Salmon Puff Pastry Sunburst with creamy cheese. It’s an easy and quick appetizer to serve on Christmas Day or Christmas Eve, eye-catching and guaranteed to impress everyone! You can also place the salmon puff pastry sunburst in the center of the table and accompany it with a range of Appetizers like salami baskets or bacon and bread bites that are easy and super quick to cook in an air fryer. If you prefer a cold appetizer, I recommend checking out 5 no-cook easy and tasty appetizers. Ah, I almost forgot to tell you, if you want more recipes like this or are a cooking enthusiast like me, you should follow me on my Facebook and Instagram pages.
Appetizers with salmon:
- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Medium
- Preparation time: 15 Minutes
- Portions: 11
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Christmas, New Year's Eve
- Energy 234.36 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 16.89 (g) of which sugars 0.43 (g)
- Proteins 6.09 (g)
- Fat 15.88 (g) of which saturated 2.18 (g)of which unsaturated 11.86 (g)
- Fibers 0.62 (g)
- Sodium 326.36 (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
- 2 rolls puff pastry
- 4.5 oz smoked salmon
- 1.4 oz spreadable cheese
- as needed sesame seeds
- as needed milk
How to make the Salmon Puff Pastry Sunburst
Take the first puff pastry disc and lay it on the oven tray, this way it will be easy to cook without having to transfer it again (not like I did in the photo).
Fill it with spreadable cheese like Philadelphia and salmon, leaving about half an inch free at the edge of the pastry.
Overlay the other disc on top of the first, then place a cup in the center, pressing slightly. With a sharp, smooth-bladed knife, divide the pastry into four equal parts, then divide each part again into four or at most six additional sections (in my case, I ended up with 19 sections).
Remove the cup from the center, take each ray and twist it on itself. Finally, brush with milk and decorate the center of the sunburst with sesame seeds. Bake at 375°F (190°C) in a fan setting for about 12-15 minutes.
Storage and tips for the Salmon Puff Pastry Sunburst
It can be stored in the fridge covered with plastic wrap until the next day. Alternatively, you can freeze it raw (already formed) and bake it directly from frozen, extending the cooking time by about 10 minutes.
