Party gourmet sticks

Ingredients for 6 servings:

• 2 packs of puff pastry from the refrigerated section
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 cup of fried onions (200 g)
• 200 g cheese (Gouda)
• 1 package of diced ham
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 tbsp milk
• e.g. sunflower seeds or pumpkin seeds, sesame, poppy seeds, …

Instructions

Working time approx. 15 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 25 minutes; Total time approx. 40 minutes

with puff pastry

Preheat the oven to 180°C fan/convection oven (200°C top/bottom heat). Mix the sour cream with the fried onions. Whisk the egg yolk with the milk. Roll out a package of puff pastry (I always leave the parchment underneath; it helps with turning it later) and spread half of the sour cream mixture on one half of the puff pastry. Spread half of the ham cubes and the grated Gouda cheese on top. Then fold the unfilled half of the puff pastry onto the filled half. Peel back the parchment and brush the dough with the egg yolk and milk mixture and sprinkle with the seeds. Place the parchment back on top, press down lightly and turn over, then peel back the parchment again and brush the dough with the egg yolk and milk mixture, sprinkle with the seeds and press down again. Now cut the puff pastry with a knife into strips about 1 cm wide and twist them twice into a spiral. Place the strips on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and bake on the middle rack for 25 minutes. Then let the strips cool completely on a wire rack. Repeat with the second pack of puff pastry.