How wonderfully simple but looks like it took hours! I made it as an appetizer to rave reviews and then made it (with cream cheese and strawberry jam) as breakfast two weeks later to equally thrilled compliments. Thank you so much for the demo!
This is a very neat, very simple recipe. Something you will feel very good about putting out for guests whether family or friends or "newly mets." I made it, except for measurements of ingredients, as written. I haven't used Frozen Puff Pastry often and wasn't sure whether or not it could be rolled out thinner. The recipe called for cutting out a 12" circle from each of the two pastry sheets, but my pastry could only accommodate a 9" circle (per sheet) at best. So I scaled back the amount of ricotta and pesto accordingly. I baked as instructed, until browned, but think that in future I will heat the tray in the oven before placing the pastry (on parchment paper) on it. To firm up the bottom. It was a bit doughy. But still delicious. I'm thinking that this technique can also be used with other fillings! My thanks to Magda!
This looked really pretty, but I thought it lacked flavor. I tried dividing the circle into 4 wedges when spreading the pesto. I used basil on 2 and sun dried tomato pesto on the alternate 2 - to get the holiday colors. Thought it would have twice the flavor, but no comments on the taste, only the look, and had leftovers. : (
It was very tasty. I definitely should have drained more oil off the pesto though and pinched the dough together better. Mine didn't look as pretty.
Wow with just a few ingredients you can make a very delicious and impressive looking appetizer or accompaniment to your main dish. I served it with the seafood stew. Everyone loved it!
This turned out great and everyone asked me to make it again!!! I used Boursin cheese instead of ricotta.
This was so simple and quick to do and had such a big effect on presentation and the possibilities to be creative with different flavours. This definitely falls into the simple but interesting bucket for me. I did have to reduce the amount of pesto as the one I used was a bit salty. I'd recommend tasting the ingredients first and adjusting the amount to taste. I also tried it with Nutella and another with cream cheese and red current jam. All had similar wow factors and was tasty!
This was totally delicious! Smelled amazing while baking. I added some chopped sun-dried tomatoes I was trying to use up.
