"Never mind," I thought, "You've got five meals out of that pack of pastry, you can just chuck the rest."
Nope. For the next couple of hours, that pastry played on my mind. I couldn't bear to throw away good food.
I also had an idea - there was a jar of no-added-sugar jam in the fridge, which was bound to go off quite soon.
I combined the two, rolling out the pastry into an oblong, spreading it with jam, and baking the result for 15 minutes.
The result was delicious - light, and slightly chewy from the jam. I'll do it deliberately next time - and perhaps even make an effort to make them a bit prettier!
Makes 20 bite-sized swirls
90g puff patry
50g jam (the no-added-sugar stuff, made with grape juice, works well. I used raspberry)
Um... that's it!
Pre-heat your oven to 180C ish.
Roll out your pastry to an oblong about 10cm by 20cm.
Spread it thinly with the jam.
Carefully roll it up into a long, thin sausage.
Cut it up into 20 slices, and place on a baking tray, lined with baking parchment.
Bake for 15 minutes.
Allow to cool a little - jam gets VERY hot.
Eat. Try not to eat them ALL in one sitting. Maybe get up and make another cup of tea halfway through.
(I've tagged this one vegan as a lot of bought puff pastry is vegan - obviously, check your labels beforehand).
Mmm, leftover pastry. It gets turned into cheese straws in our house. Delicious, if deeply fattening. x
ReplyDeleteMmmm. That looks incredibly good. I think I need to make these and treat them as revision snacks.
ReplyDeleteBlonde - cheese straws were my other option. I was craving sweet, not savoury at the time, but I think I'll try that next time. x
ReplyDeleteAmy - they are very good. Although I'd recommend putting the ones you don't intend to eat away, up high somewhere. They're a little bit moreish...