Savory Puff Pastry Nests
Author/ Συγγραφέας: Katerina
Recipe type/ Τύπος Πιάτου: Appetizer
- 350 gr. / 12 oz. turkey or pork sausage with leeks
- 30 puff pastry rosettes
- 1 cup tomato juice
- ¼ cup dry red wine
- ½ tsp dried basil
- ½ tsp dried oregano
- ¼ tsp cardamom
- ¼ tsp cumin
- ¼ tsp paprika
- 900 gr. / 32 oz. peeled potatoes
- 200 ml / 7 oz. milk, scalded
- 100 gr. / 3.5 oz. melted margarine or butter
- ½ tsp ground nutmeg
- Salt and pepper
- In salted water boil the potatoes until completely soft and done.
- Remove from fire and drain them.
- Put them in a food mill and make them puree.
- Add all the rest of the ingredients and mix until they are incorporated.
- Put aside.
- Cut the sausage in medium pieces and place them in your blender.
- Mix until they mushy just like the ground meat.
- Take a pot and place it on the stove in medium heat.
- Throw the ground sausage, the tomato juice and all the rest of the ingredients and bring to boil.
- Lower heat and let simmer for 15 minutes.
- Remove from fire.
- In the mean time we can prepare the puff pastry nests.
- Preheat oven to 200° C / 400° F.
- Butter two 15 case muffin pans.
- Put the puff pastry rosettes so as to cover the bottom and the sides of each case.
- With a fork, pinch the dough in several places.
- Put in the oven and bake for 5 minutes.
- Take them out.
- Leave the oven turned on.
- Add 1 to 1 ½ tbsp. of the ground sausage to each nest.
- Take a plastic food bag and fill it with the mashed potatoes.
- Cut the one tip of the bag so as to have an opening of about 1,5 cm / 0.5 in.
- Start decorating with the mashed potatoes the same way you do with the cupcakes.
- Place the muffin tins in the oven and bake for 20 to 30 minutes or until the mashed potatoes tips have taken a golden color.
- Remove from the oven, let them cool a little bit and then serve.
Recipe by Culinary Flavors at https://www.culinaryflavors.gr/savory-puff-pastry-nests/
3.2.2124