Mini Pastry Potato Bites recipe idea for an appetizer. Holidays or work parties warm savory oven bake pastry snacks with cheese and bacon.
Mini Pastry Potato Bites
Bake these Mini Pastry Potato Bites recipe idea for an appetizer. Holidays or work parties warm savory Oven Bake pastry snacks with cheese and bacon. Christmas eve starters or snacks for the family or for family gathering. Loaded mashed potato with bits of bacon, green onion, sour cream and cheese, browned in the oven for a tasty bite. Puff pastry roll bought or made with flaky buttery pastry with a savory filling. Kids and all family will enjoy these. Make them for a crowd as well.
How long to boil cubed potatoes for mashed potatoes?
Peeled and cut into small squares of about 1 inch to boil and cook faster, should take about 10 – 12 minutes once boiling point is reached. Then they are mashed with butter and for these mini pastry bites filled with cheese and bacon bits for a wrapped oven baked pastry bite.
What are the different types of pastry snacks?
- cream cheese Danish
- sausage rolls
- apple turnovers or pies
- pin wheals with fillings
- custard tarts
- lemon meringue or curd tarts
- cheese stick twists
How do you keep puff pastry from getting soggy?
A trick to keep your pastries from getting soggy is to bush on some apricot jam on the bottom of the pastries before you add the fillings. It adds some flavor but prevents the pastry from getting soggy from your filling. Also brush to outside when baked with apricot jam to keep them from drying out and to make them look delicious.
INGREDIENTS
- salt
- potatoes-peeled and cubed
- garlic cloves
- butter
- slices of bacon
- shredded cheese, of choice, plus more for sprinkling
- sliced green onions
- sour cream
- puff pastry
- egg, beaten
For all the amounts and the instructions see attached recipe.
HOW TO
In a medium size pan, boil potatoes, garlic and salt for about 10 minutes until tender. While the potatoes are cooking, prepare the bacon until it is crispy. Set aside and let cool.
Mash in the butter until creamy. Crumble in the bacon, add the shredded cheese, sour cream and green onions and stir. You may need to add salt/pepper to taste before filling the pastry.
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On a lightly floured, flat surface, spread the puff pastry sheet and gently roll.
Cut it into 12 squares as equally as possible.
Place a scoop of the potato mixture into the center of each square. whisk the egg with 1 tablespoon of water.
Starting at opposite corners, fold up each corner to meet in the middle. You may need to dip your finger into the egg wash to get the corners to stick to each other.
Place on a baking tray and place in the oven for 18 minutes. Then……
Pull out the tray and sprinkle a small amount of cheese in the center of each puff and continue to bake for another 2-5 minutes, until golden brown and the cheese is melted!
Serve warm on a platter or have the people help themselves to snack and appetizers.
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Mini Pastry Potato Bites
Mini Pastry Potato Bites recipe idea for an appetizer. Holidays or work parties warm savory oven bake pastry snacks with cheese and bacon.
- Prep Time: 15 min
- Cook Time: 45 min
- Total Time: 60 min
- Yield: 12 1x
- Category: Desserts, appetizer, snack
- Method: Oven Baking
Ingredients
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 c potatoes-peeled and cubed
- 3 garlic cloves
- 1 Tbsp butter
- 2 slices of bacon (pictured is plant-based bacon, but any kind will work!)
- ½ c shredded cheese, of choice, plus more for sprinkling
- 2 Tbsp sliced green onions
- 3 Tbsp sour cream
- 1 sheet puff pastry
- 1 egg, beaten
Instructions
- In a medium size pan, boil potatoes, garlic and salt for about 10 minutes until tender. While the potatoes are cooking, prepare the bacon until it is crispy. Set aside and let cool.
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
- Once the potatoes are done, drain the water and mash in the butter until creamy. Crumble in the bacon, add the shredded cheese, sour cream and green onions and stir. You may need to add salt/pepper to taste before filling the pastry.
- On a lightly floured, flat surface, spread the puff pastry sheet and gently roll until it’s about 14”x12”. Cut it into 12 squares as equally as possible
- Place a scoop of the potato mixture into the center of each square.
- . In a small bowl, whisk the egg with 1 tablespoon of water.
- Starting at opposite corners, fold up each corner to meet in the middle. You may need to dip your finger into the egg wash to get the corners to stick to each other.
- Place on a baking tray and place in the oven for 18 minutes, pull out the tray and sprinkle a small amount of cheese in the center of each puff and continue to bake for another 2-5 minutes, until golden brown and the cheese is melted!
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