Savoury Cheese Puff Pastry Swirls
These savoury cheese puff pastry swirls are made with shop-bought pastry and take minutes to prepare. The perfect snack or picnic item, you can adapt them in so many ways.
Servings: 12 pastries
Ingredients
- 275g (9¾ oz) ready made puff pastry (see note 1)
- 100g (3½ oz) cream cheese
- 200g (7 oz) cheese (any kind)
- sprinkling of chopped fresh chives (optional)
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 200℃ (400℉).
- Prepare a 12-hole muffin tin by lightly greasing with oil or butter (don't use too much as there is a lot of fat in the pastry).
- Roll out your puff pastry, keeping the sheet of baking paper it is rolled in underneath.
- Spread the cream cheese in an even layer over the top of the pastry.
- Sprinkle your cheese(s) over the top.
- Sprinkle some chopped chives (if using).
- Carefully, start to gently roll the pastry from the shorter side (which is facing you). Move quickly, as the pastry will start to soften once it is out of the fridge.
- As you roll, tuck the ends in a little, and try to keep the roll fairly tight.
- When ready, cut the pastry into 12 fairly even slices.
- Carefully pick the slices and place them in the muffin tin (see note 2).
- Bake for around 25 minutes, until the tops are nice and golden.
- Leave them in the tin to cool for a while, then turn them out.
- The pastries are delicious slightly warm or eaten cold. They also freeze really well. Enjoy on a picnic, for a quick snack, or light lunch.
Notes
- It doesn't really matter the size (or weight) of your ready made pastry. However, you may need to adjust the additional ingredients if there is a big discrepancy between mine and the size you use (such as increasing or decreasing the amount of cheese).
- The softer the pastry gets, the more fragile the slices become, and it's likely they will lose their shape a little when you pick them up. This is perfectly fine, as the pastry will fuse together when baked. Just shape them into a rough circle after putting them in the tin (but don't push down too hard).
