Ham Hock and Spinach Parcels (Gluten & Dairy Free)

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Hope you are all having a good week.   I’m off from work and while like everyone else I would rather be away on holiday I’m making the most of my time at home.  I’m tidying out all the books, CDs and DVDs I haven’t touched in years, starting my Christmas shopping and taking a bit of time to update my website.

I’ve finished my website plan for November and I hope you find some exciting new recipes to try out.  I’ve been posting recipes for six years now but I haven’t ran out of inspiration yet.  I’ve also just reached 35,000 followers on Facebook – while number of followers shouldn’t matter it is nice to know you find the content I post useful.

Today’s recipe is for these lovely ham hock and spinach puff pies.  You can easily buy gluten and dairy free puff pastry sheets in the supermarket nowadays which makes recipes like this much easier.  I’ve made a dairy free creamy sauce and stirred through shredded ham hock and spinach.

Other Light Bites Ideas

If you like this recipe for Gluten and Dairy Free Ham Hock and Spinach Parcels then you might like to try one of my other light bites recipes:

• Treat yourself with my Gluten and Dairy Free Chutney Sausage Rolls
• Go traditional with my Gluten and Dairy Free Cream of Tomato Soup
• Have a vegetarian salad with my Gluten and Dairy Free Cheese and Tomato Salad
• Have some waffles with Gluten and Dairy Free Potato Waffles

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Ham Hock and Spinach Parcels (Gluten & Dairy Free)

Author: Fiona Kennedy Cooking Method: Baking Cuisine: British Courses: Light Bites Recipe Keys: Dairy Free Gluten Free

Difficulty: Intermediate Prep Time 10 mins Cook Time 30 mins Total Time 40 mins

Servings: 4

Best Season: Suitable throughout the year

Description

Missing pastry treats? Try out my recipe for Gluten and Dairy Free Ham Hock and Spinach Parcels - perfect for lunch or a light dinner

Ingredients

Servings

• 1 sheet gluten and dairy free puff pastry (I used jus rol)
• 1 tbsp dairy free spread
• 1 tbsp gluten free flour
• 120 ml dairy free milk
• salt and pepper (for seasoning)
• 110 g shredded cooked ham hock
• 1 handful of spinach
• 3 tbsp dairy free cream cheese

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 200 oC

2. Roll out the puff pastry sheet and cut into 4 squares

3. Place the dairy free spread in a saucepan over a medium heat

4. Stir in the gluten free flour

5. Pour in the dairy free milk and stir until it comes to the boil

6. Simmer until thickened, about 5 minutes

7. Stir in the spinach, ham hock and dairy free cream cheese

8. Season with salt and pepper

9. Place the puff squares on a lined baking sheet

10. Divide the mixture into four and place in the centre of each pastry square

11. Close the pies by folding the corners into the centre

12. You can brush with a beaten egg prior to baking to make the pastry golden

13. Bake for 20 minutes

14. Enjoy while hot

Keywords: ham hock, pastry, spinach