Puff Pastry Cups
Store-bought puff pastry easily transforms into a fancy-feeling, flavor-packed bite-size appetizer in this five ingredient recipe. See notes if you want to prep them ahead.
Servings: 24 bites
Cost: $9.00
Equipment
- Mini Muffin Tin
Ingredients
- 18 ounces frozen puff pastry (one box usually contains two sheets - you’ll need both)
- 1 tablespoon Trader Joe’s Pizza sprinkle, plus more for finishing (or use an even combination of paprika and dried oregano)
- 4 sticks string cheese (substitute about 4 ounces of fresh mozzarella, brie, feta, or gruyere)
- 5 ounces uncured diced pancetta
- hot honey, for topping (substitute regular honey for a less spicy option)
Instructions
- Defrost the puff pastry according to package directions.
- Preheat the oven to 400°. Get out a mini muffin tin.
- Use the top of a small glass to cut out circles in the puff pastry that are slightly larger than the width of the spaces in your mini muffin tin. Tuck a circle of puff pastry into each space in the muffin tin.
- Sprinkle the inside of each puff pastry with pizza sprinkle. Cut each stick of string cheese into 6 even pieces and tuck a piece of cheese in each pastry. Divide the pancetta between the pastries.
- Bake until the pastry is golden and the cheese is melted, 10 to 15 minutes.
- When they’re cool enough to handle, transfer the pastries to a serving plate. Sprinkle with some more pizza sprinkle and a generous drizzle of hot honey.
- Enjoy!!
Notes
Prep ahead: You can assemble these up to 24 hours ahead and refrigerate them, covered, until ready to serve. Bake according to the recipe instructions just before serving.
Nutrition
Calories: 143kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 4mg | Sodium: 93mg | Potassium: 27mg | Fiber: 0.4g | Sugar: 0.2g | Vitamin A: 6IU | Vitamin C: 0.01mg | Calcium: 6mg | Iron: 1mg