Skip to main content

Caviar Puff-Pastry Stars

4.2

(9)

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    Makes 16 hors d'oeuvres

Ingredients

1/2 pound frozen puff pastry, thawed
an egg wash made by beating together 1 large egg and 1 teaspoon water
1/3 cup sour cream or crème fraîche
1 ounce black caviar
3 tablespoons minced fresh chives

Preparation

  1. On a floured surface roll out the puff pastry 1/8 inch thick and with a 3-inch star-shaped cutter cut out 8 pastry stars. Transfer the stars to a lightly greased baking sheet, brush the tops with the egg wash, being careful not to let the wash drip down the sides, and bake the stars in the middle of a preheated 400°F. oven 12 to 15 minutes, or until they are puffed and golden. Transfer the stars to a rack and let them cool completely. With a sharp small knife carefully split the stars in half horizontally to form a total of 16 stars, leaving the bottoms cut sides up and the tops cut sides down. Just before serving, spoon about 1 teaspoon of the sour cream onto each star, divide the caviar among the stars, and sprinkle the hors d'oeuvres with the chives.

Read More
Like hot honey chicken with peaches and a dirty martini spritz.
No grill needed for this just-charred-enough sweet and spicy chicken.
Turn humble onions into this thrifty yet luxe pasta dinner.
Filberts, goobers, scaly bark nuts: Explore the world beyond almonds in this guide.
Rotisserie chicken makes quick work of these no-cook rolls with a spicy peanut sauce.
With dramatic choux layers and fruit-rippled cream, it’s the drag queen of Polish desserts.
Loosely inspired by pasta Amatriciana, a few pounds of zucchini stand in for tomatoes.
Tender, buttery breakfast pastries with crisp caramelized edges, a fragrant cinnamon-orange filling, and a crackly sugar topping.