“When they thought you couldn’t bake” 

Ok Ok, we shouldn’t be catty but don’t you want to shock everyone who thought you couldn’t do much in the kitchen? You need to come with me on this one. Don’t go, I’m going to change your life. 

If you are following my cooking, you know I love cooking seasonally. There is something incredibly comforting when you flow with nature. This recipe is an instant crowd pleaser. It can be served with a beautiful cocktail before sit down dinner. 

Ingredients:

• One sheet or puff pastry cut into 12 squares 
• One shitake mushroom per square serving
• Drizzle of olive oil
• 1 TBS dried mint
• 1 tsp Aleppo pepper 
• 1 clove garlic crushed 
• 6 TBS cream cheese 
• 4 TBS crumbled feta

Instructions

• Preheat oven 425F
• Mix cream cheese and meshed garlic 
• If your puff pastry is not cut into square, roll out gently and cut into 12 pieces
• Place cream cheese onto each puff pastry and put a side
• On a parch paper tray, drizzle olive oil and sprinkle with dried mint and Aleppo pepper
• Lay the mushrooms down the tray in 12 evenly spaced out places
• Place feta cheese on each mushroom
• Lay the puff pastry on each mushroom, cream cheese side down
• Score each pastry with a cross and brush with a beaten egg
• Bake for 25 minutes or until golden brown
• Remove from oven and let it sit for 5 minutes and flip them right side up