Sardine Puffs

Source: http://munchministry.com/recipe/sardine-pocket-pies/

Ingredients

2 small cans (100gms) of sardines with tomato sauce
2 cloves of garlic finely chopped
2 small onions finely chopped
1 chilli (optional) deseeded and finely chopped
Juice of 1 lime
1 tsp sugar
salt & pepper to taste
Oil for frying
4 sheets of ready made puff pastry
some flour for dusting

Method:
1 egg (lightly whisked) with 1 tsp of milk (for egg wash)
1) Preheat oven at 180C
2) Lift out the sardines onto a plate without the tomato sauce (leave the tomato sauce for later use)
3) Remove the bones from the sardines; mash up the sardines
4) Heat up a pan with oil and saute the onions and garlic
5) Add the mash sardines and salt & pepper, fry for about 2 mins
6) Add the tomato sauce, lime juice and sugar; give it a light stir to combine the mixture
7) Off the heat and leave it to cool
8) Dust the work surface with a little flour and roll out the puff pastry.
9) Cut the puff pastry with a heart shaped cookie cutter (cut 2 heart shape puff pastry) and place a dollop of the sardine mixture in the middle of the one of the cut pastry, layer another of the heart shape pastry on top of it.
10) With a fork press the throughout the sides of the pastry to seal the puff pastry.
11) On a lined baking sheet place the pastry on top and brush some egg wash on the surface of the pastry before popping the baking sheet into the oven
12) Bake the pastries for 20 – 25mins (or till the surface turns golden brown).
13) Leave the pastries to cool on a cooling rack.