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.
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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
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:
Steph
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Just pulled these out of the oven and they are a total hit! I am not much of a cook but these were easy and super delish! Thanks!
can't wait to make these! thank for the animation!!!
If you want to freeze these appetizers, would you cook them first? What would the reheating instructions be?
These look delicious! Would you cook them and then freeze them? What temperature and time would you reheat them at when frozen?
Can these be made ahead and frozen?
Looking forward to making these.
I think that would work fine. Enjoy!
The animated pictures really help
Football or no, these sound delish!! And the animated pics are GREAT!! Thanks for sharing!!
I like using animated gifs for step by step photos like this. Nice touch.
I LOVE the animated pictures, what a great idea!