Ricotta and Spinach Puff Pastry Bites Recipe

A cute twist on conventional cheese and spinach pockets! The great thing about these Ricotta and Spinach Puff Pastry Bites is that you simply get a lot extra out of only one sheet of puff pastry as a result of there’s a better filling to pastry ratio!

I’m hooked on cheese and spinach triangles. For Friday nights in, I’ve been recognized to go to the grocery store to choose up microwave popcorn and frozen cheese and spinach triangles. Select a chick flick, open a bottle of wine, and I’m good to go.

Ahhh. My thought of an ideal Friday evening. By no means in one million years would I’ve written that 10 years in the past.

I actually need to say that since I’ve began running a blog, I’ve by no means purchased microwave popcorn or frozen triangles. However that may be a blatant lie. There are just a few days once I can’t muster up the passion to cook dinner. Typically I’m wondering how it’s that I can cook dinner all day and but don’t have anything to eat that evening. Effectively truly, I do. I give away loads of meals. And typically I give away what I ought to be having for dinner myself!

So sure, I eat take out – very hardly ever, as a result of I grew up believing take out is unhealthy and I can’t shake that. Extra possible is that I choose up frozen savoury pastries or samosas, or one thing like that. I’ve it in my irrational thoughts that as a result of I’ve to bake them, they’re half home-made. 🙂

Bizarre that I’m admitting to you that I really like frozen triangles once I’m sharing a recipe for puffs! So blowing proper previous that awkward realisation…..

I like these as a result of they’re formed in a different way to the same old cheese and spinach triangles you generally see. And never solely that, you get extra out of 1 sheet of pastry as a result of there’s a better “filling to pastry” ratio. You get 9 of those puffs out of every sheet of puff pastry, whereas I get 4 if I make triangles for across the identical quantity of filling.

I wasn’t going to share these, I believed they had been too boring. However once I gave a stash of them to a pal not too long ago, she immediately needed to know the way I made them into that form. So right here’s the recipe. 🙂

Ricotta and Spinach Puff Pastry Bites Recipe

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Serves: 15 Prep Time: 10 minutes Cooking Time: 15 minutes 15 minutes

Nutrition facts: 120 calories 20 grams fat

Rating: 5.0/5

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Ingredients

• 1 egg
• 7 oz / 200g ricotta (preferably full fat but low fat also works) (Note 1)
• 8 oz / 250g frozen chopped spinach , thawed and squeezed of excess water
• 3/4 cup grated cheddar cheese (or tasty or gruyere or any other melting cheese with flavour)
• 3/4 tsp salt
• Black pepper
• 2 sheets puff pastry (25cm/10" square), defrosted
• 1 egg , lightly beaten (egg wash)

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 180C/350F.
2. Spray 2 standard muffin / cupcake tins with oil.
3. Place egg in a bowl and lightly whisk. Add remaining Filling ingredients and mix to combine. Taste and adjust salt to taste.
4. Cut each pastry into 9 equal pieces (18 in total). You probably won't use 3 pieces.
5. Mould 15 pieces of pastry into the muffin tins.
6. Divide the Filling between each, then bring the four corners into the centre and press down to stick together. Don't overfill otherwise you won't be able to seal the pastries or they will burst open when baking (which regularly happens with mine).
7. Brush with egg wash, then bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until deep golden brown.
8. Allow to rest for 5 minutes before removing.
9. Serve warm or cool.

Notes

1. You can use feta instead of ricotta if you prefer. Don't add any salt though, otherwise it will be too salty.
 
2. Nutrition per piece. I was pleasantly surprised with how low cal they are...until I realised I can inhale 6 in the blink of an eye.