Muffuletta Puff Pastry Pinwheels
Inspired by the quintessential New Orleans sandwich of cured meats, cheese and tangy olive salad, these pinwheels are a quick and easy appetizer to throw together for a taste of the Big Easy to celebrate Mardi Gras.
Servings: 24 pinwheels
Ingredients
- 1 box frozen puff pastry, thawed (2 sheets)
- 8 oz. Pitted olive mix/ olive salad in oil from the olive bar at the grocery store (or substitute a mixture of green/black/spicy pitted olives with some Italian giardiniera (pickled vegetables).
- 8 oz. pkg slice Provolone cheese
- 2 4 oz. pkg Assorted traditional thinly sliced meats for a Muffuletta such as salami, capocollo or mortadella
- Mozzarella if desired
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
- Lightly flour a board and carefully unfold one sheet of puff pastry. Roll the pastry lightly with a rolling pin until it's 9 1/2 by 11 1/2-inches. Pulse olive mixture in food processor until finely chopped.
- Spread each sheet of puff pastry with half of the olive mixture. Layer meats and cheese(s) on top of olive layer. Roll up pastry into a log. At this point you can wrap your puff pastry log with plastic wrap and place in fridge until ready to bake, or freeze.
- With seam side down, cut into ½ inch slices and place on a parchment lined baking sheet about 2 inches apart.
- Bake approximately 14 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm.
Notes
If baking from frozen pull them out of the freezer 30 - 40 minutes before baking, slice them still slightly frozen (they’re easier to cut) then bake until golden brown.