Pesto Puff Pastry Pinwheels

Pesto Puff Pastry Pinwheels with Sun Dried Tomatoes and Roasted Red Peppers are elegant appetizers that’ll impress your guests.

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Party appetizers

This is a perfect recipe for stress-free entertaining. And these pinwheels are perfect year-round. Summer pool party, gotcha covered. New year’s eve bash, right there with ya. Spring birthday party, yep. Entertaining family during the holidays, great.

These roll ups or pinwheels are so easy to make, and so impressive looking and tasting.

After work snacks

These also make a great light lunch or after work or school snack.

Creating this recipe

This recipe started out because I wanted to use up some of the stuff in my fridge. I had some beautiful puff pastry, and that’s a great start for so many appetizers.

There’s almost always a jar of pesto in the fridge or the freezer or sometimes the cupboard.

I always keep a jar or roasted red peppers around. And, I happened to have some sun-dried tomatoes in the back of the fridge.

Pair all that with some yummy Parmesan cheese, and we have a winner.

I made this for my husband, and he loved it. He insisted that I put it on the blog. So, I decided to remake them and take their picture another day. After we ate all of the first batch!

Perfect Italian Mediterranean party snack foods

These are super easy to make pinwheel appetizers with basil pesto, roasted red peppers, sun-dried tomatoes, and Parmesan cheese.

All wrapped up in flaky buttery puff pastry, and baked until the cheese and crust are golden brown.

These are perfect Italian Mediterranean party snack foods.

These tempting appetizers look like they’re difficult to make, but they’re not.

Make ahead

You can assemble the puff pastry, and fill them ahead of time, and bake them when you’re ready. To serve.

I think they are best hot and fresh.

They also reheat well. Simply pop any leftovers back in the oven for a few minutes to rewarm them.

Pesto

I made these pinwheels a nice balance of flavors, so the pesto isn’t the only thing you taste.

If you like lots of pesto flavor (like my husband), by all means, feel free to increase the amount of pesto.

And, use your favorite pesto in these. I think the flavors we love in new ways always make us happy.

These are great with homemade or store-bought pesto.

I’ve found some great store-bough ones. Be sure to look in the refrigerated section as well as the produce section of your store. I’ve found them in both areas. And, I’ve gotten some shelf stable ones that are good too, from the pasta section of the store.

Or, if you want to try making your own, I have a traditional basil pesto recipe here and a Sun Dried Tomato Pesto recipe here. Either would be delicious in these pinwheels!

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Silicone mat
Baking sheet
Parchment paper
Offset spatula
Pastry brush

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