Pesto pinwheels rolls are great as appetizers, finger food, or for a quick snack with a toast. Just two ingredients, no more, making them is child’s play and cooking them takes just a little over 15 minutes, they’re showstoppers! Today the market offers us so many possibilities in the kitchen that sometimes you can use ingredients like puff pastry without the hassle of preparing it. In September, after returning from vacation, I harvest the basil that has grown and strengthened by then. With this basil, I make an extraordinary pesto, and it’s not just me who says it, I freeze it already portioned, writing the weight on the label, and of course, I use it during the winter, and it’s a real pleasure.
- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Economical
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 6
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Christmas
- Energy 251.40 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 17.79 (g) of which sugars 0.56 (g)
- Proteins 4.49 (g)
- Fat 18.03 (g) of which saturated 2.11 (g)of which unsaturated 11.90 (g)
- Fibers 0.77 (g)
- Sodium 159.38 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 60 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients
- 1 sheet puff pastry
- 90 g Genoese pesto
Tools
- Spatula
- Baking Tray
Steps
Parchment paper is not needed, it’s already in the puff pastry roll, I used the rectangular one for convenience. Unroll it and
only on one half lengthwise spread the Genoese pesto, I had it in the freezer and took it out 4 hours before.
Fold the puff pastry over the pesto and seal it.
Form a large rectangle and cut it into strips
roll the puff pastry strips on themselves with the pesto inside.
put them back on the parchment paper, they will look like small pinwheels.
Bake them at 375°F for 15 minutes
And here they are ready, the pesto pinwheels rolls
