Piggy Puffs

Serve these as hors d'oeuvres, eat them with lunch or pack them in a picnic basket.

• Ready In: 50 mins
• Serves: 4-8

Ingredients

• 1⁄4 lb bacon, finely chopped
• 1⁄2 ounce unsalted butter
• 1⁄2 ounce flour
• 6  ounces puff pastry
• 4 -6  tablespoons milk
•  black pepper
•  grated nutmeg
• 1  egg, beaten

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 425°F, roll out the pastry to ¼-inch thickness and divide into 8 squares.
2. Melt the butter in a saucepan, add the bacon and fry gently until it is lightly coloured, and then add the flour and cook for 1 minute, stirring.
3. Gradually add the milk little by little, stirring all the time, until the mixture boils and thickens.
4. Cook for 1 minute and then add the pepper and nutmeg.
5. Place a spoonful of this mixture on the pastry squares, dampen the edges with a little beaten egg and fold over to form triangles.
6. Press the edges well together and knock up the edges with the back of a knife.
7. Put the parcels on a lightly greased baking sheet, brush the top of each with a little beaten egg and bake for 15-20 minutes until golden brown and risen.
8. Transfer to a wire rack and leave to cool.