There are days in the summer when you want a simple yet delicious lunch, nothing too heavy or spicy. So after the occasional pasta, salad, sandwich it was time to switch things up a bit. Since its hard to find fresh spinach during this time, I bought some frozen spinach and decided to whip up these savory Spinach-Cheese-Spiced puffs. Now if you have tried the spinach quiche or puffs from the coffee shop and you thought to yourself the cheese is just too much, then you will love my version of these puffs. Personally I cant eat anything that has spinach and cheese in them, especially ricotta or feta. It just makes me nauseous. So I switched the heavy ricotta with some good old cheddar and it tastes, at least in my opinion, absolutely delicious.
So here goes....
Ingredients: Makes 4 big puffs
- 1 large puff pastry sheet
- 250g or 3 cubes of frozen spinach
- 1 Small onion finely sliced
- 2-3 tsp. Olive oil
- 3 Cloves of garlic
- 1 tsp. Red chili powder (adjust to your liking)
- 1 tbsp. Dry Oregano
- 1/2 Cup Cheddar
- Salt to taste
- 3-4 tsp. Milk
Method:
- In a non stick pan heat the oil.
- Add the onion, saute for 2 mins. Next add spinach cubes or leaves, chili powder, oregano and salt.
- Grate the 3 cloves of garlic & add to the spinach.
- Mix and cook till the spinach is wilted or cooked.
- Let it cool completely.
- Pre-heat oven to 200 degrees C.
- Spray a baking sheet with some non stick spray or butter.
- Remove the pastry sheet from the freezer & thaw for 5 mins or as per the instructions on the box.
- Cut the sheet into 4 equal sized squares.
- Equally divide the spinach mix in the 4 squares.
- Grate about 1tbp each or more of the cheddar on each square.
- With your fingers or a pastry brush, brush some of the milk on all sides of the square.
- fold each square to form a triangle. Pinch the sides well to seal the puff.
- Place each triangle on the greased baking sheet.
- Bake in the oven for 10-12 mins.
- Turn the oven off, now turn on the grill and place tray under the grill for another 5-7 mins or till the top gets a nice golden brown color. (Each oven is different, mine is very old so I need to do this step. You may skip turning on the grill if you get a nice golden color on the top)
- Remove the puffs and let them cool before covering them with a foil to store. Serve hot or cold.
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