New Provencal Pastries

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 10 ounces puff pastry shells (already thawed)
• 2 ounces boursin herbed goat cheese (boursin lt garlic & fine herbs)
• 4 ounces black pepper boursin cheese
• 1 1/2 cups roasted red peppers, cut into thin strips
• crushed red pepper flakes (optional)
• freshly cracked black pepper
• 2 cups baby arugula
• 1/4 cup toasted nuts (choose any type of nut, almonds, pine nuts, cashew nuts)
• freshly shaved parmesan cheese

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400ºf.
• 2 thaw the pastry shells at room temperature for 30 minutes or until they're easy to handle.
• 3 line 3 baking sheets with parchment paper.
• 4 place the pastry shells on a lightly floured surface & roll each pastry shell into a 6-inch circle.
• 5 divide the pastry circles among the prepared baking sheets.
• 6 top each pastry circle with about 2 tablespoons goat cheese, crushed red pepper flakes, if using and 1/4 cup roasted peppers.
• 7 season with the black pepper.
• 8 bake for 15 minutes or until the pastry is golden and the cheese is melted.
• 9 top the pastries with the arugula leaves, nuts and parmesan cheese.
• 10 bake for 5 minutes more.