Ham and Cheese Pastry Puffs {Football Friday}

Ham & Cheese Pastry Puffs – these are easy to make and taste amazing – ham, cheese, and seasoning wrapped in puff pastry – can assemble and freeze for later. These are SO good. Great for parties or a quick lunch or dinner.

Ham & Cheese Puff Pastry Sandwiches

Are you ready for football??? I am SOOOO ready! I can’t wait to see all our football friends. These Ham and Cheese Pastry Puffs are perfect for tailgating. They are bite-sized and travel well. These pastry puffs are good warm or at room temperature.

How to Make Ham & Cheese Pastry Puffs

These puffs are very easy to make. Cut the puff pastry into squares, top with dijon mustard, ham, cheese, spices and fold up. Easy peasy! I made an animated picture so you can get an idea of how to assemble these.

• To keep the edges together during cooking :
  • Don’t overfill the puff pastry
  • Wet the edges of the puff pastry with water to help seal the pastry together
  • Can use toothpicks to help keep the edges together
• If the puff pastry does open up during cooking, don’t panic. As soon as you take them out of the oven, gently press the edges together and they will stay together just fine after cooling. I had to do that with some of the puffs in this batch.
• Can Ham & Cheese Pastry Puffs be made in advance? Yes! You can assemble the pastry puff ahead of time and refrigerate until ready to bake.
• Can Ham & Cheese Pastry Puffs be frozen? Yes! You can assemble the pastry puff ahead of time and freeze them unbaked for later. To bake after freezing, simply add a few minutes to the cooking time below.

What to Serve with Ham Sandwiches

We ate these for lunch the other day and they were AMAZING! The flavors are great. The spice blend that is sprinkled on top of the pastries really puts this dish over the top. I used a combination of swiss and white cheddar cheese. If you don’t like either or both of those cheeses, use your favorite cheese. No matter the cheese, these are a sure crowd pleaser!

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Ham & Cheese Pastry Puffs

Author: Plain Chicken

Yield: 18 puffs

Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 15 minutes mins

Total Time 30 minutes mins

Ham & Cheese Pastry Puffs – these are easy to make and taste amazing – ham, cheese, and seasoning wrapped in puff pastry – can assemble and freeze for later. These are SO good. Great for parties or a quick lunch or dinner.

Ingredients:

Spice Blend

• ½ tsp onion powder
• 1 Tbsp chili powder
• 2 tsp black pepper
• ¼ tsp cinnamon
• ¼ tsp garlic powder

Pastries

• 1 (17.3-oz) package puff pastry, defrosted (2 sheets)
• ¼ cup dijon mustard
• ½ lb thinly sliced deli ham (Boars Head Virginia Ham)
• ½ cup swiss cheese grated
• ½ cup white cheddar grated
• 1 egg beaten
• 1 Tbsp water

Instructions:

• Preheat oven to 400ºF. Line baking sheets with parchment paper. Set aside.
• Spice Blend: Combine all ingredients in a small bowl and mix well.
• Pastries: Unfold pastry sheets. Cut each sheet into 9 squares.
• Spread about ½ tsp of dijon over the puff pastry. Arrange ham and cheese down center of the pastry squares. Sprinkle with some of the spice blend. Fold two opposite corners of each square over the filling and press edges to seal. Place on prepared baking sheet.
• Combine egg and water. Brush each pastry with egg wash. Sprinkle tops of pastries with more spice blend.
• Bake 15-18 minutes, until golden brown. Serve warm or at room temperature.

Notes:

Can assemble pastry puffs and freeze unbaked for later.

To bake after freezing, thaw slightly and bake as directed above.

These are best served hot out of the oven or at room temperature.

If you are having trouble with keeping the edges together, try securing them with toothpicks.

Plain Chicken

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Steph