Appetizing Ham and cheese puff pastry Recipe

Ham and cheese puff pastry. Brush the border with the egg wash. Brush the border with the egg wash. Place the second sheet on top of the filled pastry, lining up the edges.

It is a great way to use up leftover ham and it tastes like a gourmet treat! This breakfast, lunch or dinner treat is a delicious buttery and flaky puff pastry enveloping a mixture of hot ham, melty swiss cheese, and fresh spinach. Roll out one puff pastry sheet onto a greased baking sheet. You can make delicius Ham and cheese puff pastry using 7 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve that with this recipe.

Basic Ingredients of Ham and cheese puff pastry

1. It's 8 oz of whole grain mustard.
2. Prepare 8 oz of Apricot preserves.
3. You need 1 each of sheet of puff pastry.
4. Prepare 1/4 cup of Brown sugar.
5. You need 1 of egg.
6. It's 1 1/2 lb of White cheddar cheese shredded.
7. It's 1 1/4 lb of ham.

Sprinkle one cup of the cheese over the pastry base and top that with the ham and onion. Now sprinkle the remaining cheese over the top. In a medium bowl whisk together the eggs, cream, nutmeg, salt, and pepper. Pour egg mixture over the ham and cheese (reserve a teaspoon or two for brushing the exposed pastry).

Ham and cheese puff pastry step by step

1. Pre heat oven to 425.
2. Thaw out one sheet of puff pastry.
3. As puff pastry is thawing mix the apricot preserves with whole grain mustard in a bowl.
4. Once puff pastry is thawed sprinkle flour on your cutting board to keep from sticking and sprinkle some on the sheet of puff pastry and with rolling pin roll out the puff pastry to get rid of the creases in the sheet.
5. Next spread the mixture of mustard and preserve on the puff pastry then on 1/2 of the puff pastry add 1 pound of the slice ham and then the one pound of cheese.
6. Then fold the sheet over the ingredients like making a call one and seal it with your figures or a fork.
7. Once sealed place on a baking sheet and make vents on top like you would a pie to let the steam out then crack the egg and beat it and add a teaspoon of water to make a egg wash and brush all over the puff pastry.
8. Place into the oven and bake till golden brown all ovens are different mine took about 40 min to cook just keep an eye on it after 20 min of cooking.
9. As it is cooking take the rest of the ham and add the brown sugar to a saute pan and cook till carmeized.
10. Once it is finish cooking take out of the oven add the rest of the cheese and then the caramelized ham let cheese melt from the heat and then serve with any style off eggs you like I usually just make scrambled eggs.

You don't even need a recipe for this - just watch the VIDEO! (Don't worry, I've written out the recipe too!) How To make these Ham And Cheese Puff Pastry Pockets: You will need just few ingredients:-puff pastry sheets or squares, or rounds- whatever you have available-slices of your favorite ham(it has to be cooked ham)-shredded cheese(use your favorite)-an egg (to brush the pastries). Trim the ends so that they are even, then tightly wrap the log with the plastic wrap. Repeat with the second sheet of puff pastry and remaining mustard, ham, and cheese. Staying within the border, add the sliced ham in overlapping layers. Brush the border with some of the egg wash to create a seal.