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Prosciutto Puff Pastry Pinwheels

Prosciutto Puff Pastry Pinwheels are flaky finger foods for aperitivo or as an appetizer, filled with prosciutto and topped with sesame seeds.
Recipe Prosciutto Puff Pastry Pinwheels
  • Difficulty Easy
  • Preparation 10 minutes
  • Cooking 20 minutes
  • Servings for 4 people

Prosciutto Puff Pastry Pinwheels are a recipe you can make in a flash, yet they are really tasty and hard to resist. A fun, eye-catching idea, these Savory Puff Pastry Pinwheels are very simple to make and will win you over with the unmistakable flakiness of the pastry and the bold flavor of the prosciutto inside.

We then finished them by brushing the Prosciutto Pinwheels with egg yolk and covering them with sesame seeds, which toast in the oven and add their aromatic note to the recipe. A perfect Buffet Finger Food, Prosciutto Pinwheels are also a great appetizer, ideal for serving during the Christmas season to round out the holiday menu quickly and easily. What’s more, as we’ll see, the recipe is so simple that it lends itself to countless variations, depending on your taste or the ingredients you have on hand. They’ll always be a success.

If you’re looking for more Puff Pastry Pinwheel Recipes, we suggest trying the recipe for Ham Pinwheels, Ricotta and Spinach Pinwheels, Mushroom Pinwheels, Cheese Pinwheels and, for a sweet version, the irresistible Nutella Pinwheels. And if you want to give the recipe an extra boost, try making it with Homemade Puff Pastry: you’ll taste the difference.

Now let’s tie on our aprons and preheat the oven: today we’re whipping up these flaky, flavorful Prosciutto Puff Pastry Pinwheels in no time.

Ingredients for 4 people

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Method

  1. To make the Prosciutto Puff Pastry Pinwheels, first unroll the puff pastry, place it on your work surface with the long side facing you and cut it into 12 strips. Fill each strip with a slice of prosciutto folded in half, then roll the pinwheel up on itself.
  2. Transfer the pinwheels to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, spacing them well apart. Beat the yolk with the milk and brush it over the entire surface of the pinwheels. Finish by sprinkling them with sesame seeds and bake in an oven preheated to 180 °C (350 °F) for 15-20 minutes, until golden and flaky. Your Prosciutto Puff Pastry Pinwheels are ready to serve. Finally, remember to download our App with exclusive content and fewer ads!
    Puff pastry and prosciutto pinwheels

Variations and Alternatives

If you like, you can enrich the filling of the Prosciutto Puff Pastry Pinwheels with some grated Grana, a stretched-curd cheese such as provola, or a layer of Philadelphia. The egg yolk for brushing can be replaced with a couple of tablespoons of tomato passata, simply seasoned with oil, salt and pepper. And if you don’t like sesame seeds, you can leave them out or replace them with poppy seeds.

Tips

When served as an appetizer, Prosciutto Puff Pastry Pinwheels are best served as soon as they’re ready, to enjoy the flakiness of the puff pastry at its best, but they’re also delicious eaten cold, for example on a buffet.

Storage

Prosciutto Puff Pastry Pinwheels keep in the fridge, in an airtight container, for 2-3 days. When you’re ready to eat them, reheat them in the oven for about ten minutes.

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