Pesto Wheels

I feel like I am always folding laundry, usually I just listen to music and thank you Pandora for limitless music; however, the other day I flipped on the TV and watched a little Ina.  She made Savory Palmiers.  Quick and simple…ah… dinner with a salad. 

Everyone loved these delicious bites, perfect for Super Bowl parties to elegant gatherings.

I did have frozen puff pastry from Trader Joe’s, but pesto?  Garden basil wiped out from the winter frost, so next best little basil frozen cubes mixed with a bit of olive oil.  Have you kept up with all of the extra virgin olive oil controversy?  Fake, fake, fake -  is nothing sacred?

Pesto Wheels

inspired by Ina Garten

4 cubes frozen basil

1/4 cup olive oil

4 or more ounces goat cheese

1/4 cup or more toasted pine nuts

1/4 cup sun dried tomatoes 

package of puff pastry 

~ flour counter top

~ roll out puff pastry to 9" by 11"

~ in a small bowl mix basil and olive oil 

~ brush basil oil mixture onto puff pastry

~  then sprinkle half the goat cheese, pine nuts and sun dried tomatoes 

~ roll puff pastry into log

~ repeat with second puff pastry 

~ refrigerate for 45 minutes 

~pre-heat oven 400 degrees F

~ cut into 1/3" pieces

~ place 2" apart on parchment paper lined baking sheet

~ bake 12-14 minutes or until golden brown

~ serve warm

Barefoot Contessa's Savory Palmiers