Apple and Stilton dumplings

Prep time 30 mins to 1 hour

Cook time 30 mins to 1 hour

Makes 8

Dietary Vegetarian

From Nigel Slater: Eating Together

Nigel Slater's sweet and savoury pastry parcels make a delicious and filling mid-afternoon snack or teatime treat.

Method

For the chutney, heat the onion, vinegar, lemon juice, sugar, cloves and cinnamon in a non-reactive saucepan over a low heat for 15 minutes.
Turn the heat off and add the golden sultanas. Set aside for 30 minutes to allow the sultanas to soak.
Preheat the oven to 200C/180C fan/Gas 6.
For the dumplings, put the apples, lemon juice and 300ml/10Â½fl oz water in a lidded saucepan. Cover the pan with the lid and bring the mixture to a simmer. Stew the apples gently for 18-20 minutes, stirring occasionally. When completely softened, mash the apple mixture and transfer to a bowl to cool.
Roll the sheet of puff pastry out onto a lightly floured work surface to a 50cm/20in square. With a sharp knife, cut 16 squares measuring 12cm/4Â½in from the pastry.
Transfer 8 of the pastry squares onto a baking sheet and spoon a generous helping of the cooled apple sauce into the centre of each. Crumble about 20g/Â¾oz of the Stilton over each.
Brush the edges of each pastry square with a little of the beaten egg. Lay the remaining 8 pastry squares over the filled pastry squares, crimping the edges of each to seal. Brush the tops of the pastry parcels with more of the beaten egg, then sprinkle over the nigella seeds.
Bake for 18-20 minutes, or until the pastry has risen and is golden-brown.

3 eating apples, such as Cox's Orange Pippin, peeled, cores removed, roughly chopped
1 lemon, juice only
320g/11Â¼oz ready-made all-butter puff pastry
plain flour, for dusting
160g/5Â½oz Stilton
1 free-range egg, beaten
2 tbsp nigella seeds

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