Puff Pastry / Croissant Christmas Tree
You can make these sweet or savoury. Personally, the savoury one is the one for me, but here are a few different recipes for the filling. You can use however many sheets of puff pastry as you want, depending on the height of the tree that you are after.
- Sweet Nutella Style
2 sheets of puff pastry
Nutella
1 egg, slightly beaten
Almond meal (optional)
Icing sugar
Savoury Garlic and Cheese
- 2 sheets of puff pastry
- Minced Garlic
- Grated Cheese
- Sweet Chilli Sauce
- Preferred Herbs
- Sesame Seeds
Savoury Ham and Cheese
- Shredded Ham
- Minced Garlic
- Grated Cheese
- Sweet Pickles
- Preferred Herbs
- Sesame Seeds
There are so many options:
- Spinach and Cheese
- Garlic and Cheese
- Ham Cheese and Pineapple
- Cheese and Onion
- Vegemite and Cheese
- Cheese with Apricot Jam
Always remember to add some herbs and spices for that extra little flavour.
Use the Method below to make your trees.
- Preheat oven 180 degrees.
- Put the 2 puff pastry (still frozen) on top of each other,
- Cut the sides to form a tree
- Use the leftover pastry to make star shapes with a cookie cutter.
- Leave the top sheet aside. Spread nutella on the other and sprinkle with some almond meal.
- Cover with the other sheet. Cut each sides (see picture), brush with beaten egg and twirl each of the branches.
- Bake for 20 minutes or until golden and puffed.
- Sprinkle with icing sugar.
This is another example of what you can do using croissants.