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These Prosciutto Asparagus Puff Pastry Bundles are an easy and elegant appetizer or brunch idea! Perfect for Easter, Mother’s Day or any other spring brunch!
Puff Pastry Recipes
One of the reasons I love puff pastry is that it is such a great way to make an easy but elegant appetizer. I use it all the time, like for these Sausage Cream Cheese Bites or this Mushroom Gruyere Tart. These Puff Pastry Bundles have asparagus, Gruyere and Prosciutto and make a perfect savory appetizer or brunch recipe.
What is Puff Pastry?
Puff Pastry is a dough made of flour, water, salt and butter. When baked, it results in a light, flaky pastry, and can be used for sweet or savory recipes. It is sold pre-made in the frozen foods section of the grocery store, usually near the frozen pie crusts.
What can I use instead of puff pastry?
Although puff pastry is my preferred ingredient for these puff pastry bundles, you can substitute crescent roll dough in a pinch. I do think that puff pastry has a better taste and texture, however. I do not recommend substituting phyllo dough. Phyllo dough is much more flaky and doesn’t have the right texture for this recipe.
How to use puff pastry
The most important thing to remember when using puff pastry is that you don’t want it to get too warm. If should be thawed from frozen, but not left out at room temperature for very long. I like mine to warm up just enough so that I can roll it out, so 30-40 minutes at room temperature. If the puff pastry is too warm, it will be difficult to work with, and it won’t puff up as much when baked.
Can these Puff Pastry Appetizers be made ahead of time?
These are best served fresh, but can be reheated in a 350 degree oven for about 10 minutes, or until warm.
Asparagus Puff Pastry Bundles
Ingredients
- 1 bunch asparagus (about 12-16 ounces) ends trimmed
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- kosher salt
- pepper
- 2 sheets frozen puff pastry thawed
- 8 ounces Gruyere shredded
- 12 slices prosciutto
- 1 egg beaten
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425°F. Line a sheet pan with parchment paper.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll the puff pastry out to a large rectangle about double the original size. Square off edges and cut into 6 squares. (I use a pizza cutter to do this).
- Toss asparagus in olive oil and season with salt and pepper.
- To make the bundles, place slice of prosciutto on top of the square. I folded the prosciutto in half so that it fit nicely on the square. Follow with 3-4 stalks of asparagus (depending on size) and 1-2 tablespoons of cheese.
- Lift two opposite corners of the puff pastry squares and wrap them around the asparagus and press to seal. Brush puff pastry with egg wash. Sprinkle with more salt and pepper if desired.
- Bake until puff pastry is golden and puffed, about 12-15 minutes. Serve immediately.
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Nutrition
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Delicious, fast, and easy! They smelled amazing right out of the oven. Definitely going to be making these often. Puff pastry always looks so fancy, too!
Delicious, thank you. X.
Cooked for 30mins @ 200 UK.
So glad to hear that!
Do these need to be served immediately or can they be at room temperature?
They can be served either way! I prefer them warm though.
Made these today for a luncheon … my mom , my best friend and her mom…. they loved them and so did I!! If I reheat some tomorrow, do they need to be wrapped in foil or something?
Hi, I would probably wrap them in foil to avoid letting them over brown in the oven. So glad you liked them!
Delicious! My new favorite Easter side dish.
So happy to love it!
I used ham that was sliced deli thin and slightly overfilled them. These are delightful and I’ll make them again.
So glad you loved them!
Fantastic recipe. I only had one puff pastry sheet on hand, so I used 5 asparagus spears on each pastry. It turned out wonderful. We ate them as a side dish with baked salmon.
So glad you loved them!
I want to make these for Easter. You didn’t need to cook asparagus first a little?
Hi, no the asparagus is not cooked first.
I’d give it 10 stars if I could. They were perfect 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
So happy you loved them!
Easy to make. My family loved it. Thanks for sharing Meghan!
So glad you loved them!
Everyone raved about this appetizer for days! I used what I had at home – Black Forest ham and swiss cheese slices. I did lay two stalks of asparagus in one direction and two in the opposite direction, then cut the rolls in half after baking. Easier to manage as an appetizer. Fabulous recipe!!!
So glad to hear that Jen!
I made it as an appetizer on thanksgiving, very good recipe, the only thing is ,for an appetizer it’s a large piece to have, next time I’ll cut the dough in smaller square with less filling . Thank you
Thanks Helen – I’m so glad you loved them!
Any veggie alternative swap ideas?
Hey Sophie – maybe green beans or broccolini, although I haven’t tried it myself so cooking times might vary a bit.
Made these tonight for a light meal and they were delicious! I would lightly salt only the outside before baking (looks nice on the baked pastry) and not salt the asparagus as the prosciutto is plenty salty. Great combination of flavors! My husband loved them!
I am so glad to hear that Janet!
Hello! Do you think these will be ok if I put them together the night before, just leave off the egg wash until right before I bake them? Thanks, can’t wait to make them!
Hi Kimberly – I think that would probably be fine! You might want to let them sit out for about 15 minutes before baking.
Kimberley: did you make these up the day before? If so, how were they? Any tips?
Delicious doesn’t need salt just use the olive oil and black pepper provolone cheese and prosciutto have salt already this is amazing and simple I ate two back to back as soon as they cooled off a little – love it ! Felt fancy ! Thank you for this recipe !
So happy you loved them Shannon!
This is an easy and perfect appatizer!!
Thanks a lot :o)
So happy you loved it Prer!
Do you think I could use crescent roll dough?
I haven’t tried it but I think it would work out – it wouldn’t be exactly the same, but close!
I made these for a family get together and everyone loved them.
Yay! So happy to hear that!
Very easy to make. They turned out very good.
So glad you loved them!
Should I blanch asparagus?
Hi Ed – no need to blanch!