Easter Baskets are a fun and quick idea to serve on festive days. Cheerful and playful, the recipe is really simple, requiring just a few ingredients: puff pastry, stracchino cheese, and salami.
Have you already tried the mini Puff Pastry Pasqualines and the puff pastry carrots, two equally tasty ideas to include in the Easter Menu.
This particular finger food can be served as an appetizer or as a snack to enjoy with a drink, sitting or standing. Besides being tasty, these bites are also very easy to make. If you feel like it, you can have fun creating new combinations and pairings.
- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Economical
- Preparation time: 15 Minutes
- Portions: 6
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All seasons
- Energy 276.65 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 11.55 (g) of which sugars 0.41 (g)
- Proteins 11.78 (g)
- Fat 20.30 (g) of which saturated 3.17 (g)of which unsaturated 10.91 (g)
- Fibers 0.42 (g)
- Sodium 339.27 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 50 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 roll puff pastry
- 200 g stracchino cheese
- 50 g salami
- 2 hard-boiled eggs
- to taste lamb's lettuce
- to taste poppy seeds (optional for decoration)
Steps
To prepare the Easter baskets, start by unrolling the puff pastry, then use a pastry cutter to cut it into six circles. With the remaining puff pastry, re-knead it and make six more. (you should get about 12 pieces in total).
At this point, place them in slightly oiled muffin molds, and pierce the surface with a fork.
Fill with 1 teaspoon of stracchino cheese, then bake in a static oven at 392°F (200°C) for about 10 minutes.
Remove from the oven and let cool slightly, then remove them from the mold and prepare to fill the inside.
Fill with salami, a few leaves of lamb’s lettuce, and the hard-boiled egg.
If you like, add some poppy seeds.
Storing Easter Baskets
Easter Baskets can be properly stored in the refrigerator until the next day, kept in an airtight container. Freezing is not recommended as the puff pastry would lose much of its crispness.
