After a heavy New Year lunch, relax with a cup of tea and some savoury Chicken and Cheese Croissants.

Prepared in a jiffy, Nadiya Sarguroh's recipe needs just a few ingredients.

Chicken and Cheese Croissants

Servings: 8

Ingredients

• 4 puff pastry sheets, available in gourmet grocery stores or pre-order puff pastry dough from a local bakery
• 8 slices chicken salami
• 200 gm cheddar or mozzarella or mixed grated cheese
• 1 egg, beaten
• Chilly flakes, for the garnish
• Mixed herbs, for the garnish
• Butter for greasing the baking tray

Method

• Butter a baking tray and line with butter paper.
• If using puff pastry dough, roll it out into a rectangle on a floured surface.
  Using a sharp knife or pizza cutter, slice into four squares and then cut each diagonally so you have 8 equal triangles.
  Pull the two corners at the base of each triangle to stretch it.
• If using puff pastry sheets, skip the above steps.
  Slice each of the puff pastry sheets diagonally to get 8 triangles.
  Place a rolled slice of the chicken salami on each triangle.
  Top it with some of the cheese.
  Brush some of the egg, using a pastry brush, on the sides of the puff pastry and gently roll it from the base of each triangle into a croissant.
  Repeat the process for the remaining 7 triangles.
• Transfer the croissants to the butter paper-lined baking tray.
  Each croissant should be spaced well apart from the next.
  Using a brush, generously glaze the croissants with more egg.
  Garnish with mixed herbs and chilly flakes.
  Bake at 200°C for 20-25 minutes or until risen and golden brown.
  Take out of the oven and cool briefly on wire racks.
  Serve warm with chai/coffee.

Nadiya Sarguroh lives in Mumbai and publishes the food blog HautePot.

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