The puff pastry roses with zucchini, speck, and smoked cheese are perfect puff pastry appetizers, also great as aperitifs. They are very cute and scenic, easy and quick to prepare; you only need a rectangular puff pastry roll, thinly sliced speck, and zucchini cut lengthwise. Perfect to present as a slightly different finger food, perhaps for a Sunday lunch with family and friends or for the holidays. If you like puff pastry appetizers, you can also try:
- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Economical
- Preparation time: 20 Minutes
- Portions: 10Pieces
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients to prepare the puff pastry roses with zucchini, speck, and smoked cheese
- 1 roll puff pastry (rectangular)
- 3.5 oz thinly sliced speck
- 3.5 oz smoked cheese
- 1 zucchini
Tools
- Baking Tray
- Knife
- Cutting Board
- Parchment Paper
Steps to make the puff pastry roses with zucchini, speck, and smoked cheese
To prepare the puff pastry roses with zucchini, speck, and smoked cheese, first unroll a rectangular puff pastry roll on a work surface, but a round one works just fine too. Cut the puff pastry into strips about 3/4 inch wide. Trim the ends of the zucchini, wash it well, then use a mandoline to slice it thinly lengthwise, if too wide, cut in half again. Cut the smoked cheese into thin slices. On each strip of pastry, lay the zucchini, thinly sliced speck, and smoked cheese. Fold part of the pastry over the filling to seal it.
Roll the strip from the beginning aiming to shape it like a rose. Then place each rose in a muffin tin, well-oiled both on the bottom and sides. Preheat the static oven to 356°F. When the oven is hot, add a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil on top of the roses and bake them for about 30 minutes. They should be lightly golden, so check them and if needed add a few more minutes.
You can then serve your roses, delicious both hot and cold.
Storage and Tips
You can store the puff pastry roses with zucchini in an airtight container for up to 2 days in the fridge.
They will surely lose the puff pastry’s crunchiness after the first day, so I recommend popping them in the oven for just a couple of minutes before serving.
If you don’t want to use smoked cheese, you can use a spreadable cheese.
If you don’t want to use smoked cheese, you can use a spreadable cheese.
