Leek-Bacon Puffs

Name: Leek-Bacon Puffs
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 24 servings Freshly ground black pepper; 1 Tbsp butter; 59 milliliters dry white wine; 1 egg; 1 Tbsp minced garlic; 59 milliliters heavy cream; 296 milliliters very finely chopped leeks; 0 teaspoons nutmeg; 1 pound sheets 1/2 pound sheet chilled puff pastry; 1 teaspoon salt; 2 slices chopped thick-cut bacon

Leek-Bacon Puffs might be just the hor d'oeuvre you are searching for. This recipe serves 24. One serving contains 34 calories, 1g of protein, and 3g of fat. If you have puff pastry, butter, bacon, and From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.

Instructions

Fry bacon over medium heat in a medium frying pan.

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Bacon

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Frying Pan

Transfer to a bowl with a slotted spoon and pour out all but 1 tbsp. bacon fat from frying pan.

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Bacon Drippings

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Slotted Spoon

Frying Pan

Bowl

Add butter, swirl to melt, and add leeks, garlic, salt, and a few grinds of pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until leeks are tender-crisp, about 4 minutes.

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Butter

Garlic

Pepper

Leek

Salt

Pour in white wine and stir in bacon. Lower heat to low and cook, covered, about 5 minutes, or until leeks are tender and wine is evaporated.

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White Wine

Bacon

Leek

Wine

Let cool to room temperature.

Preheat oven to 40

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Oven

On a floured work surface and with a floured rolling pin, roll pastry sheet out to a thickness of 1/8 in.

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Roll

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Rolling Pin

Cut pastry into rounds with a buttered and floured 2-in. biscuit or cookie cutter with fluted edges and arrange rounds 1/2 in. apart on 2 baking sheets.

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Biscuits

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Baking Sheet

Cookie Cutter

Press insides of each round with your finger to make a depression, leaving a 1/4-in. rim. Poke center of each round once with a fork and spoon a scant tsp. of mushroom filling onto centers.

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Mushrooms

Whisk egg, cream, and nutmeg together well and set aside.

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Nutmeg

Cream

Egg

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Whisk

Bake pastries until golden brown and beginning to puff, 8 to 12 minutes.

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Oven

Remove from oven and lower heat to 35

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Oven

With end of a small funnel, carefully punch down centers of pastries while spooning about 1/2 tsp. egg-cream mixture into top of funnel (to help guide the liquid) and into pastry (spoon in more if the pastry will accept it without overflowing).

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Cream

Punch