My recipe for Three Cheese Garlic Puffs with Homemade Dough will make a delicious addition to your appetizer platter. A buttermilk rich crust, filled with cream cheese, baked and then brushed with a garlic herb butter and rolled in parmesan, watch these delicious little bites disappear off the plate in record time.
Course Appetizer
Cuisine American
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 15 minutesminutes
Chilling 10 minutesminutes
Total Time 35 minutesminutes
Ingredients
2cups/250g cake or all purpose flour
1tablespoon/15g granulated white sugar
¼teaspoonsalt
2 ½teaspoon/ 10g baking powder
5tablespoon/ 70g cold buttercut into small cubes
¾cup/ 200g buttermilkSEE NOTE 1
For Filling
Cream cheese for spreading on doughabout 4 Tablespoons
5oz/140g Mozzarella or Cheddar cubed
For brushing the tops
2tablespoon/ 30g butter
1teaspoonmixed herbs
garlic chiveschopped ( optional)
1clovegarlicminced
Instructions
Line a baking sheet with baking paper.
In a bowl whisk together flour, sugar, salt, baking powder. Using your fingertips, rub in the butter or margarine.
Stir in the buttermilk and knead gently to bring it together. Do not over handle the dough. Refrigerate the dough for 10 minutes
Lightly dust the surface or board with flour and roll the dough into a 50 x 75inch ( 20 x 30cm ) rectangle. Cut in 20 pieces.
Spread a bit of cream cheese onto each piece and place a cube of cheese onto the dough.
Fold the dough around the cheese and roll into a ball, ensuring that it is well sealed
Place on a baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes at 180° C / 350 ° F until lightly brown.
While it is baking prepare the garlic butter by melting the butter or margarine in a small pan, add garlic, mixed herbs and chopped garlic chives if using and cook for 1 minute. Remove from heat.
Remove the cheese and garlic puffs from the oven and brush the tops with the garlic butter mixture.
Roll in parmesan ( OPTIONAL)
Serve hot.
Notes
1. If you do not have buttermilk then make your own by adding 1 Tablespoon/ 15ml lemon juice or vinegar to ¾ cup / 200 ml milk. Set aside for 5 minutes before using in the recipe.