pastries from the oven, top with freshly ground black pepper and a sprinkle of fresh basil.
Recipe by Port and Fin at https://portandfin.com/bacon-egg-goat-cheese-breakfast-pastries/