Well, I recently had a dream come
true. For the past 5 or so years, I have kept my fingers crossed that soon
enough I would be able to host my first Thanksgiving. And so, last week I lived my dream. I hosted my entire family-just
about 40 people in all! It was wonderful, really! All the food was dynamite and
even though it was like Kitchen Stadium in my house, I couldn’t have felt more
happy and loved. I can’t thank my family
enough for all their efforts!
But as all family gatherings go,
there were some blunders! One of which was that we forgot to buy biscuits! No
biscuits for Thanksgiving?!?! No stinkin’ way, we sent out Cousin James and he
returned with about 8 packages of biscuits! 8 packages! Yes, that's 64 biscuits
in all for all you calculators out there! Needless to say, we were well over
the biscuit-to-person ratio!
So what was I left with this
weekend? Knee-high stuffing, piled-up ham and 15 pumpkin pies, well yes! But to
that, let’s just throw in 3 extra packages of biscuits. Yikes! Even I, who has
learned to love leftovers, was about to topple.
Not to worry though, I shipped
most off to family members and reinvented the biscuits into these little
treasures. Oh man, what a winner! The pesto, which I bought at Costco, was
strong enough to saturate and stand up to the buttery biscuit while the cheese
provided just the right amount of ooze to counter the sesame crunch. Need I say more? I doubt it, just go and see
if you find any extra lurking cans of biscuits in your fridge. You never know,
you may have an appetizer- in –the- making just waiting there. I know I did! Enjoy…
Pesto Puffs
Servings: 10 puffs
OBJ: TCW be able to
create an appetizer using the unused cans of buttermilk biscuits found in her
fridge
Ingredients:
1 package (7.5 ounce)
buttermilk biscuits, separated
¼ C prepared pesto
½ C provolone/mozzarella cheese , cut into ½ inch
cubes
1 egg, whisked
Sesame seeds
Procedures:
1. Preheat oven to 375,
line cookie sheet with foil and spray with nonstick spray
2. Using a rolling
pin, roll out each biscuit dough until it’s about a 4-4 ½ inch- long oval
3. Spread ½-3/4 tsp
pesto in center of each dough, top with 2 pieces cheese...
4. Roll up starting
at short end and twist edges good, then pinch seam to seal...
5. Place seam-side
down on sheet
6. Brush egg wash on
each piece, sprinkle with sesame seeds...
7. Bake for 12
minutes or until golden brown, some cheese may ooze if not sealed well enough (I
love burnt cheese like that so I find this as a bonus!)
8. Transfer to a
platter and serve!
The pesto puffs sound great. I may make them for my family Christmas get together held on the Saturday before Christmas. Not quite 40 people though!!!!
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