Recipe Details

Baked Feta Bites

Christmas Dinner Recipes
Ingredients

  • All-purpose flour, for surface

  • 1 

    (17.3-oz.) package puff pastry, thawed if frozen

  • Cooking spray

  • 2 tbsp. 

    fig jam, apricot jam, or peach jam

  • 2 tbsp. 

    sliced shallots

  • 1 

    (10-oz.) jar roasted red peppers, cut into 24 (2" x 1/2") pieces

  • 8 oz. 

    feta, cut into 24 (1" by 1/2") cubes

  • 1 tbsp. 

    fresh thyme leaves, plus more for serving

  • Kosher salt

  • Freshly ground black pepper

  • Zest of 1 lemon

  • 2 tbsp. 

    chili oil

Description

  1. Step 1Preheat oven to 425°. On a lightly floured surface, roll out puff pastry sheets to smooth out creases. Cut into 24 squares with a chef’s knife.
  2. Step 2Grease a 24-cup mini muffin tin with cooking spray. Gently press each square into prepared cups, ensuring pastry slightly protrudes out of the cup—this will create a cup-like shape after baking.
  3. Step 3Fill each square with jam, shallots, red peppers, a cube of feta, and a sprinkle of thyme; season with salt and pepper.
  4. Step 4Bake feta bites until pastry is cooked through, puffed, and browned, around 20 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes.
  5. Step 5Transfer bites to a platter. Top with more thyme, lemon zest, and a drizzle of chili oil.

Baked Feta Bites

Seafood
Ingredients

  • All-purpose flour, for surface

  • 1 

    (17.3-oz.) package puff pastry, thawed if frozen

  • Cooking spray

  • 2 tbsp. 

    fig jam, apricot jam, or peach jam

  • 2 tbsp. 

    sliced shallots

  • 1 

    (10-oz.) jar roasted red peppers, cut into 24 (2" x 1/2") pieces

  • 8 oz. 

    feta, cut into 24 (1" by 1/2") cubes

  • 1 tbsp. 

    fresh thyme leaves, plus more for serving

  • Kosher salt

  • Freshly ground black pepper

  • Zest of 1 lemon

  • 2 tbsp. 

    chili oil

Description

  1. Step 1Preheat oven to 425°. On a lightly floured surface, roll out puff pastry sheets to smooth out creases. Cut into 24 squares with a chef’s knife.
  2. Step 2Grease a 24-cup mini muffin tin with cooking spray. Gently press each square into prepared cups, ensuring pastry slightly protrudes out of the cup—this will create a cup-like shape after baking.
  3. Step 3Fill each square with jam, shallots, red peppers, a cube of feta, and a sprinkle of thyme; season with salt and pepper.
  4. Step 4Bake feta bites until pastry is cooked through, puffed, and browned, around 20 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes.
  5. Step 5Transfer bites to a platter. Top with more thyme, lemon zest, and a drizzle of chili oil.