Snack Attack

POP QUIZ, Hot Shot...

You have a tube of crescent roll dough, mini Bavarian bratwurst, cream cheese and mixed berry jam - What do you do?....What...do...you....do?

Make a sweet and savory snack.

I first made a twist on pigs in a blanket.  Simply roll out a triangle of the puff pastry dough and place a link of bratwurst and a few slices of red onion on the widest end of the dough and and roll it up.  Then top each roll with a little shredded cheddar cheese and get ready to put in oven.

Prior to rolling up

Hot out of the oven.

I repeated the process for half of the dough and reserved the other half for our sweet pastry.

For the sweet option - make a mixture using a 1-to-1 ratio between your jam (I used mixed berry) and softened cream cheese.  Once mixed well, place a spoonful in the center of the dough and enclose it within the dough by pinching the edges together.  You can see how i did it in the pictures below.

Then put everything on the same greased baking sheet and put it into the oven according the directions on the pastry packaging.  Use the cooking times on the package as a guideline as it will most likely take a bit longer.  So you will just want to keep and eye on everything and take it out of the oven once it's reached a nice golden brown.

Prior to baking

Golden perfection

Puff pastry is another one of those great, versatile ingredients that can turn even the most ordinary of foods into something a bit more interesting.