Puff Pastry Bites
Much-loved puff pastry is ideal for adapting into small appetizers. Sneak in a few flavorful updates: white mushrooms, vegan Bechamel sauce and seasoning of your choice.
Ingredients
Puff Pastry
- 1 cup flour
- 10 tbsp vegan butter
- 3 tbsp cold water
- 1 pinch salt
Filling
- 1 lb white mushroom
- 1 cup vegan bechamel sauce
- salt and pepper
Instructions
Pastry Bites
- Roll the pastry out. Cut out into six disks. Place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Cut out six more discs, then cut out the centers to create a ring. Brush the pastry with "egg wash", then place one ring on top of each disk. Glaze with "egg wash" the whole pastry. Refrigerate the pastry for 30 minutes. Bake for 20-30 minutes (365F).Cook vegan Bechamel.Cook mushrooms. Remove the stems from the mushrooms and cut into squares. In a saucepan mix vegan Bechamel sauce with mushroom squares. Adjust seasoning (salt and pepper). Using a knife, pull off the little pastry caps from the middle of the pastry without piercing the middle. Full the shells with creamy mushroom filling. Reheat in the oven for 5 minutes.
Vegan Quick Puff Pastry
- In a mixing bowl, add the flour and vegan butter. Mix it using a dough (pastry) blender. Dissolve the salt in the cold water. Pour the water to a mixing bowl. Mix the dough with pastry blender. On a lightly floured work surface press the dough into a rectangular. Roll it out into a rectangular. Dust the pastry and work surface with the flour. Fold the upper third (shorter side should facing you) then the lower third toward the middle.Roll the pastry up in a log. Tap the edges to make a square shape.Wrap the dough and refrigerate for 2 hours.
Nutrition
Calories: 376kcalCarbohydrates: 22gProtein: 6gFat: 30gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 6mgSodium: 457mgPotassium: 269mgFiber: 1gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 891IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 5mgIron: 1mg
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