Yes, this shape is familiar: the Christmas Buns I made recently looked like this.
These are unabashedly savoury and fit the bill for a delicious canapé that once you have the three ingredients plus the puff pastry are quick and easy to make.
I love the ingredients: red peppers, goat’s cheese, and chopped walnuts! Mmm.
Roll them all up in the pastry and bake in the oven. Serve warm.
A tray of glasses accompanied by the clink of bottles with a selection of different nibbles is always a welcome sight and this canapé makes a tasty and attractive addition.
Now a word about frozen puff pastry: we didn’t have it here for years and years and years . Frozen goods have only just made their appearance here, very slowly actually as Turkish housewives are so used to buying fresh that they have had to become accustomed to the concept.
I was told that the puff pastry wasn’t actually very good so this was my first attempt at using it although having said that I did use it very successfully for sausage rolls recently.
There were two types of Superfresh frozen puff pastry and I bought the tereyağlı which means with butter.
I thought this a little strange as I though puff pastry by definition was made with copious amounts of butter.
My first attempt was to make palmiers with the same ingredients as the pinwheels.
Perhaps I didn’t roll it out enough but I assumed it would be all ready to go.
It did roll beautifully but didn’t puff up enough in the oven.
So with the remaining pastry and red peppers, cheese and walnuts, I decided to try again and make these pinwheels.
This time I rolled the pastry thinner and it seemed to work pretty well. You do need a hot oven.
Ingredients
500g frozen puff pastry
4-5 prepared grilled/közlenmiş sweet red peppers, chopped
A good handful of walnuts, chopped
Soft goat’s cheese/keçi peyniri – I used half a log which spread easily
Method
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Pre-heat oven to 350°F/180°C.
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Bring the puff pastry to room temperature and gently knead into a ball. Flour your surface and your rolling pin and sprinkle a little on top of your ball of pastry.
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Roll out gently, not pushing down but out, to a large rectangle.
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Spread the goat’s cheese all over the pastry, and then scatter the chopped red pepper all over. Follow with the chopped walnuts.
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Starting from the long side, gently roll all the way to the other. Firm the roll a little with your hands and then slice evenly and place on a greased baking sheet. Place in the hot oven and bake till lightly browned and risen.
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Serve immediately.
afiyet olsun!
These look & sound amazing! Perfect with a chilled glass of wine.
How delicious! All very healthy too! Just what one needs when de-toxing post Noel!
these look good and so easy too! i just stocked up yesterday on ancient sweets to roast today!
They look savoury and delicious Claudia. Thank you so much for continuing to share you wonderful dishes with us into the new year.
Your pinwheels look so good, I may try these!
Looks like your pastry worked well this time round Claudia. They look lovely! I've NEVER worked with puff pastry – I think I fear it – but now know it's worked for you…let's see. 🙂
oh I am so pleased you like the look of these! Yes, they certainly were easy and I will make them again. Thank you all for your comments :))
cant wait to prepare one. this looks delicious!