Puff Pastry Spirals

These are such a great appetizer for guests. Quick and easy to make, but a classy and delicious appetizer to kick off a great dinner. We used phyllo dough bought from the store, but always try to mix it up and come up with creative fillers. Cheese melts great and all sorts of chopped and roasted vegetables are great to add too. The night we made them, we tried one with sun-dried tomatoes and the other with a mixture of artichokes & mushrooms (both versions below). The only hint I’d give is to make sure you really roll them tight. You’ll see from the photos that I failed in this department and there’s a few pockets in my pre-baked spirals. After baking, the phyllo fluffs up enough to hide this technical error, but it taught me to roll tighter next time!

At this point it is also worth mentioning our “sous chef” in the kitchen (nope, not the baby!). We bought some small gadgets to help us keep track of time, but for not too much more you can get a small Amazon Echo, so Alexa becomes your helper. She is great for keeping track of time (just say: “Alexa, set a timer for 10 minutes” and see what happens!), but also for figuring out conversions or substitutions when you don’t have all the ingredients you need- or simply for playing some fun music while you cook!  Whenever we’re entertaining and I’m cooking up multiple dishes at once, I rely on Alexa to keep me organized and set multiple timers (I can’t do that on my one hand-held timer!).