Cheese and Chilli Whorls

Today was a 'make it' day... with not much time.  The oven was on and we needed some savoury snacks for the weekend.

A fridge audit revealed some Silly Yak pastry and grated mature cheddar... and an idea was forming.

Using half a pack of Silly Yak gluten free puff pastry, it was rolled out into a rectangle (about 3mm thick). 

The cheese was mixed with a Tablespoonful of paprika and smoked paprika, and a 'generous' sprinkle of chilli flakes.  These were then spread over the pastry, patted down and the pastry was rolled from one of the long sides... into a swiss roll shape.

Cutting the pastry roll into slices about 1.5cm thick, they were placed on a non-stick baking sheet and then put in a pre-heated hot oven (180C) for 10 minutes; they were checked and cooked for another 2 minutes until crisp and bubbling. 

Cooling them on the baking tray for a few minutes, they were removed and allowed to cool completely. 

A delicious, simple and spicy savoury treat.  Prepared and baked in 20 minutes - that's my type of cooking!

Speedy Choco Nut Rolls

Using half a pack of Silly Yak Foods gluten free puff pastry, these speedy pastries were made.

Ingredients were -

Half a pack of puff pastry
Tablespoon of Nutella, warmed
Heaped tablespoon of macadamia nuts, roughly chopped (hazelnuts could be used instead)

On a floured silicone sheet, we rolled out the puff pastry to approximately 25cm by 20cm.

Next the warmed Nutella was spread over the pastry.

The chopped nuts were sprinkled over.


Finally, using the silicone sheet to assist, the pastry sheet was rolled (from the long edge) into a long

tube.

This roll was then sliced into 8 pieces and these were placed on a non-stick baking sheet, cut side down.

The baking sheet was put in a pre-heated oven (175ºC fan) and baked for 12-17mins (check for browning and ensure pastry is cooked)

We allowed the rolls to rest on the baking sheet for about 5 minutes once out of the over.  They were then removed to a cooling rack to completely cool.

A tasty and speedy treat... which won't last long but if you need to store them, make sure they're in an airtight container. 

Rule of Crumb Garlic Bread

We'd been keeping an eye out for Rule of Crumb part-baked bread for some time... finally found it at Ocado and ordered some (it came frozen - £2.75 a loaf)

Yesterday was the day to try it... as we were having a "pasta based evening meal". 

The bread comes in a cook-in-the-bag wrapper.

It was then baked according to the pack instructions (hot oven for 15 mins) and was smelling great by the time it was removed... noting the packing is HOT when baking's done, we took care in releasing from the wrapper.

The garlic bread is pre-cut and filled with butter lengthwise.  It was lovely and crunchy and there was the perfect amount of garlic butter for our tastes.

We cut it into three chunks and shared it between us.  It was a really great accompaniment to our pasta meals and, best of all, Sous Chef J loved every crumb... even eating the crust.  We'll be re-stocking asap to have as a freezer standby!