Spinach and Artichoke Christmas Tree Twists
Spinach and Artichoke Christmas Tree Twists recipe. This recipe is made with creamy spinach and artichoke filled puff pastry twists, shaped into a Christmas Tree.
Christmas Recipe
The filling for this treat is inspired by a Spinach and Artichoke dip. The classic dip is made as usual, which is the spread between two puff pastry sheets. Cuts are made in the puff pastry sheets and each cut is twisted to make branches, which form a Christmas Tree. This is the perfect Christmas party dish for a Christmas day starter, New Year’s Eve party or simply to serve with a festive tipple. To enjoy the spinach and artichoke combination even more, then also try it in the recipe for Spinach and Artichoke Bread Dip.
The Recipe
Spinach and Artichoke dip is made by mixing together spinach, tinned artichokes, cream cheese, sour cream, two types of hard cheese and garlic. All of the ingredients are mixed together in a pan with lots of butter until melted and gooey. It is good enough to eat on its own with a spoon. The dip is made even better when used as a filled for buttery puff pastry twists. This recipe is easy and the trickiest part is shaping the tree. There are photos in the recipe of the best way to shape the tree to get twisty branches off the tree filled with yummy spinach and artichoke.
Change the Filling
This method of making puff pastry twists into a Christmas Tree can easily be used with different fillings:
- Cranberry sauce and brie
- Caramelised Onion, Sausage and Garlic
- Cheese, Potato and Onion
- Tuna and mayonnaise
- Coronation Chicken
- Spinach and Feta
- Cheese and Bacon
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Other Christmas Recipes To Try:
- Christmas Turkey Burger
- Whole Roasted Cauliflower with Camembert and Marmite
- Turkey Breast Ballotine with Pork and Sage Stuffing
- Halloumi in Blankets
- Christmas Dinner Pie
Spinach and Artichoke Christmas Tree Twists
Ingredients
- 200 g Frozen spinach
- 3 Garlic cloves crushed
- 50 g Butter
- 300 g Jar of artichokes drained
- 200 g Cream cheese
- 100 g Sour cream
- 150 g Grated mozzarella
- 75 g Grated parmesan
- Black pepper
- 320 g Pack Ready Rolled Puff Pastry
- 1 Egg Beaten
Instructions
- Defrost the spinach in the microwave on high for 30 seconds – 1 minute. Squeeze all the moisture from the spinach and chop finely.
- Add the butter to a large saute pan and allow to melt over a medium heat. Add the garlic and fry for a couple of minutes, but don’t allow the garlic to brown.
- Roughly chop the artichokes and add them, the chopped spinach and all the other ingredients to the pan with a good grind of black pepper. Mix thoroughly to combine. Allow to cool completely.
- Pre-heat the oven to 200C. Remove the pastry from the fridge ten minutes before cooking.
- Roll out the pastry. Cut a Christmas Tree shaped triangle from the pastry, length ways, with the point being in the middle of the top edge. This is your base.
- You will be left with two triangles from the side. Place them side by side to create an almost identical triangle to go on top of the base.
- Spread the cooled spinach and artichoke mixture all over the base (you might not need it all)
- Place the second triangle on top of the filling.
- Made horizontal cuts from the edge both sides of the pastry tree, leaving a line of un cut 'tree trunk' The cuts should be about two to three inches apart.
- Now twist each cut out rectangle to create the branches.
- Brush with egg wash and chill in the fridge for 10 minutes.
- Bake in the oven for 25-30 minutes until golden brown.
