Pepper Puffs with Bacon
Puff pastry with a delicious blend of peppers, bacon and finally topped with cream cheese.
Servings 30
Calories 42kcal
Ingredients
- ½ pkg frozen puff pastry thawed (1 sheet)
- ½ tbsp olive oil
- 3 slices bacon fat removed
- ½ red bell pepper finely chopped
- ½ green bell pepper finely chopped
- 3 tbsp red onion finely chopped
- 2 cloves garlic grated
- salt & pepper to taste
- 2 tsp fresh parsley chopped
Instructions
- Remove as much fat from the bacon as possible and chop into small pieces. In a large frying pan, add olive oil and cook bacon over medium heat until just starting to brown. Add peppers, onions, garlic, salt and pepper. Cook until softened. Stir in parsley, set aside and allow the mixture to cool.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll the puff pastry sheet out to a 10"x12" rectangle. For easier handling freeze for 10-15 minutes on a lined baking sheet.
- If necessary trim any rough edges of the pastry. Cut the sheets into 2" squares. Poke each square with a fork in a few locations.
- Put a generous teaspoon of the pepper/bacon mixture on each square. Bake at 350℉ for approx. 15 minutes. They should be golden brown.Remove from the oven and top each square with ½ a tsp of cream cheese. Bake for an additional 3 minutes.
Notes
If you are making these in advance, prepare the pastry with the pepper/bacon mixture and freeze them on a lined baking sheet. When frozen, place in sealed containers and bake from frozen when needed.
Calories are based on individual squares.