Small Puff Pastry from Crete
Little puff pastries from Crete is a recipe with fresh ingredients in the pastry category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!
Ingredients
- 450 g puff pastry (frozen)
- 300 g fresh young spinach leaves
- 1 Shallot
- 1 Garlic clove
- olive oil
- Salt
- Pepper (freshly ground)
- Nutmeg (freshly grated)
- 150 g feta cheese
- flour (for the work surface)
- 1 egg (separated)
- 5 tbsp light sesame seeds
Instructions
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1.
Let the puff pastry thaw.
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2.
Preheat the oven to 200°C with upper and lower heat.
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3.
Wash, rinse, dry spinach. Peel shallot and garlic, finely chop and sauté in a hot pan with 2 tbsp oil until translucent. Add spinach, let it wilt, season with salt, pepper, a pinch of nutmeg, remove from heat. Crumble feta cheese.
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4.
Roll out puff pastry on floured surface thinly and cut circles (~7 cm diameter). Distribute some spinach in the center of each circle, sprinkle with feta, brush edges with egg white. Fold circles into half-moons, press edges firmly, place parcels on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Brush with egg yolk and sprinkle light sesame seeds.
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5.
Bake in preheated oven 25-30 minutes until golden yellow. Remove, let cool slightly, serve.
