This weekend my brother had a homework assignment to create a solar system. He decided to use pastry to do it. However, he only used half the pastry. My mum said I could use the pastry in anyway I wanted. I decided I would make cheese twisters, like the ones they sell in farmers' markets. However, my idea was not just to make the obvious cheddar cheese ones. I wanted to make them less crumbly, more chewy kind of texture. That is why I did not use puff pastry, but, shortcrust pastry instead. I also decided that I would use the pesto ad cream cheese as the flavour. my idea worked just as I wanted it to and here is the recipe:
Lottie's Cream cheese and Pesto Twisters:(makes approximately 24)
ingredients:
- 100g of cream cheese
- 2tbsp's of fresh pesto
- 320g of puff pastry
- flour for dusting
- 1 egg beaten
Method:
1. Heat the oven to 180-200 gas mark 6
2. Tip the cream cheese and pesto into a bowl and mix well
3. Roll out the pastry onto a lightly floured surface and roll into a rectangle shape. (if you can't do not worry, but when measuring later it will make life easier)
4. Cut your rolled out pastry in half
5. On one half spread the pesto and cream cheese mix as evenly as possible
6. Place the other half of the pastry on top like a sandwich
7. Cut this into strips about 1cm thick
8.twist the pastry's carefully as they rip if you pull them
9. place them on the tray and egg wash them with a beaten egg
10. cook them for 20-25 minutes until risen.
If you have any recipe idea made from leftover food then I would love to hear them so please comment below.
Lottie X
