Puff pastry wreath of birds’ nests

Posted on May 31, 2024

This puff pastry wreath does great on a buffet, but you can also serve it as a main course with a stew or with a tomato sauce and rocket for a summer twist.

Ingredients

– 800 g mixed minced meat

– 1 tbsp dried oregano

– 1 tsp onion powder

– pepper & salt

– 6 eggs

– 1 tbsp vinegar

– 4 slices of puff pastry

– 1 egg yolk

– 1 tbsp black sesame seeds

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Methods

Bring water to the boil with a dash of vinegar. Boil the eggs in it for 8 minutes.

Let them cool off in cold water and peel them.

Mix the minced meat with the oregano and onion powder, season with salt and pepper.

Take a small ‘hand’ of mince, make a dimple in it and place an egg in it, form the mince around the egg into a ‘bird’s nest’. Repeat for all the eggs.

Preheat the oven to 180°C.

Lay the slices of puff pastry open to form a wide ribbon. Place a bird’s nest in the centre of the strip each time. Lay them all on one with a few cm space.

(1 puff pastry wreath consists of a maximum of 6 bird’s nests).

Fold the puff pastry halfway up to the bird’s nest and between each nest press the dough together. This will give you 6 clusters in this case. Shape into a circle and place on an oven tray lined with baking paper.

Tip: do you have any leftover puff pastry? Make a braid of it and put it between the bird’s nests.

Beat the yolk of the egg kept aside and brush the puff pastry with the egg.

Sprinkle with the sesame seeds and bake for 35 minutes in the preheated oven.

Delicious with a sauce of your choice.