Puff pastry Christmas tree
We have another fun Christmas recipe for you, this time a puff pastry Christmas tree. Yes, really, a Christmas tree made of puff pastry. With a delicious homemade pesto topping, yum! That makes it a perfect appetizer for Christmas Eve or for the school Christmas dinner.
Ingredients · Servings 4
- 1 roll of fresh puff pastry
- 30 g Grana Padano
- 30 g pine nuts
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 15 g basil
- 100 ml olive oil
- Salt and pepper
Method · 30 min
- Start by making the pesto. Toast the pine nuts in a dry frying pan until they are light brown. Wash the basil and remove the leaves from the stems. Peel the garlic cloves and chop them into coarse pieces. Take a food processor and grind the basil leaves, garlic, pine nuts, and 30g of the cheese into a smooth paste. Add the olive oil little by little until the desired consistency is achieved. Season the green pesto with salt and pepper.
- Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius (fan-assisted).
- Place the roll of puff pastry on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Spread 4 tablespoons of pesto on the left half of the puff pastry. Then fold the puff pastry in half.
- Now use a knife to cut a Christmas tree shape into the puff pastry. Cut into the tree on both sides to create 'branches'. Then twist these 'branches'. Use the remaining puff pastry to make a small star for the top of the tree.
- Optionally, brush the puff pastry Christmas tree with a little egg. Bake the puff pastry Christmas tree until golden brown in 20 minutes. You can serve it either warm or cold.
