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Smoked Cheese Christmas Parcels

December 5, 2013 by Simon 5 Comments

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Seasonal Snacks with Smoked Cheese:

Most of the time I cook straightforward family meals.  But, Christmas is coming and I decided it would be great to have some ‘nibbles’ – things I could leave out for Santa -0r (more probably) enjoy myself with a glass of wine or a beer.  So, trying to be creative, I thought I would rustle up some interesting nibbles that we all would like using the Applewood cheese I was sent.  The Applewood Spreadable is a really versatile item as it allows you to blend in other items to create a nice cheesy mix without being ‘stringy’ to eat.  It also tastes great.

So using a handful of seasonal items and a tub of Applewood Spreadable cheese, I set about creating my nibbles.

Applewood Smoked Cheese Parcels
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Applewood Smoked Cheese Parcels
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
20 mins
 
The Applewood Spreadable makes it really easy to add items so it, especially seasonal delights such as chestnuts, and is easy to mix and create very presentable and tasty parcels. You can create a few, then add some more items to the mix and create some more, each having more items than the last. Great is you want to add bacon to only some of the ones you make. I recommend creating pastry roll shapes unique to the contents so you can remember what is in each!
Course: Appetizer
Servings: 2 -6
Author: Simon
Ingredients
  • 1 carton Applewood Spreadable
  • 1 Small Celeriac
  • 1 Medium Chilli
  • 1 handful Walnuts Shelled
  • 1 handful Chestnuts Shelled and cooked
  • 1 medium slice Bacon
  • 1 tablespoon Wholegrain Mustard
  • 1 packet Jus-Rol Filo Pasty So much simpler than making it all yourself
  • 1 Small Egg white For finishing if required
Instructions
  1. Scoop out half a tub of Applewood Spreadable into a microwaveable bowl, or use its own container if half used already. Microwave for 60 seconds to slightly melt the spreadable cheese into a smoother mix.
  2. Cut the celeriac and chop into fine pieces. You need to chop about one fifth in size of the spread mix. Mix this into the Applewood Spreadable cheese
    Applewod Smoked Cheese Parcels Celeriac
  3. Finely chop up the walnuts and add to the Applewood mix.
    If you want to add bacon, chop up and add some cooked rashers.
    Applewod Smoked Cheese Parcels Walnuts
  4. Cut the chilli into thin rings and add to the mix. This is to add a hints of heat but mainly for colour. Don't go overboard with hot chilli as you want to be able to eat without blowing you head off. Add in the mustard, as this adds a nice 'graininess' to the texture and just a hint of heat.
    Applewod Smoked Cheese Parcels Mix
  5. For seasonal taste, add some diced cooked chestnuts. They flake and crumble easily, and can be easily stirred into the Applewood mix. Really stir the mix to get all the ingredients mixed evenly.
    Applewod Smoked Cheese Parcels Chestnuts
  6. Lay out the just-rol pastry and place a teaspoon of mix in the middle. Fold up to make little parcels. You can also create other shapes to create an assortment of parcels.
    If you want to make larger bites, suitable for a starter rather than a nibble, place a headed tablespoon of mix in the middle of two layers of pastry and fold as normal.
    Applewod Smoked Cheese Parcels Making
  7. To get a nice brown finish, glaze the pastry with some egg white. If you leave unglazed you get a seasonal white snow appearance form the flour on the pastry. Cook for 10-15 minutes depending on how big your parcels are, or until the pastry has cooked. The Applewood cheese mix is absorbed by the nuts and celeriac so the parcels firm up and do not ooze cheese whilst cooking.

    Remove from the oven and then you can decide to eat them hot or cold. Enjoy.
    Applewood Smoked Cheese Parcels Finished

The ability to grab a pack of jus-rol pastry makes creating little snacks, appetisers or starters very simple, and well within the abilities of a Dad like myself.

If you want them to stand out, then make sure you have egg white or oil on hand to glaze the parcels before going into the oven.  Without any glaze you get a ‘snow’ effect from the pastry, which is seasonal and festive, but not for all year around.  My Applewood smoked cheese Christmas parcels might not look quite like the ones you see in the shops but they did taste delicious.

Disclaimer:  I was sent samples of Applewood cheese to review

Filed Under: Christmas Ideas, Lunch, Recipes, starter, Vegetarian Tagged With: canapes, cheese, christmas, leftovers

About Simon

Simon is a keen traveller and photographer with a particular interest in wine and spirits. He's travelled recently to Burgundy, Qatar, Mexico and Romania and enjoys exploring less well known and off the beaten track destinations. He's even visited the Space Port of Mos Espa and the Juntland Wastes - in Tunisia. He's happy to travel by himself or with a small group. Like everyone involved with London-Unattached Simon enjoys dining out. He's managed to eat an entire Tomahawk steak by himself - but is just as happy nibbling on some sushi or sashimi. All washed down with matching wine.

Comments

  1. Anthony Harrington says

    October 25, 2014 at 6:28 pm

    these sound lovely, have bookmarked

    Reply
  2. Stevie Wilson says

    December 11, 2013 at 12:07 pm

    sounds incredibly yummy on this end.. wow. what a lovely thing

    Reply
  3. Pamela Morse says

    December 6, 2013 at 3:54 pm

    This is darling..I like the nuts, and I like new ways to try celeriac..so this is a winner..plus I like smoked cheese.

    Reply
    • Fiona Maclean says

      December 8, 2013 at 8:00 pm

      They do sound pretty delicious don’t they!

      Reply
  4. Gill Bland says

    December 5, 2013 at 8:48 pm

    That’s a great idea – so quick but I imagine extremely tasty with it being smoked cheese

    Reply

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