Meatball Mini Bites

Name: Meatball Mini Bites
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 32
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 28 grams Shredded m zarella or Asiago cheese; 473 milliliters baby arugula; 454 grams 32 each) frozen fully-cooked meatballs; 490 grams package Pepperidge Farm® Puff Pastry Sheets, thawed; 177 milliliters prepared pasta sauce, basil pesto or sun-dried tomato pesto

This recipe serves 32. One serving contains 135 calories, 4g of protein, and 10g of fat. If you have puff pastry sheets, baby arugula, meatballs, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 25 minutes.

Instructions

Heat the oven to 400F. Unfold the pastry sheets on a lightly floured surface.

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Oven

Cut each pastry sheet into 16 (2 1/2-inch) squares.

Place the pastry squares onto 2 baking sheets.

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Baking Sheet

Bake for 15 minutes or until the pastries are golden brown.

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Let cool on the baking sheets for 5 minutes. Split each pastry into 2 layers, making 64 layers in all.

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Heat the meatballs according to the package directions.

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Meatballs

Spread about 1 teaspoon pasta sauce on each bottom pastry layer. Top each with 1 tablespoon arugula and 1 meatball. Top with the cheese, if desired, and the top pastry layers.

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Pasta Sauce