The stuffed puff pastry rolls are a super quick and delicious appetizer. I had a roll of puff pastry about to expire and thought of preparing some rustic bites filled with a tuna cream, keeping in mind the approaching Christmas holidays, but of course you can use the ingredients you prefer, cold cuts, vegetables, cheese, mozzarella, olives, sun-dried tomatoes, smoked salmon, or even make them mixed with different flavors, I’m sure you’ll win everyone over with very little effort! The puff pastry rolls are also perfect for an aperitif, a buffet, a party or a birthday, they will be loved by both adults and children, I have already added them to my Christmas and New Year’s menu, I will definitely make them 😀
- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Budget-friendly
- Preparation time: 5 Minutes
- Portions: 15 puff pastry rolls
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All seasons
Ingredients
- 1 sheet puff pastry (rectangular)
- 1 egg
- to taste sesame seeds
- 10.5 oz cream cheese
- 5.3 oz canned tuna in oil (drained weight)
- to taste black pepper
- to taste oregano
Steps
The puff pastry rolls filled with tuna cream are super easy and quick to prepare, first of all, make the rolls: unroll the puff pastry sheet and, using a round cutter, a cookie cutter, or a glass, cut out circles, trying to make them as close as possible, to get more, I used an 8 cm cutter and made 15.
Place the discs on a baking tray lined with parchment paper (you can use the one from the puff pastry), brush them with a little beaten egg, sprinkle with sesame seeds, and bake the puff pastry rolls in a preheated oven at 392°F for 15-20 minutes until golden.
Meanwhile, prepare the tuna cream filling: in a bowl, place the cream cheese, drained canned tuna, black pepper, oregano and mix all the ingredients well, transfer the filling into a piping bag without a tip (or with a large tip) and place it in the fridge until ready to use.
Remove the bites from the oven and let them cool completely, then gently cut them in half and fill them with the prepared filling.
Notes:
The puff pastry rolls with tuna cream filling can be stored in the fridge for a couple of days. Since puff pastry loses its crispness when refrigerated, I recommend preparing both the rolls and the filling in advance and stuffing them just before serving. If you let them rest already assembled, they will be softer and less crisp. For a richer version, you can replace 3.5 oz of cream cheese with 3.5 oz of mayonnaise. Of course, you can customize the filling with the ingredients you prefer.
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