Puff pastry stuffed with escarole: a perfect appetizer for Christmas, a savory centerpiece stuffed with escarole. In Naples, the escarole pizza is a classic on Christmas Eve and the New Year's Eve dinner, this wreath of puff pastry is a quick and tasty alternative to make. The decoration is completed with a central candle and sprigs of rosemary.

Ingrediants

• 1 round pastry
• 700 gr of escarole leaves
• 150 gr of spreadable cheese with black olives
• 1 tablespoon of salted capers
• 6 black olives from Gaeta
• 3 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
• sesame and / or poppy seeds
• 5 sprigs of rosemary

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How to make the puff pastry filled with escarole

We prepare the Neapolitan escarole in a pan with olives and capers. We remove the core from the escarole, wash the leaves and pour them in plenty of boiling salted water. We let it cook for 10-15 minutes and drain.

In a pan, pour 3 tablespoons of oil, 1 clove of garlic (optional, to be removed after a few moments), and a tablespoon of previously washed capers to remove excess salt. We pour the escarole and finish cooking in a pan for 8-10 minutes. One minute from the end of cooking, add the pitted black olives.

Put the endive in a colander to remove excess water and let it cool. Cut the round pastry into 8 wedges

we form a star. We overlap the bases of the wedges to each other and press to make them stick together. We make with the black olive spread cheese using a spoon or one sac à poche,

add the drained escarole and close the tips inwards.

We place the crown inside a baking tray with parchment paper. Brush with milk and add poppy seeds and / or sesame seeds to the surface.

We bake at 180 degrees until golden brown. Remove from the oven and arrange on a serving plate, place the candle holder in the center and all around the sprigs of rosemary. We serve, and our puff pastry filled with escarole is ready.

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