Christmas Tree Puff Pastry Appetizer ( Pesto and Bell Pepper Cream )
Prep Time15 minutesmins
Cook Time50 minutesmins
Course: Appetizer
Ingredients
2puff pastry sheets ( at least 8.1oz each ~ 230 g )
2.8 ozpesto sauce ( 80 g )
1tomato
2.8 ozthick heavy cream or cream cheese ( 80 g )
1red bell pepper
1egg yolk
1tbspmilk
1tbspwater
1tspsesame seeds
1tspflax seeds
salt, pepper to taste
Instructions
Preheat your oven to 200°C | 390°F on grill mode.
Wash the bell pepper and place it on an ovenproof baking sheet. Bake for 30 minutes. After 15 minutes turn it over.
Meanwhile, wash, peel and cut the tomato into small pieces.
Pour 2.8 oz ( 80g ) of pesto sauce into a bowl, add the tomato pieces and mix well, set aside.
Once the bell pepper is cooked, put it in a bowl and cover the bowl with foil, let it rest for 15 minutes.
Take out the bell pepper, remove the skin and seeds, and cut it into small pieces.
Pour 2.8 oz ( 80g ) of thick heavy cream or cream cheese into a bowl, add the chopped bell pepper, 1/2 teaspoon of salt and 1/4 teaspoon of pepper. Mix well and set aside.
Preheat your oven to 180°C | 350°F.
On a baking sheet, spread a first disc of puff pastry.
On one half of the dough, pour the pesto filling, leaving about 1 cm empty on the edge.
On the other half of the dough, spread the cream filling, leaving about 1 cm empty on the edge.
With a brush, wet with some water the edge of the puff pastry disc so that it can stick with the other puff pastry disc.
Lay the second puff pastry on the first one.
Press lightly on the whole disc to remove any air bubbles. Then press lightly on the edges so that the two puff pastry discs stick.
Start by cutting the dough into a triangle shape to give it the shape of the top of the tree and then join the bottom by cutting the trunk. To make it more easier, you can watch the recipe video!
Remove the falls. On one of them, remove a star with a star-shaped cookie cutter. Stick the star on the top of the tree.
Cut the branches of the christmas tree about 1 cm wide and make them into torsades.
Brush the whole tree with a kitchen brush and a mixture of egg yolk and milk.
Sprinkle the whole tree with sesame and flax seeds.
Bake for 20 minutes.
Cut the falls lengthwise and make them into torsades, brush them with the egg/milk mixture and put them in the oven also for 20 minutes.
This delicious Christmas Tree can be enjoyed hot or a little cooler !