More Party Food ! More? What after Christmas? Well New Year is on the way……
So back on the party trail, at the leaving for the Alps bash, I made one of my standard party dishes ~ Tapenade in Puff Pastry. A simple, tasty little party number. And a quick fix. It will be made any day now in the Alps.
Olive Tapenade in Puff Pastry
- A packet of puff pastry, thawed but left in the wrapper
- 150 g de-stoned black olives
- 2-3 cloves of garlic, peeled and roughly chopped
- A handful of parsley roughly chopped
- 1-2 tbs Olive Oil
- Juice of 1 lemon
- Salt and pepper
- 3 or 4 anchovies (optional)
Method ~
- In a food processor mix the olives, garlic, parsley, lemon juice, olive oil and seasonings until you have a rough mixture. It shouldn’t be too smooth.
- On a floured board roll out the puff pastry.
- Spread the tapenade mixture along the longest side of the pastry.
- Now roll the pastry over the mixture until the pastry and tapenade is completely rolled up (you are aiming for a cigar shape). Seal the pastry edge with some olive oil.
- Using a sharp knife cut the rolled pastry into 1/2 inch pieces and place them on an oiled baking sheet. They will look like little wheels at this stage.
- Bake in the oven on a high heat for approx 20 -25 minutes until the pastry is cooked and golden.
No photos to do show and tell, I was too busy in the kitchen!
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Perfect – I love the sound of this. And a good party of course! Bonne Année!
And Bonne Année to you too 🙂 Party food means one thing, there’s a party !
Triple YUM.. and how cruel to post a shot of ALL your snow!! You have heaps!!! c
So far this year in the Alps we are having a good year for snow, such a relief after last year. Basically we have had more snow this year (December) than the whole of last year. I hope there is more to come 🙂
Your tapenade sounds great by itself but I do love your idea of rolling it in puff pastry. Like the title says, “Party Food!”
John you are right the tapenade is great by itself, in fact it would be a perfect topping for Marie’s Crostini
Sounds so delicious… Thank you, Happy New Year, with my love, nia
Thank you Nia, when I’m at home we have a great Turkish shop that I use for the olives, and bunches of flat leaf parsley
And happy new year to you x
Another one of yours I must try!!!! Stacey
I hope you do get to try it 🙂
Oh, YUM! I think we could do a whole month of “Stuff Wrapped in Puff Pastry” and I’d never get tired of it!
I’d get fat, though… 😀
Did you get them to brown in the Cranky Oven?
Ha ha, yes we could have amonth of recipes! I’d love to hear your suggestion. And as you say we’d then have to have a month of exercise regimes. Regimes, yuck what a horrid word!
I’ve started to get a few things almost right in the oven ….. Phew!
I don’t think I could ever get tired of party food. My body might rebel but I’ll definitely make this. Not only great for friends to munch on while watching you cook but a great hostess gift to take to a party.
That’s a lovely idea Karen, I often take a dish round to friends and this would be perfect. On with the party I say !
Oh yum! I have to take something to a party Sunday and you’ve just told me what it is!
Hi Lulu, and thank you. I hope everyone likes it 🙂
Mmmmm. This is irresistible.
I love them, and they always seem to get scoffed!
The olive tapenade sounds terrific! I might even try it tonight if I’m short of ideas 🙂
Happy New Year, Claire!
Thank you Sissi, and a very happy new year to you too !
YUM!
🙂
Wow, so that’s how it’s done? Brilliant!
Clever isn’t it? And easy and quick! Happy new year 🙂
What a lovely idea – think the anchovies would be a prerequisite in our home, not an optional.
🙂 Mandy
I love anchovies too, they add such a great flavour, but to be honest if we have anchovies in the house I’m more likely to have already scoffed them on their own 🙂