Thai Puffs

Ingredients:

• 2 tbsp oil
• 4 spring onions, chopped
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 clove garlic, crushed
• 250g pork or chicken mince
• 1 tbsp Thai flavor base
• 1 cup mashed potato
• 4 sheets ready-rolled frozen puff pastry, thawed
• oil, for frying

Method:

1. Heat the oil in a frying pan.
2. Add the spring onions, onion and garlic and cook for 2-3 minutes or until the onion is tender.
3. Add the mince and brown well for 4-5 minutes, breaking up with a spoon as it cooks. Stir in the flavor base and mashed potato and stir for 1 minute. Remove from heat and cool.
4. Cut each sheet of pastry into 9 even squares. Place teaspoonful of the mixture in the centre of each piece of pastry.
5. Fold the pastry over to form a triangle. Seal well by pressing the edges with a fork.
6. Heat 2-3 cm oil in a large frying pan; add the pastries, in batches, and fry for 2 minutes each side until golden and puffy.