Puff Pastry Christmas Trees

Course: Appetizer

Cuisine: Christmas, North American

Prep Time: 10

Cook Time: 12

Total Time: 22

Servings: servings

Calories: 193kcal

Author: Lord Byron's Kitchen

This light and airy appetizer is prepared with store-bought sheets of frozen puff pastry and your favourite sun dried tomato or basil pesto. They're so quick and easy to prepare - anyone can do this! Serve with a side of warm marinara sauce for best results.

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Ingredients

2 sheets frozen puff pastry, thawed according to the package instructions
6 tablespoons pesto, use sun dried tomato or basil pesto or a combination of both
2 tablespoons parmesan cheese, plus more for garnish

Instructions

Preheat your oven to 400 degrees F.
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set it aside.
Roll out the thawed puff pastry sheets onto a cutting board. Using a pastry brush, evenly apply half of the pesto to one sheet of the pastry and the remaining pesto to the second sheet.
Using a round wheel-type pizza cutter, cut the puff pastry into 1 inch strips.
Fold the strips in a zigzag pattern, mimicking the shape of a christmas tree. Insert a wooden skewer into the center of the bottom of the tree and push it through the tree so that it sticks one inch out the top.
Lay the trees onto the prepared baking sheets and evenly sprinkle over the parmesan cheese.
Bake for 12-14 minutes.
Remove from the oven and allow the trees to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes.
Garnish with parmesan.
Plate and serve with warm marinara sauce.

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