Ham and Cheese Pastry Puffs
These ham and cheese pastry puffs are great for savory breakfast or finger food. The spice mixture adds extra flavor to these delicious pastry. Store-bought puff pastry comes in handy for this recipe.
Ham and Cheese! The staple items in everyone’s kitchen across the nation. I bet you have a packet or two sitting in your fridge now. Try these ham and cheese pastry puffs for a savory breakfast or finger food for a party.
Thanksgiving is coming near and everyone will be busy getting ready for the holiday season soon after. So here is Ham and Cheese Pastry Puffs that can be put together quickly to impress your house guests (if they are visiting) in the morning.
I used store-bought deli ham but any leftover ham or turkey slices from your Thanksgiving meal would work great with this recipe. You can also use your favorite type of melt-able cheese to match.
These pastry puffs are not only limited for the savory breakfast. They can turn into a great finger food to any party as well.
The addition of your household spice blend sprinkled on top of these pastries make them very unique and gourmet-ish.
This recipe is adapted from the back in the day bakery cookbook.
How to make ham and cheese pasty puffs
First, gather up all the spices from your pantry and line them up. Preheat the oven to 400˚F or 200˚C.
Mix each portion in a small bowl. The amount will be more than enough for 8 pastries.
Note: If you are using store bought deli ham or turkey slices, omit the salt in the spice blend. I don’t think it is necessary.
Here are the rest of the ingredients. Frozen puff pastry, ham (I used black forest), and cheese.
Unfold the thawed pastry sheet and cut into 4 squares.
Place a slice of ham and cheese on top diagonally.
I used white cheddar cheese. Provolone or Swiss cheese would be a great option, too.
Sprinkle a little bit of the spice blend on top.
Bring the two side corners and pinch them to stick together.
Place the pastries on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and brush with egg wash.
Sprinkle a little more spice blend on top.
Put them in a preheated oven and bake for 12-15 minutes. And adore the beauty of puffing and melting stage of thing! Yeah!!!!
Done! They are good both hot right out of oven or at room temperature. The spice blend really adds nice flavor on these puffs. Of course they make a great finger food, too.
Simple food, simple life.., yup! that’s what I am longing for this week.
Other Savory Breakfast Recipes
Ham and Cheese Pastry Puffs
Ingredients
- 2 sheets frozen puff pastries, thawed
- 8 ham or turkey slices
- 8 slices cheddar, Swiss, or provolone cheese
- egg wash, 1egg + 1 tablespoon water
Spice blend:
- 1/4 tsp onion powder
- 1/2 tbsp chili powder
- 1/8 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp dried thyme
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1/2 tsp allspice
- 1/4 tsp cloves
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400ºF (200ºC)
- Cut the thawed pastries into 4 squares, lay ham and cheese diagonally.
- Sprinkle a little bit of spice blend on top and fold two diagonal corners to the center and pinch together to secure.
- Place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bush the pastries with the egg wash and sprinkle more spice blend on top.
- Bake them in the preheated oven for 12-15 minutes until golden brown. Serve warm or room temperature.
Hi hi! I just baked these for my wife. I added a small amount of green onion. They were delicious! Wife agreed. B-)
Yummy! Are they freezable? What would the reheating instructions be once they were thawed?
They should be freezable. You can reheat in a toaster oven or warm in the 350˚F oven for 10-15 minutes until hot and crisp again.
Not sure why but I somehow didn’t see this email coming in, or maybe deleted by mistake. SO glad I caught it. Kids will start their break this afternoon. I need some quick and nice lunch idea – this is PERFECT! Going to get more puff pastries~~. 🙂
this looks very good thank you so much ^_^
Ham and cheese is one of my favorite combos. We made ham and cheese crepes last night…so good. Thank you for sharing. A delicious end to a long Thursday! I hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Thank you Monet. You have a wonderful weekend, too!
this looks like a great idea — I usually do little ham/cream cheese/onion roll ups thingies but I’m going to give these a try. especially with the three large teenage nephews coming – they devour the snack food (and the other food too, you know, teenagers are just bottomless pits) so this may go a bit further. Best wishes to you, Kate
These look terrific! Frozen puff pastry is so great, isn’t it? Love these – thanks so much.