Baskets with shortcrust pastry filled with ham, a delicious and simple appetizer that you can prepare easily with just a few ingredients. The shortcrust pastry baskets are perfect to be served as appetizers, to accompany a drink with friends, and are perfect for a buffet. Ready-made shortcrust pastry baskets have a very different texture from puff pastry baskets, as shortcrust pastry is denser and almost similar to shortbread. The savory filled shortcrust pastry baskets are perfect to serve during Christmas holidays, and you can fill them in many different ways depending on your taste or that of your guests. If you are looking for other types of savory baskets for appetizers, I also recommend the SAVORY SHORTBREAD BASKETS. Now let’s see how to make the shortcrust pastry baskets, and if you try them, let me know. Barbara

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Difficulty: Very easy
Cost: Cheap
Preparation time: 20 Minutes
Portions: 8
Cooking methods: Oven
Cuisine: Italian

Ingredients to prepare the baskets with shortcrust pastry filled with ham

1 roll shortcrust pastry
1.76 oz spreadable cheese (like Philadelphia)
3.53 oz cooked ham
to taste parsley
to taste pomegranate

Tools

Pastry cutter 3.5 inches
Hand blender
Muffin pan

How to prepare Shortcrust Pastry Baskets filled with ham

Let’s start preparing the Shortcrust Pastry Baskets filled with ham. Unroll the shortcrust pastry and using a 3.5-inch pastry cutter, cut out circles. You can also knead and roll out the shortcrust pastry again to cut out more circles.
Place them in the muffin tin and bake in a preheated static oven at 356°F for 13 minutes. Once ready, take them out and let them cool.
Meanwhile, pour the spreadable cheese and cooked ham into the blender, and blend until you get a smooth cream.
Place the baskets on a plate and fill them with the ham cream.
Take a strip of cooked ham, roll it up to create a small rose.
Place it on top of the basket.
Decorate with a parsley leaf
and some pomegranate seeds.
Place the shortcrust pastry baskets in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes before serving them.