Finlandia Napoleons

Wait till you see how easy and crazy delicious these are. Made with #Finlandia Creamy Gourmet Cheese.

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes

INGREDIENTS

• 1 sheet puff pastry
• Finlandia Sweet Lemon Creamy Gourmet Cheese*
• Raspberry jam
• Powdered sugar

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 375

2. Roll out a defrosted sheet of puff pastry to make it approximately 30% larger, and poke all over with a fork 

3. Then cut into 2” x 3” rectangles, place on a baking sheet and bake until golden brown,15-20 minutes - remove and let cool
4. Using Finlandia Sweet Lemon Creamy Gourmet Cheese spread a 1/8” inch layer on one rectangle, top with another rectangle, add another layer of cheese and finally a layer of raspberry jam – 
5. To serve, add a final dusting of powdered sugar.

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*Finlandia Butter can be found at Vons, Albertsons and Safeway. Finlandia Cheeses are also available, in Southern California at Costco and other fine retailers.

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MINI QUICHES

Bust these out for parties and NYE, they are quick and super delicious. Also, a great way to use up leftover pie dough and anything else in the fridge.

Makes 12 quiches

INGREDIENTS

• frozen and thawed pie dough
• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• 1 red onion, diced
• 12 mushrooms, sliced
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• 3/4 cup soft goat cheese or Monterey Jack
• 2 handfuls of spinach
• 4 eggs
• 1/2 cup cream
• 1 teaspoon Sambal chili paste (or any hot sauce)
• Big pinch Kosher Salt
• 5 grinds fresh black pepper

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 350
2. cut out 12 pastry 4'' circles (I use a cup), shape into muffin baking tray
3. Preheat skillet on high, add oil, mushrooms and onion cook 3 minutes
4. Lower heat to medium, add garlic, cook 1 more minute
5. Add spinach, let it wilt for 1 minute, remove from heat let it cool
6. Beat eggs, cream, Kosher salt and pepper, Sambal chili paste
7. Spoon 1 tablespoon of vegetable mix into each, spoon 2 tablespoons of egg mix
8. Bake for 22 minutes, cool on rack for 2 minutes, eat!

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Baby British Sausage Rolls (aka Pigs in Blankets)

Too simple? Perhaps. Not fancy enough? Perhaps. Delicious? You betcha. These little snacks have been pleasing the British for centuries - so who are we to argue?

Ingredients

• 1 package turkey or pork breakfast sausages (not the fully cooked kind)
• 1 package puff pastry sheets
• 1/2 cup steak sauce
• 2 tablespoons apricot jam
• flour

Directions

1. Let pastry defrost on counter about 20 minutes before using
2. Make a lengthwise slice in each sausage and remove casing
3. Cut pastry sheets into 3 sections, and lay one section on a floured work surface
4. Use rolling pin or bottle to make sheet section a little thinner and longer
5. Place 3 sausages (without their casings) end to end on pastry sheet
6. Roll sheet over sausages into a long snug tube, and cut off excess pastry
7. Cut each tube into 8 pieces and place on lightly greased baking sheet (you can use parchment or wax paper instead if you like)
8. Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes until lightly brown
9. Mix steak sauce and jam and use as dipping sauce

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Palmiers

Two ingredients never tasted so good together. 

Serves 6

INGREDIENTS

• Puff pastry sheets, defrosted
• 1/4 cup sugar

DIRECTIONS

1. Roll out pastry sheet into rectangle, trim edges
2. Sprinkle surface with half the sugar, lay pastry on top, coat top with remaining sugar, using a rolling pin again to flatten and press the sugar into the pastry, flip, do the same
3. Roll shorter ends towards eachother to meet in the middle
4. Wrap in plastic wrap chill in fridge for 30 minutes 
5. Preheat oven 400
6. Slice 1/2" rounds, position 1'' apart on a lined cookie sheet (using parchment paper) 
7. Bake for 15 minutes until golden

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Croissantinis

Serves 4

Flaky, delicious and small enough you won’t feel guilty eating them – unless you eat 12.

