Description
Charming pizza-shaped roses made from puff pastry, perfect for Valentine’s snacks or party platters.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 sheet puff pastry, thawed (about 245 g / 8.6 oz)
- 6 tablespoons pizza sauce or marinara
- 85 g (3 oz) shredded mozzarella cheese
- 6–8 slices pepperoni or turkey pepperoni, halved
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 1 tablespoon grated Parmesan cheese (optional)
- Flour, for dusting
- Egg wash (1 egg beaten with 1 tablespoon water)
- Fresh basil, for garnish (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C) and grease a 6-cavity muffin tin.
- Lightly flour your work surface, unfold the puff pastry, and roll it out to smooth creases.
- Cut the sheet into six long strips, each about 2 inches (5 cm) wide.
- Spread about 1 tablespoon of pizza sauce onto each strip, leaving a border at the top.
- Sprinkle the strips with mozzarella and arrange halved pepperoni along one edge.
- Fold the bottom half of each strip up over the filling and roll each strip tightly into a spiral.
- Place each rose, seam-side down, into the muffin tin and brush the tops with egg wash.
- Sprinkle with Italian seasoning and Parmesan cheese if using.
- Bake for 18–22 minutes until golden and bubbly, rotating the pan halfway.
- Let cool for 5 minutes, garnish with basil, and serve warm.
Notes
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 22 minutes
- Category: Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 rose
- Calories: 250
- Sugar: 2g
- Sodium: 480mg
- Fat: 15g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 24g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 9g
- Cholesterol: 40mg