Savory puff pastry croissants with zucchini. How often do you lack ideas for a quick appetizer, perhaps when friends show up unexpectedly at your home? It happens to me often, and in 10 minutes I prepare these delicious croissants with whatever I have in the fridge.
This time I made them with zucchini, ricotta, and bacon, and decorated them with poppy and sesame seeds. I made the ricotta myself, see how by clicking here.
Additionally, I flavored the pastry with my roast aromas, see how I make them, click here.
recipes designed for you;
- Cost: Very economical
- Portions: 6
- Cooking methods: Electric oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All seasons
- Energy 378.18 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 21.87 (g) of which sugars 0.64 (g)
- Proteins 14.13 (g)
- Fat 26.13 (g) of which saturated 6.55 (g)of which unsaturated 18.33 (g)
- Fibers 1.15 (g)
- Sodium 425.32 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 125 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
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- 1 puff pastry (round)
- 3.5 oz smoked bacon (cubed)
- 1 tsp roast spices
- 1 egg
- 5.3 oz ricotta
- 1 zucchini
- 2 tsps sesame seeds
- 2 tsps poppy seeds
- 2 tbsps milk
Tools
what we need to prepare the
- Baking tray
- Knife
- Brush
- Small bowl
- Oven
- Mandoline
Preparation: Savory Puff Pastry Croissants with Zucchini
Slice 1 zucchini with the mandoline
I use this and I find it great
Sedhoom 23 in 1 Vegetable Cutter Dicer and Chopper Mandoline Vegetable Slicer Grater Professional Vegetable Cutter with 8 Blades Potato/Garlic/Egg Cutter
Take the pastry out of the fridge at least half an hour before.
Spread it out on the work surface, and with a knife make 6 wedges.
You can already turn on the oven at 350°F
Spread the pastry triangles on a work surface, sprinkle them with the roast spices, then distribute the zucchini slices on the edges but not on the base as shown in the photo.
Place a spoonful of ricotta and a spoonful of smoked bacon cubes in the center.
Roll up the croissants, and in a small bowl beat the egg with the milk. Brush each croissant and sprinkle them with sesame and poppy seeds.
Bake in a preheated oven at 350°F for about 7/8 minutes, depending on the oven, as soon as they are golden…
Take them out and let them cool on a rack.
Here are the Savory Puff Pastry Croissants with Zucchini ready for an appetizer or aperitif.
storage and tips
Savory puff pastry croissants with zucchini can be stored in a food bag in the fridge for 2 days.
If you want, you can change the filling with béchamel and other cold cuts, or you can use brisée pastry.
Instead of zucchini, you could use champignon mushrooms.
