Mushroom Puff Pasties Aka Footballs Recipes

MUSHROOM PUFF PASTIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400.
• Lay pastry on a lightly floured surface and trim to form square.
• Cut the pastry into 36 squares and place on baking sheet, then brush lightly with egg.
• Bake until golden 10 - 12 minutes and remove from oven, let cool.
• Lower the heat to 350.
• Heat the butter in a pan over med - high heat. Add the mushrooms, onions and shallots.
• Season with the sea salt and cayenne pepper and cook until mushrooms brown - 10 minutes.
• Add the wine and cook until it has all been absorbed.
• Put the mushrooms mixture, creme fraiche, cheese and herb in a food processor or mixer and pulse 2 - 3 times, just until the mixture is combined, you don't want to puree it.
• To assemble cut each puff-pastry square in half crosswise and fill with 1/2 tsp mushroom filling.
• Then bake for 5 minutes.
• This is best served warm.

"HIGH ROLLER" MUSHROOM PUFF PASTRY

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Cut the puff pastry into 60 even squares. Using a pastry brush, brush each square with the beaten egg. Place the squares on a greased sheet pan. Apply the black sesame seeds to the egg wash on top of the squares in different patterns to make them look like dice. Bake the puffs until golden brown about 12 minutes. Let the puffs cool. Cut the puffs in half horizontally for sandwiching.
• Clean and cut all the mushrooms. Heat a large saute pan. Add the cooking oil and saute mushrooms in small batches seasoning with garlic, shallots, salt and pepper. Spread sauteed mushrooms out onto a large tray and allow to cool. Chop the mushrooms and return them to the saute pan. Add the white wine and reduce until the liquid is almost completely evaporated. Add the cream and reduce again until thick.
• Place one scoop of mushroom mixture on the bottom layer of the puff pastry and then top with the other layer to form the sandwich.

WILD MUSHROOM PUFF PASTRY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add shallot; cook and stir until tender, about 5 minutes. Lower heat to medium-low and add mushrooms. Cook and stir until mushrooms reduce by half, about 15 minutes. Stir in roasted garlic, Parmesan cheese, and thyme. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Stir in cream. Remove from heat and allow mushroom mixture to cool. It will thicken as it cools.
• Unfold pastry sheet onto floured surface and lightly roll into a 12 x 15 inch square. Cut into eighteen 3 inch squares. Place a mounded teaspoon of mushroom filling in the center of each square. Fold pastry over filling to form a triangle. Pinch edges firmly together with a fork to seal.
• Bake 12 to 16 minutes, or until golden brown. Serve hot or at room temperature.

MUSHROOM PUFF PASTRY BITES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. For filling, in a large skillet, heat butter over medium heat. Add mushrooms and onion; cook and stir until tender, 3-5 minutes. Add garlic and pepper; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in cream cheese until melted; remove from heat., Unfold one pastry sheet; cut into 9 squares. Cut each square diagonally in half. Place a scant teaspoon of filling on one half of each triangle. Brush edges of pastry with water; fold over to form a triangle. Seal edges with a fork; place 1 in. apart on parchment-lined baking sheets. Repeat with second pastry sheet and remaining filling., Bake until golden brown, 12-15 minutes. Remove from pans to wire racks. Serve warm. Freeze option: Cover and freeze unbaked triangles on parchment-lined baking sheets until firm. Transfer to a freezer conatiner; return to freezer. To use, bake as directed.

MUSHROOM PUFFS

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large frying pan over medium heat.
• Add the onion and mushrooms, saute until the liquid evaporates.
• Add the flour, whisking until smooth.
• Cook for 1 minute, stirring constantly.
• Add the lemon juice, stirring constantly.
• Add the cream and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until the mixture is thickened and bubbly.
• Stir in the salt and pepper, to taste.
• Remove from heat.
• Roll out the pastry on a floured surface to 1/8 inch thick.
• Cut into 2 1/2 inch squares.
• Place a heaping teaspoon of the filling in the center of each square.
• Grasp all 4 corners and pinch the four seams to form a bundle, drop into the cup of a mini muffin pan (Do not force them down).
• Repeat with the remaining pastry and filling.
• Cover and chill.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Bake for 20-25 minutes or until sides and bottoms are browned.