Mini Goat Cheese Puffs Recipes

MINI PUFFS WITH GOAT CHEESE & HERBS RECIPE - (4.2/5)

Steps:

• PASTRY: Preheat oven to 375°F. Grease a baking sheet; set aside. In a medium saucepan, combine the water, milk, butter, salt, and nutmeg. Bring to a boil. Add flour all at once, stirring vigorously. Cook and stir until mixture forms a ball. Remove from heat. Cool for 5 minutes at room temperature. Add two of the eggs, one at a time, beating well with a wooden spoon after each addition until smooth. Spoon batter into a pastry bag fitted with a round tip with a 1/2-inch opening. Pipe 24 1-inch mounds (or spoon batter with a rounded measuring teaspoon), 1-inch apart onto prepared baking sheet. Lightly beat the remaining egg and brush over tops of pastry mounds. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden. Transfer to a wire rack and cool for about 15 minutes. Slice puffs in half horizontally with a serrated knife. FILLING: In a medium bowl, combine cream cheese, goat cheese, and milk. Beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Add parsley, dill or basil, and pepper and mix well. Use a pastry bag to pipe filling onto the bottom half of each puff (or spread each bottom half with a rounded teaspoon of the mixture). Replace tops. Serve immediately or cover and chill for up to 2 hours. Bake the pastry puffs up to 1 week in advance and freeze. Thaw overnight before serving.

MINI MUSHROOM AND GOAT CHEESE TARTS

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Lightly grease a baking tray.
• Lay puff pastry out on a lightly floured surface and cut into 8 squares. Prick the squares in several places with a fork. Place the puff pastry squares on prepared baking sheet.
• Bake the puff pastry squares for 7 minutes. Remove tray from the oven, flatten the squares using the backside of a spatula. Return puff pastry to the oven to bake until golden brown, 5 to 8 minutes. Remove from oven.
• Meanwhile, melt butter in a skillet over high heat. Cook and stir the mushrooms and garlic in the butter until mushrooms are tender, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove from heat.
• Top the baked puff pastry squares evenly with the mushroom mixture. Crumble goat cheese over mushrooms and sprinkle with parsley.

MINI GOAT CHEESE PUFFS

Steps:

• In saucepan over medium-low heat, combine milk, butter and salt until butter is melted and bubbles form around the edge.
• Add flour, and stir vigorously until mixture pulls away from sides of pan and forms a ball, 2-3 minutes.
• Remove from heat and stir in goat cheese, 1 egg and oregano until well combined. Add remaining egg and continue to stir until a loose dough is formed.
• Using two spoons, filled prepared muffin cups 2/3 full. Sprinkle evenly with Parmesan cheese.
• Bake at 400 until puffs have risen and are golden brown, about 12 minutes.