These puff pastry trees with olive cream are a delicious idea for a Christmas appetizer or New Year’s Eve, they are very tasty and quick to prepare. You can make the olive cream and the trees the day before, filling them in the evening or afternoon before serving, so the pastry will be like freshly made, leaving you more time for yourself.
You can obviously vary the filling by making a ham cream and cream cheese, or ricotta and gorgonzola, or whatever your imagination suggests, but even with this olive cream, they will be delicious and will disappear quickly.
Let’s quickly move on after the photo to find out how to prepare these puff pastry trees!!
- Difficulty: Very Easy
- Cost: Very Cheap
- Rest time: 20 Minutes
- Preparation time: 15 Minutes
- Portions: 6 People
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Christmas, All Seasons
Ingredients for Puff Pastry Trees with Olive Cream
- 2 sheets puff pastry (rectangular)
- 5 oz black olives (pitted)
- 0.7 oz pickled capers
- 1.8 oz cream cheese
- 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 3 tbsp milk
- 2 tsp sesame seeds
- 2 tsp poppy seeds
Tools
- Baking Tray (for oven)
- Parchment Paper
- 1 Cutter tree-shaped cookie cutter
- 1 Brush silicone kitchen brush
- 1 Immersion Blender
Preparation of Puff Pastry Trees with Olive Cream
To prepare the puff pastry trees with olive cream, first make the olive cream.
Coarsely chop the olives with the capers, then place them in an immersion blender cup, add the oil and blend for a few seconds, then add the cream cheese and blend until creamy.
Taste and if you prefer it more flavorful, add some salt or ground pepper.
Preheat the oven to 428°F if possible with fan mode, and in the meantime, unroll the puff pastry keeping its parchment paper.
Using the cookie cutter, cut out the shapes, brush with milk, and sprinkle with poppy and sesame seeds together or some with poppy and others with sesame.
Bake the puff pastry trees with olive cream for 12 minutes or until the pastry is puffed and golden on the surface.
Remove from the oven and let cool.
Once cooled, gently cut the puff pastry trees in half using a smooth knife, fill with 1 tablespoon of olive cream, and reassemble the trees.
Arrange them on a serving platter, bring them to the table and..
ENJOY YOUR MEAL
Storage of Puff Pastry Trees with Olive Cream
You can store the unfilled trees for 1 or 2 days in a tin box or airtight container outside the fridge.
The olive cream can be stored in the refrigerator for 2 days tightly closed in an airtight container.
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