Holidays
Asparagus Puff Pastry Bundles
Prep
10 minutes
Cook
15 minutes
Yield
9
These Asparagus Puff Pastry Bundles are the perfect recipe for an easy (and impressive) side dish or appetizer.
These Asparagus Puff Pastry bundles are the perfect appetizer for the upcoming holiday season or just for any time of the year. They combine the salty flavor of feta with delicious, fresh asparagus, and sundried tomatoes. All bundled up in the perfect little puff that you ever did see.
❤️ Why You’ll Love Asparagus Puff Pastry Bundles
- Versatile: Make them vegan, and add your own spices or fillings
- Great Appy: These are an awesome snack and/or appy to make this holiday season. They can even be a good side dish
- Quick: Prep these in just 10-minutes and have them ready-to-eat in under 30
🍲 Ingredients
Umami Powder: Umami is one of my go-tos in my kitchen. It’s rich, earthy, and savory, and features porcini and shiitake mushrooms complimented with onion, mustard, thyme and a hint of chili pepper spice. Seriously adds so much delicious flavor to any recipe!
Asparagus: Asparagus are a great source of nutrients, such as fiber, folate, and vitamins A, C, and K. It can also help improve your digestion.
👩🍳 How to Make Asparagus Puff Pastry Bundles
1. Preheat the oven to 425F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
2. Roll out the puff pastry dough till you can roughly sketch out 9 squares as pictured above. Drizzle the puffed pastry with half of the olive oil, just randomly.
3. To the center of the square, add equal amounts of the sundried tomato, feta, and asparagus (remember this is being divided by 9).
NOTE: When placing the asparagus to the puff pastry, make sure that the top and bottom of the asparagus and aligned with 2 corners of the puff pastry, refer to photos.
4. To a small bowl, add all the spices and stir till combined. Now, dust all the open bundles with this mixture till it’s gone. Distribute evenly.
5. Close the bundles by wrapping the two other corners of the bundles over the asparagus and then pitching the sides together to seal them.
6. Drizzle the bundles with more oil and lightly dust with some garlic powder.
7. Bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown. Watch them closely to avoid burning. Enjoy immediately.
🪄 Tips and Tricks
- Prep these bundles in advance and throw them in the oven when you’re ready to serve them to your guests
- Serve these Asparagus Puff Pastry bundles as a side dish to a holiday dinner, or as an appetizer or starter
🗒 Substitutions
- Sundried Tomatoes: Use olives instead of sundried tomatoes if you don’t have any on hand or aren’t a big fan. You can also use marinated artichokes too
- Vegan: Make these Asparagus Puff Pastry bundles vegan by using a feta alternative or eliminating the feta entirely
🗒 Best served with
👝 How to Store Leftovers
These bundles are best enjoyed freshly baked. If you have leftovers, you can store them in a container in the fridge for up to 4 days and re-heat in the microwave or on low in the oven.
🤔 Common Questions
You’ll almost always find it in the frozen aisle at your grocery store. Look around the frozen pies and baked goods.
Asparagus have aspargusic acid. This acid is only found in asparagus and when the asparagus is digested, this acid breaks down into sulfur. Sulfur generally has a smell similar to rotten eggs.
This is dependent on the climate in your region but usually in the springtime, asparagus is in-season and the best. However, you can find it year-round imported from other countries.
Asparagus Puff Pastry Bundles
Ingredients
- 1 sheet of puffed pastry
- 3 tbsp. olive oil or reserve oil from the tomatoes can also be both
- 3/4 cup sundried tomatoes
- 3/4 cup feta cheese crumbled
- 2 large bundles of asparagus washed and dead ends removed
- 1 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 1 tsp umami powder
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Roll out the puff pastry dough till you can roughly sketch out 9 squares as pictured above. Drizzle the puffed pastry with half of the olive oil, just randomly.
- To the center of the square, add equal amounts of the sundried tomato, feta, and asparagus (remember this is being divided by 9). NOTE: when placing the asparagus to the puff pastry, make sure that the top and bottom of the asparagus and aligned with 2 corners of the puff pastry, refer to photos.
- To a small bowl, add all the spices and stir till combined. Now, dust all the open bundles with this mixture till it’s gone. Distribute evenly.
- Close the bundles by wrapping the two other corners of the bundles over the asparagus and then pitching the sides together to seal them.
- Drizzle the bundles with more oil and lightly dust with some garlic powder.
- Bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown. Watch them closely to avoid burning.
- Enjoy immediately.
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This was incredible! My partner made them, followed your steps, and damn he made a good cook!!
that makes me so happy!
Sundried tomatoes and asparagus, a very welcomed and delicious combo, this will be good!
I am so happy that you loved this!
These look so intimidating but I’m going to give it a try, I trust your instructions!!!!
I promise you they are so easy!