Silver Palate Garlic Puffs

Garlic Puffs

ingredients:

• 4 oz puff pastry sheets
• 1/2 cup roasted garlic pesto
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 tsp water

instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 400F.
2. Cut pastry into 4 inch-wide strips.  Roll out until each is 2-inches wide.  Prick all over with a fork.
3. Spread two strips with garlic pesto.  Top with remaining strips.   Cut each strip "sandwich" crosswise into ten pieces.   Arrange on baking sheet.
4. Mix egg and water.  With a pastry brush, brush each puff with egg.   Bake until golden brown, 7-10 minutes.

Makes 20 puffs.


Garlic Pesto (Splendid stirred into mayo for an instant aioli!)
15 heads of garlic
2 tblsp olive oil
1/3 cup water

1. Preheat over to 350 F.
2. Remove papery outer skins from garlic, leaving cluster of cloves in tact.
3. In an oiled shallow roasting pan, add some oil and water, and put garlic in.
4. Bake until cloves are very tender, about 1 hour.  Add water if needed as they cook.
5. Remove and cool completely.
6. Separate cloves of garlic and pass them through a food mill (or, remove skins, and puree in food processor). Discard the skins.
7. Refrigerate until ready to use. Keeps in fridge for 1-2 days.

Makes 2 cups.