Ingredients

• 1 sheet puff pastry, defrosted
• 1/2 cup plain flour
• 1 egg, beaten
• cream cheese
• raspberry jelly
• butter

Directions

1. Pre-heat oven to 400
2. Cut parchment paper to fit baking sheet
3. Dust surface and rolling pin with flour, rollout pastry sheet until about 16'' square
4. Cut into 12 triangles and roll towards the point and bend into traditional shape
5. Lay on sheet and brush on egg wash, then bake for approx 10 minutes or until golden
6. Serve warm with butter, cream cheese and raspberry jelly

Grilled Peach & Blueberry Pie

My friend Terryl makes a fancy version of this by making her own dough from scratch. Ok - so mine isn't from scratch, but it sure is good.

Ingredients

• 1 supermarket ready pie crust, uncooked

• 2 ripe peaches, sliced in about 16 wedges each

• 1 small basket blueberries

• zest from 1 lemon (just the yellow outside)

• 2 tablespoons sugar

• 3 tablespoon flour

• 1 egg, beaten

Directions

1. Combine peaches, blueberries, sugar, 1/2 the flour and lemon zest - mix carefully so you don't mash up the fruit

2. Fold a piece of aluminum in half but still large enough to fit under pie crust and dust with remaining flour - lay pie crust on top

3. Place fruit mixture in middle of crust and fold sides around it making sort of a series of pleats - it will not cover the fruit, but will come a couple of inches up the sides, sort of tart-like

4. Brush sides of dough with beaten egg

5. Lift and place foil with pie on grill preheated to medium - not directly overtop of heat if possible

6. Close lid and cook until dough is beautifully browned and fruit has softened, about 20-25 minutes

7. Bring to the table and impress your friends

Addie's Puff Pastry Rugelach

Serves 6-10

Viewer Addie's Rugelach

Ingredients

• 1 sheet ready-made puff pastry
• 3/4 cup mini chocolate chips
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 1/3 cup pecans
• 1/4 tsp cinnamon
• Pinch of nutmeg
• 4 oz cream cheese, room temperature
• 2 tablespoons strawberry jelly
• 1 egg beaten with 1 Tsp water

Directions

1. Heat oven to 375 degrees
2. Thaw pastry to room temperature
3. In a bowl mix together all ingredients except for the cream cheese jam, and egg/water
4. On a cookie sheet, place a piece of parchment paper and puff pastry opened on top of paper
5. Spread the cream cheese down the center of the pastry then the jam on top of the cream cheese
6. Sprinkle mixture evenly on top of cream cheese & jam
7. With a scissor or knife, cut the dough on each side of the mixture on an angle about a half inch apart
8. Braid it starting with the first strip and overlapping side to side on top of the mixture
9. Turn the ends under or press together with a fork to seal
10. Brush the pastry with the egg/water mixture
11. Bake for 25 minutes or until golden brown
12. Let cool for 15 minutes before cutting
13. Serve warm or at room temperature

Pie Crust

Makes 1 crust

If you've always bought dough, stop it and start making your own. Yes really.

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, plus extra for rolling
• 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, very-cold, cut into 1/2 inch cubes
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 6 to 8 Tbsp ice water

Directions

1. Put flour, sugar and salt in the bowl of a stand mixer (or processor) and turn on briefly to mix
2. Add the butter in cubes and mix just until the pieces are the size of small peas
3. Add water about a tablespoon at a time and mix on low only until the dough pulls together
4. Take the dough out and flatten into a disk on a lightly flour surface
5. Wrap in cling film and chill in the refrigerator 15 minutes up to a couple days
6. When ready to use - gently flatten the disk, dust the top with flour, and roll out into a round approximately 12 inches in diameter
7. Carefully transfer the dough onto a pie plate and use as normal for baking

Easy Bunuelos

Makes 24 pieces

Bunuelos: dough that's been deep fried and sugar'd. If you know me, you know I don't make my own dough. And I certainly don't deep fry.

Ingredients

• 1 package (of 2) frozen puff pastry sheets
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon

Directions

1. Remove sheets from package and thaw at room temperature 30-40 minutes
2. Combine sugar and cinnamon
3. Heat oven to 375
4. Unfold sheets and cut each into 12 even pieces
5. Place on ungreased baking sheet and bake until puffy and golden brown 10-15 minutes
6. Remove from oven, and toss in sugar mix just to coat slightly - serve