Really easy cheese and onion pie recipe – cheat your way to a super simple pie using ready made puff pastry.
This is the easiest cheese and onion pie you can make. So simple and so tasty and completely delicious.
Our old school cheese and onion pie makes a delicious summery easy meal and great for taking along as picnic food on a day out.
Just slice and serve with a huge bowl of salad, chutney and maybe some creamy potato salad as a little extra. Or on cold days it goes great with a scoop of mashed potatoes and some baked beans.
Making Homemade Cheese And Onion Pie Is A Good Thing, Here’s Why!
Super easy!– Grab yourself a roll of store-bought puff pastry to make this tasty savoury pie. It’s super easy to make, just wrap the pastry around your home-cooked cheesy potato filling brush with egg wash and bake! You won’t need a pie dish or pie tin.
You can use your favourite cheese– you don’t need to stick to a good old mature cheddar cheese for this pie, you can throw in whatever cheese you like, or even a combination of different cheeses.
You can add in extras!– Because you’re making the pie yourself, you can add in any extra ingredients you fancy. Or add a little extra kick with some cayenne pepper, or English mustard powder.
Easy Cheese And Onion Pie Recipe
Serves – 6 people
Prep Time– 30 minutes
Cook Time– 30 minutes
Total Time– around 1 hour
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Equipment Needed
- Chopping board
- Sharp knife
- Saucepan
- Frying pan
- Tablespoon
- Weighing scales (or just estimate the quantity of cheese)
- Cooking spoon
- Baking tray
- Sheet of greaseproof paper
- Small cup
- Fork
- Pastry brush
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Cheese And Onion Pie Ingredients
You’ll just need a handful of ingredients to make our delicious easy cheese pie recipe
- 1 medium potato – peeled and chopped into small cubes – around 1cm
- 320g puff pastry sheet – ready to bake – we use Jus-Rol all butter puff pastry
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 onion – sliced or chopped
- 1 clove garlic – finely chopped
- Sprig rosemary – leaves picked and finely chopped – you can swap this for a tsp dried mixed herbs or some freshly picked thyme leaves.
- 150g Cheddar cheese – grated
- 1 egg – beaten
For calories and nutrition information see recipe card below.
Cooks Note! – Remember to take the puff pastry sheet out of the fridge around 20 minutes before you want to use it.
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How To Make Cheese & Onion Pie
Step One – cook the potato cubes ready to make the cheese pie filling
- Place the diced potato cubes into cold water with a pinch of salt, then bring to the boil. Then reduce the heat and cook with the lid on for around 4-5 minutes or until just tender.
- Drain the potatoes and put them to one side for a few minutes until ready to add them to the cheese pie filling.
Step Two – fry the onions ready to go into the cheese and onion pie filling
- Add the olive oil to a frying pan and gently fry the onions, chopped garlic and rosemary for around 6-7 minutes or until softened.
- Then tip the potatoes into the mixture and stir to combine.
Step Three – preheat the oven
- Heat the oven to 200C / 400F / Gas Mark 6. You can grab our super handy oven temperature conversion chart printable here.
Step Four – put together the cheese and onion pie
- Lay a sheet of greaseproof paper onto the baking sheet. If your pastry is a little sticky, sprinkle a little flour onto the paper before adding the pastry sheet.
- Unroll the pastry sheet and lay it onto the greaseproof paper. Because you’re using ready rolled – you shouldn’t need a rolling pin.
- Use a sharp knife to make diagonal cuts into the pastry – leaving a good sized space down the centre of the pastry sheet for the pie filling to go.
- Sprinkle half the grated cheese onto the middle section of the pastry sheet, then top with the potato and onion mixture and finish with the rest of the grated cheese.
- Brush the pastry with beaten egg and then bring the pastry strips over the mixture to make criss cross effect, tucking under the ends to seal them and stop the filling escaping.
Step Five – bake the cheese and onion pie in the oven
- Brush the whole pie with beaten egg (you can add a sprinkling of black pepper or even some parmesan cheese on top of the pie crust) and bake in the oven for around 25 – 30 minutes until golden brown.
Make Our Easy Cheese And Onion Pie Your Way
- Lancashire Cheese and Potato Pie – add in a little more potato and use Lancashire cheese to create a delicious pie.
- Want a creamy filling? Add a good slosh of double cream to the potatoes and cheese filling mixture.
- Add some bacon – add in some cooked strips of bacon to the cheese pie filling.
- Want more veggies – stir in some cooked beans (I quite like baked beans in this pie)
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More Easy Puff Pastry Recipes To Try
- Posh sausage rolls – oh just the BEST sausage roll recipe. Little puff pastry rolls stuffed with sausage meat, cheese and chutney. Too GOOD!
- Minced beef pie – savoury mince beef pie made in the slow cooker, then topped with a puff pastry crust and finished in the oven. Proper comfort food.
- Roast squash and feta pie – a beautiful summery pie, filled with roasted squash and red pepper, feta and herbs. Delicious!
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Easy Cheese and Onion Pie
Yield: Serves 6
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour
Super easy cheese and onion pie with ready made puff pastry
Ingredients
- 1 medium potato - peeled and diced into 1cm cubes
- 320g puff pastry sheet
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 onion - diced
- 1 clove garlic - finely diced
- 1 tsp fresh rosemary leaves - chopped
- 150g Cheddar cheese - grated
- 1 egg
Instructions
- Place the diced potato cubes into cold water with a pinch of salt, then bring to the boil. Then reduce the heat and cook with the lid on for around 4-5 minutes or until just tender.
- Drain the potatoes and put them to one side for a few minutes until ready to add them to the cheese pie filling.
- Add the olive oil to a frying pan and gently fry the onions, chopped garlic and rosemary for around 6-7 minutes or until softened.
- Then tip the potatoes into the mixture and stir to combine.
- Heat the oven to 200C / 400F / Gas Mark 6
- Lay a sheet of greaseproof paper onto the baking sheet. If your pastry is a little sticky, sprinkle a little flour onto the paper before adding the pastry sheet.
- Unroll the pastry sheet and lay it onto the greaseproof paper.
- Use a sharp knife to make diagonal cuts into the pastry – leaving a good sized space down the centre of the pastry sheet for the pie filling to go.
- Sprinkle half the grated cheese onto the middle section of the pastry sheet, then top with the potato and onion mixture and finish with the rest of the grated cheese.
- Brush the pastry with beaten egg and then bring the pastry strips over the mixture to make criss cross effect, tucking under the ends to stop the filling escaping.
- Brush the whole pie with beaten egg and bake in the oven for around 25 – 30 minutes until golden brown.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 6 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 465Total Fat: 32gSaturated Fat: 8gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 22gCholesterol: 56mgSodium: 314mgCarbohydrates: 33gFiber: 2gSugar: 2gProtein: 12g
Nutritional content will vary depending on the exact ingredients you use and how careful you are with measuring - this nutritional information is given as a general guide only and may not be accurate - you should always calculate your own nutritional information especially if you have specific dietary requirements.
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