Baked star with leek & bacon

Instructions

1. Wash and clean the leek and cut into rings. Cut the bacon into small cubes. Sauté together in a pan in hot butter for 4 – 5 minutes. Leave to cool, mix in the herbs and season with salt and pepper.
2. Preheat the oven to 200°C top and bottom heat. Line a baking tray with baking paper.
3. Cut out 2 circles (approx. 24 cm each) from the puff pastry. The leftover pastry can be used elsewhere. Place one of the circles on the baking tray and cover with the leek and bacon mixture. Sprinkle with the mozzarella and place the second circle of dough on top. Smooth out.
4. Cut the dough 16 times in rays from the outside to about halfway through (placing a glass in the middle might help). Take 2 adjacent dough strands at the end and twist them around against each other about 2 times. Press the ends together. This will make a total of eight star tips. Score patterns in the centre with the tip of a knife as desired.
5. Mix the egg yolk with the cream and brush the pastry with it. Bake the pastry star in the oven for 25 minutes or until golden brown.