Description
Puff Pastry Christmas Tree Pizza Bites are a festive and easy-to-make appetizer perfect for holiday gatherings. These bite-sized treats combine flaky puff pastry with flavorful tomato sauce and mozzarella cheese, shaped charmingly like Christmas trees to impress your guests while offering a delicious snack.
Ingredients
Scale
Puff Pastry Base
- 1 Puff Pastry rectangular roll
Tomato Sauce
- ½ cup Tomato passata (plain)
- ½ teaspoon Salt
- ½ tablespoon Olive Oil (extra virgin)
- ⅛ teaspoon Dried Oregano (optional)
Topping
- 1 Mozzarella ball
- Olive Oil (for brushing)
- Salt (to taste)
Instructions
- Preheat Oven: Preheat your oven to 350°F (180°C) to ensure it’s at the right temperature for perfectly baked pizza bites.
- Prepare Puff Pastry: Unroll the cold puff pastry sheet onto a lined baking sheet. Using a Christmas tree-shaped cookie cutter, cut out tree shapes from the pastry. Remove the excess pastry around the shapes and space the trees evenly on the baking sheet to allow for baking expansion.
- Make Pizza Sauce: In a bowl, combine the plain tomato passata with ½ teaspoon salt, ½ tablespoon extra virgin olive oil, and ⅛ teaspoon dried oregano if using. Mix well to blend the flavors, then set the sauce aside to let the seasoning meld.
- Assemble Pizza Bites: Spoon a thin layer of the prepared tomato sauce onto each puff pastry tree. Then, shred the mozzarella ball and sprinkle the cheese evenly over the sauced puff pastry shapes.
- Bake: Place the baking sheet in the lower rack of the preheated oven and bake for about 15 minutes, or until the puff pastry is golden brown and the cheese is melted and bubbly.
- Serve: Remove the pizza bites from the oven and serve immediately while warm and crisp for the best taste and texture.
Notes
- Puff Pastry Christmas Tree Pizza Bites make a delightful appetizer or snack, especially suitable for festive holiday occasions.
- Using a cookie cutter adds a fun and seasonal presentation that kids and guests will love.
- Feel free to customize the toppings by adding herbs, pepperoni slices, or other favorite pizza ingredients.
- Ensure the puff pastry is cold before cutting to maintain its structure during baking.
- Serve these bites fresh out of the oven for maximum crispiness.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 mini pizza
- Calories: 69 kcal
- Sugar: 0.3 g
- Sodium: 108 mg
- Fat: 5 g
- Saturated Fat: 1 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 5 g
- Fiber: 0.3 g
- Protein: 1 g
- Cholesterol: 0.5 mg
