The savory star with salmon and cream cheese is an easy and delicious Christmas appetizer, a variation on the puff pastry star centerpiece appetizer and the puff pastry wreath for the Holidays. It’s ideal for inclusion in the Christmas lunch menu; the puff pastry star with salmon and cream cheese is quick, simple, and showy, with few ingredients and lots of goodness! Moreover, the step-by-step recipe will guide you in the execution.
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- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Medium
- Preparation time: 20 Minutes
- Portions: 8
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Christmas
- Energy 266.40 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 15.41 (g) of which sugars 0.46 (g)
- Proteins 7.45 (g)
- Fat 19.55 (g) of which saturated 2.06 (g)of which unsaturated 11.06 (g)
- Fibers 0.76 (g)
- Sodium 387.22 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 41 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
- 5.3 oz cream cheese (Philadelphia)
- 3.5 oz smoked salmon
- 4 tomatoes
- 1 tbsp olives
- to taste egg (for brushing the surface)
- to taste sesame seeds
Tools
- 1 Spatula Silicone Spoon Spatula
How to Make Puff Pastry Star with Salmon and Cream Cheese
Unroll the puff pastry, place a cup in the center, and make cuts, dividing it into 8 parts. Then fill it with cream cheese and salmon.
Take each petal’s end and fold it inward, forming a point.
At this point, take the inner ends of the star and fold them outward.
Decorate with olives and cherry tomatoes, alternating them.
Brush with egg and decorate with sesame seeds.
Bake in the oven at 375°F for 25 minutes or until golden brown.
Storage and Variations for Puff Pastry Star with Salmon and Cream Cheese
The puff pastry star with salmon and cream cheese can be prepared a couple of hours in advance. Freezing is not recommended due to the pastry. If you don’t like the combination, you can also vary with cold cuts and stretched cheese; I am sure that ricotta and spinach would also be good: just cook the spinach in a pan, then blend them and mix with the ricotta.
