Pizza rolls with puff pastry

Pizza rolls with puff pastry

Pizza rolls with puff pastry are perfect when you need something quick. We fill the ready-made dough with tomato paste and cream cheese. Ham and Gouda make the appetizers deliciously spicy – everyone will love it!

INGREDIENTS

½ bunch of basil
60 g tomato paste (2x concentrated)
90 g cream cheese (double cream level)
1 pinch of salt
1 pinch of freshly ground pepper
1 pack of puff pastry from the refrigerated section (approx. 275 g each)
60 g grated Gouda (48% fat in dry matter)
50 g diced ham

PREPARATION

1. For the pizza rolls with puff pastry, preheat the oven to 180 degrees circulating air (top and bottom heat 200 degrees). Wash the basil, drain, pick off the leaves and cut half of them into fine strips.  Mix the tomato paste with the cream cheese, basil strips, a pinch of salt and pepper.

2. Roll out the puff pastry with the baking paper. Spread with tomato cream cheese, leaving about 1 cm at the top edge. Cover with some of the Gouda and the ham cubes.

3. Cut the dough into 16 even strips (see portion information) and roll them up into snails. (Of course you can also roll up the puff pastry first and then cut it. However, the snails look much nicer when rolled up as strips). Spread the puff pastry snails out on the baking tray with some space between them.

4. Sprinkle with the remaining Gouda and bake in the preheated oven for about 20 minutes until golden brown. Sprinkle the puff pastry snails with the remaining basil leaves and serve immediately. Enjoy!