Pistachio mozzarella puffs

A great appetiser idea!

If you are looking for easy and show stopping Xmas appetisers I’ve got your covered ! These take less then 10 minutes to put together and the result is simply amazing 🤩

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🌱Vegetarian

🌾GF option

🍽️6 portions

Ingredients

• 1 sheet of puff pastry

• 300g of mozzarella (fresh or shredded)

• Pistachio pesto

• 1 egg

• Sesame seeds

💚Method

• Cut your puff pastry into small squares

• Place a dollop of pesto in the middle and then top with the shredded mozzarella. Finally add a pinch of salt

• Bring one edge of the pastry over the other to form a triangle. Carefully seal the edges with your fingers, place on a baking tray lined with parchment paper and then seal edges with the tip of a fork

• Beat the egg in a bowl and brush the triangles. Top with some sesame seeds and make a small incision in the middle

• Bake at 180C fan on for 15-20 min until golden brown

• Remove from oven and leave it to cool for 5 minutes before serving

FAQS and Tips

• Don’t worry if some of the mozzarella oozes out, its part of the charm of these puffs!

• For homemade pesto recipe just add the following ingredients to a food processor and blend until smooth : 25g fresh basil, 20g Parmesan cheese , 30g pistachio, 1 garlic clove, 60-80ml olive oil, Salt to taste

• You can also use store bought pesto if you want to save time although nothing beats homemade pesto !