SAVORY PUFF PASTRY BUNNIES

Savory Puff Pastry Bunnies are very easy to make and perfect for Easter holiday appetizers. This puff pastry appetizer is also perfect as a place card; you can add green olives like I did, or black olives, cherry tomatoes, or pearl onions. You can get creative in many different and unique ways. The Easter bunnies with puff pastry, besides the tuna filling like I did, can also be made with tomato by adding triple concentrate to Philadelphia, or another tasty variant is with pesto or olive pâté. You can serve puff pastry bunnies as an appetizer along with the PUFF PASTRY DOVE. If you want, you can make the puff pastry bunnies also in a sweet version. Now let’s see how to make savory puff pastry bunnies and if you try them, let me know. Barbara

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Savory Puff Pastry Bunnies
  • Difficulty: Very easy
  • Cost: Cheap
  • Preparation time: 10 Minutes
  • Portions: 7
  • Cooking methods: Oven
  • Cuisine: Italian
  • Seasonality: Easter

Ingredients to prepare Savory Puff Pastry Bunnies

  • 1 sheet puff pastry (rectangular)
  • 100 cream cheese (Philadelphia)
  • 4.2 oz tuna
  • to taste parsley
  • 7 olives (pitted)
  • 1 egg yolk

Tools

  • Parsley Chopper

How to prepare Savory Puff Pastry Bunnies

  • Let’s start preparing the Savory Puff Pastry Bunnies. Pour the cream cheese into a bowl and work it into a creamy consistency.

    Savory Puff Pastry Bunnies
  • Do the same with the tuna to break any larger pieces.

  • Add the tuna to the cream cheese.

  • and some chopped parsley, mix to get a nice homogeneous cream.

  • Unroll the puff pastry and spread the tuna cream.

  • Keep the shorter side of the puff pastry in front of you and fold, pressing well so that the two parts adhere.

  • Run the tines of the fork over the two shorter sides.

    Savory Puff Pastry Bunnies
  • and with a pastry wheel or knife, cut the pastry into strips about 0.4 inches wide.

  • Take each strip and twist it, leaving a loop.

  • Add an olive or whatever you have chosen to decorate in the center.

  • Place them on the baking tray and brush them with beaten egg yolk.

    Savory Puff Pastry Bunnies
  • Bake in a preheated static oven at 356°F for 20 minutes. Once cooked, remove from the oven and let them cool or serve them warm.

    Savory Puff Pastry Bunnies

How to store Savory Puff Pastry Bunnies

Store them at room temperature for 1 day, then the puff pastry tends to become rubbery and no longer crispy and fragrant.

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