I was graciously invited to a birthday party this weekend and I was trying to think of what I should bring for some finger foods.
What to do ... what to do...
I remembered I had some danish pastry dough in the freezer and thought " hey, maybe I could use that". I picked up some sliced ham and some fresh spinach and some colby/jack cheese.
I rolled out the dough to about 1/16th of an inch and placed a leaf of spinach and 1/4 slice of ham and rolled it up like a croissant and placed a thin slice of cheese on top. In half of them I spread a small amount of cream cheese to add creaminess, Mmmm yum!
I kept them nice and small so they would be about two bites worth.
They were a big hit at the party and everyone asked for the recipe. Of course that was an easy one I just explained the way I put them together as I did above
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You can use all kinds of different dough types , such as puff pastry, biscuit dough, or even bread dough. The danish dough I used was buttery and flaky which you won't get with a bread dough.
I love using dough like this for something savory. It's a great combination of sweet and savory. Danish dough is used almost exclusively for sweet pastries.
I hope you'll try this some time and let me know how it turns out.
Mike the Baker Boy
