Christmas Vegetable and Cheese Stars made with Puff Pastry

Crispy puff pastry stars with carrot, red pepper and Gouda are a festive snack for the Christmas season and also go well in a lunchbox. They can be prepared the day before and baked shortly before serving.

By yumbelo · 4 servings · 35 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 pack puff pastry, rolled out (roll)
• 150 g carrots, finely grated
• 1 pc red bell pepper, finely diced
• 80 g peas, frozen
• 120 g Gouda, grated
• 100 g cream cheese
• 1 bunch chives, finely snipped
• 2 tbsp milk, for brushing
• pinch salt
• pinch pepper

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 200 °C top and bottom heat and line a baking sheet with baking paper.
2. Briefly cook the peas in boiling water, drain and let them dry.
3. Mix the carrots, bell pepper, peas, cream cheese, half of the Gouda and the chives in a bowl and season with salt and pepper.
4. Unroll the puff pastry, cut it into two equal-sized rectangles and spread one rectangle thinly with the vegetable-cheese mixture.
5. Place the second rectangle on top as a lid and press down lightly.
6. Cut out stars with a star-shaped cutter (or a sharp knife) and place them on the baking sheet.
7. Brush the stars with milk and sprinkle with the remaining Gouda.
8. Bake in the preheated oven for about 15 minutes until golden brown and let cool briefly.