Puff Pastry Posies & Tomato Tulips

You don't have to be a great chef to delight your guests with this cheerful arrangement of pesto puff pastry posies & tomato tulips.

You can prep this sunny composition ahead of time, then pop the pastries in the oven for 25 minutes to serve.

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Pesto Puff Pastry Posies Ingredients

• 2 puff pastry dough sheets 10" x 15"
• 1/2 cup pesto    Recipe here
• Sliced white cheese (provolone, cheddar, or American)
• Egg wash (1 egg + 1 Tbsp water)
• 9 cherry tomatoes

• Thaw two 10" x 15" pastry sheets
• Spread pesto evenly over one sheet

• Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees
• Place the second pastry sheet over the pesto
• Cut out 9 flower shapes with cookie cutter
• Use the back of a melon baller to press the pastries together at each flower petal
• You could also use the back of a measuring spoon

• Cut 9 shapes from cheese slices using smaller cookie cutter
• Place cheese in the center of flower pastries

• Brush egg wash over pastry posies
• Place a cherry tomato in the center of each pastry

• Place pastries on a baking sheet
• When oven is pre-heated to 375 degrees
• Bake for 25 minutes

• Mix together cream cheese, lemon juice, & spices
• Use a paring knife to cut the stem out of the bottom of each tomato
• Make 2 perpendicular vertical cuts from the top of the tomato 3/4 of the way down
• Scoop out insides of tomato with a spoon
• Use a pastry bag to fill each tomato with the cream cheese mixture
• Alternatively, use a plastic bag with the corner cut off
• Cut the green ends off the onions
• Insert the firm end of the onion into the bottom of each tomato
• Note: A chopstick works well to enlarge the hole, if necessary

Focus on food presentations that evoke emotion to make your mark as the quintessential party planner.

Another spring & garden themed recipe is our Ladybug Caprese Crostini here...

Have fun!