Deliciously creamy ham and cheese Pithivier (made with an easy homemade puff pastry)

This week we are learning how to use last week's homemade easy puff pastry to make a simple deliciously addictive Pithivier filled with a creamy béchamel, ham and cheese.
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🧅🥕INGREDIENTS🥕🧅
500 grams /1.1 pound home easy puff pastry (   • Never buy puff pastry again: The easiest p...  )
3 to 4 slice of ham medium thickness
80 grams /2.8 oz grated cheese I used comte but you use any cheese, even blue cheese if you ike)
1 portion of béchamel

For the béchamel:
25 grams / 0.8 oz butter
25 grams / 0.8 oz flour
250 ml /1 cup whole milk (full cream)
salt (for the seasoning)
pepper (for the seasoning)
nutmeg (for the seasoning)

Note: be careful with the amount of salt you add. depending on the type of ham and cheese you use the mixture could become too salty. so if in doubt do not add salt to the béchamel base.



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