Puff ears (puff pastry appetizer)

Puff pastry is the best base for a variety of crispy snacks. This recipe suggests three types of savory snacks: cheese sticks with sesame seeds, palm (or ears) with pesto and pockets with tapenade – pasta made from olives. For this you need ready-made puff pastry and the fillings below, which can also be found in the store ready-made. So from the process You will only enjoy cooking. And your guests will receive the pleasure of such a variety of original and delicious snacks.

Recipe author – Anna Olson (Olson) – pastry chef and presenter tv shows

Time: 40 мин.Difficulty: easy Quantity: one 6 snacks Recipes used volumetric containers: 1 cup (tbsp.) – 240 ml. 3/4 cup (st.) – 180 ml. 1/2 cup (tbsp.) – 120 ml. 1/3 cup (st.) – 80 ml. 1/4 cup (st.) – 60 ml. 1 tablespoon (tbsp.) – 15 ml. 1teaspoon (tsp) – 5 ml.

Ingredients for the recipe:

Cheese brushwood with sesame seeds

• Half a sheet (125 gr.) Of frozen puff pastry, defrost in the refrigerator
• 1 egg, beaten with 2 tbsp. l water, for lubrication
• 4 tbsp. l finely grated parmesan
• 2 tbsp. l sesame seeds

Puff pastry ears

• Half a sheet (125 gr.) Of frozen puff pastry, defrost in the refrigerator
• 2 tbsp. l pesto

Pockets with tapenade

• Half a sheet (125 gr.) Of frozen puff pastry, defrost in the refrigerator
• 2 tbsp. l olive tapenade
• 1 egg, beaten with 2 tbsp. l water, for lubrication

Recipes with similar ingredients: puff pastry, parmesan, sauce pesto, tapenade (olive paste), sesame seeds

Recipe preparation:

1. Preheat the oven to 190 ° C and cover the baking sheet with parchment paper.

2. Cheese brushwood with sesame seeds

   On a lightly floured surface, roll puff pastry into a square with a side of 20 cm. Lubricate the surface of the dough with an egg and sprinkle with parmesan and sesame seeds. Fold the dough in half and then cut into strips approximately 1 cm wide. Twist them a few times and put on the prepared pan at a distance of 2.5 cm. apart from each other. Put in the refrigerator for 10 minutes. sticks about 20 minutes to a golden brown (twisted places during baking may open a little, but they will still look beautiful). Sticks can be stored in sealed container for 2 days.

3. Puff ears with herbs

   On a lightly floured surface, roll puff pastry into square with a side of 20 cm. Spread pesto over the entire surface test. Roll the dough to the middle from two opposite sides. Wrap in a film and put in the refrigerator for 20 minutes (or you can prepare a day earlier and keep in the refrigerator). Cut the dough on the “ears” with a thickness of just over 0.5 cm. and lay them on prepared baking sheet at a distance of 4 cm from each other. Bake for 10 minutes, then flip the “ears” and keep baking for about 10 minutes until saturated golden color. Palm trees can be stored in airtight container for 2 days.

4. Pockets with tapenade

   On a lightly floured surface, roll puff pastry into square with a side of 20 cm. Using a die cut for cookies with a diameter 6 cm. Cut 12 circles from the dough and put them on the prepared a baking sheet. Brush the edges of the dough with an egg. Lay out in the center of each circle some tapenade. Fold each circle in half and gently press edges to each other. Lubricate the pockets on top with an egg and place in refrigerator for 10 minutes. You can make this appetizer as pouches. Bake pockets for about 20 minutes until saturated golden color. Pockets can be stored in airtight container for 2 days.