Veg Pizza Puffs
A quick recipe using Pepperidge farm frozen puff pastry sheets and a quick vegetarian pizza filling. Baked to delightful golden color and finished in no time.
Servings: 12 -16
Ingredients
- Pepperidge Farm Puff Pastry Sheets Packet - 1. It has 2 sheets. (thawed at the room temperature as per given instructions behind the packet.
Pizza filling
- Pasta /Pizza Sauce - 1/4 cup
- Cheese - 1/2 cup shredded, of your choice. I used Cheddar, Havarti & Mozzarella. You may use any.
- Bell Peppers / Capsicums - 1 cup chopped fine. I used colorful bell peppers
- Onion - 1/2 cup chopped fine
- Basil - few leaves fresh or 1/4 tsp dry
OIl & Spices
- Italian Herb seasoning - 1/2 tsp
- Black pepper powder - 1/2 tsp or to taste
- Salt - to taste
Instructions
Thawing & Prepping the Puff Pastry Sheets
- Read the instructions at the back of the packet and thaw the frozen pastry sheets accordingly. It takes about 40-45 minutes to thaw these at the room temperature.
Making Pizza Filling
- Take a bowl and add bell peppers, onions, pizza sauce, cheese, herbs and salt in it. Toss them well with a spoon or fork. The filling is ready. It is that simple. No cook filling.
Making Veg Pizza Puffs
- Preheat the oven at 400*F/200*C. Line a large baking sheet with parchment /butter paper and set aside.
- Now lightly flour the clean counter surface. Unfold the thawed pastry sheet. Take a rolling pin and flatten it further more. Take a sharp knife or a pizza cutter and cut out 12-16 rectangles out of 2 flattened pastry sheets.
- Refer to the small pictogram given below for better understanding.
- Take one rectangle. Flatten it further with rolling pin. take 1&1/2 - 2 tbsp Pizza Filling and place it on one side of the rectangle.
- Now cover the filling side of the pastry with the plain side, making it a square. Now take a fork and press the pastry square down tight with it, from the 3 open sides.
- Finish all the puff pastry rectangles likewise and place on the baking sheet.
Baking the Veg Pizza Puffs
- Bake the Pizza puffs on middle rack for about 17 minutes and then broil/grill for few more seconds, for perfect golden color.
- When broiling, keep a close watch since it gets burnt soon because of its delicate texture.
- The Veg Pizza Puffs are ready. Serve these hot along with warm Marinara sauce.