Puff pastry is always a great thing to use if you want to whip up a really tasty, quick and easy bite to eat. Its a good idea to have a roll of ready made puff pastry in the freezer so you can make something last minute.
My friend Rosie had some puff pastry that she needed using up, so we made these little puff pastry bites. We made both sweet and savoury ones, and they're good as you can put pretty much whatever takes your fancy inside!
We made a selection of, Banana with chocolate chunks/ peanut butter, raspberry with chocolate chunks, and Gouda cheese with spiced chutney.
Recipe: (makes 14)
- 1 pack of ready rolled puff pastry
- Little bit of milk for glazing
Fillings:
(You can choose any combinations you like, or whatever you have in the cupboard/fridge!)
- 1/2 Banana
- Chocolate chunks
- Nutella/ Peanut Butter
- A few Raspberries
- Chocolate chunks
- Gouda cheese, cut in to little cubes
- A few tsp of Chutney/ Pickle
To make:
- Lay out the puff pastry and cut the pastry in half and then in to strips. You should have 14 rectangular shapes. Lightly score a mark to half the rectangles so you can see where to fold them in half.
- Put your chosen fillings on to one side of the pastry and then fold over the pastry to make a little parcel. With the back of a fork press down along the edges to seal the parcel. Brush with some milk.
- Bake in the oven for 10-15 minutes at 200c, until they are golden brown on the top and bottom. Allow them to cool a little before serving as the filling will be very hot!
- Enjoy the sweet parcels with ice cream or custard as a pudding. And the cheesy parcels work well with a little salad as a starter or light main course.
- Enjoy!
The puff pastry cut in to 14 rectangles
Two of the fillings
The finished golden brown parcels
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