The puff pastry star with cheese and salmon is a quick, scenic, and very tasty appetizer, perfect as a centerpiece for holidays or other occasions, and will captivate your guests with its originality.
For this recipe, you need only a few ingredients: a roll of puff pastry, some smoked salmon, creamy cheese, smoked scamorza bites, and olives. In very little time and with a few cuts, you can make this delicious star, perfect for many occasions, which can also be varied with other fillings.
I prepared this rustic savory pie during the Christmas holidays with smoked salmon, a classic ingredient of tradition, but for other occasions, you can always fill it with ham, ricotta, robiola, and other cold cuts and ingredients according to your tastes.
Now let’s see how it’s made!
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- Cost: Medium
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 8
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All Seasons
Ingredients for the Puff Pastry Star with Cheese and Salmon
- 1 roll puff pastry (round)
- 3.5 oz creamy cheese with salmon
- 3.5 oz smoked salmon
- 8 green olives
- 4 smoked scamorza cheese bites
Tools
- 1 Parchment Paper
- 1 Pizza Cutter
- 1 Baking Tray
- 1 Oven
Steps for the Puff Pastry Star with Cheese and Salmon
Open the puff pastry roll and with all the parchment paper, lay it on a baking tray.
Fill the pastry with the creamy cheese spread with salmon.
Make 8 cuts on the edge, with a pizza cutter or a knife, without reaching the center, as shown in the attached photo.
Place pieces of smoked salmon on each cut edge.
Once the edges are filled, pull the two ends and join them to form a triangle, do the same with the other edges, closing well by pressing with your fingers.
Now make another 8 cuts in the center, forming an asterisk, so that the cuts are halfway through the larger wedge.
Fill each flap or triangle with more pieces of salmon and half a bite of scamorza for each wedge.
Bring the tip between the two triangles from the center towards the outside and close the filling.Place an olive between one wedge and another and transfer the baking tray to the oven.
Bake the Puff Pastry Star with Cheese and Salmon in a preheated fan oven at 392°F for about 10 minutes, then lower the temperature to 356°F and continue baking for another 20 minutes or so.
Remove the star from the oven, garnish, and serve it hot on a serving plate, decorated with parsley leaves and a central salmon rosette.
Tips and Variations
You can use ingredients according to your tastes for the puff pastry star filling; you can replace creamy cheese with ricotta or others and use other ingredients or cold cuts.
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FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
What if I don’t have puff pastry?
You can make the star with a pizza dough or some shortcrust pastry
Can I replace the salmon?
Sure, you can use slices of cold cuts according to your tastes.
Can I use other cheese?
You can use the creamy cheese you like best (robiola, crescenza, ricotta, cottage cheese)
