Pizza Pinwheels
Ready-rolled puff pastry spread with tomato paste, grated mozzarella and pepperoni, rolled and sliced into spirals.
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Short, sharp advice: keep the pastry cold. Puff pastry gets its flaky layers from butter that stays solid until it hits the oven. Warm pastry turns sticky and bakes into a dense roll.
Unroll the sheet and spread it with tomato paste, leaving a clean border along one long edge. That border is where the roll seals shut. Go easy on the toppings. Too much filling oozes out as the pinwheels bake and burns on the tray.
Roll the pastry tightly from the long side, finishing on the clean border. Chill the log for 15 minutes so it slices neatly. A sharp knife and a sawing action keep the spirals from squashing.
Bake on a lined tray until puffed and golden. Eat warm. Use ready-rolled pastry to save time. The pinwheels are good served with a little warm tomato sauce for dipping. A pinch of dried oregano over the cheese adds flavour for almost nothing.
Questions About Pizza Pinwheels
How long does Pizza Pinwheels take to make?
15 minutes of preparation and 18 minutes of cooking, plus 15 minutes of chilling, so allow 48 minutes from start to finish. The recipe serves 12.
The Method for Pizza Pinwheels
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Heat the oven to 200°C / 390°F (180°C / 355°F fan) and line a tray with baking paper.
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Unroll the pastry and spread with the tomato paste, leaving a 2 cm border along one long edge. Sprinkle with the oregano, mozzarella and pepperoni.
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Roll up tightly from the other long edge, finishing on the clean border. Chill for 15 minutes.
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Slice into 12 rounds, lay on the tray and brush with the egg. Bake for 18 minutes until puffed and golden.
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Worth Getting Right
- Keep the pastry cold throughout.
- Do not overfill, or the filling leaks.
- Chill the roll before slicing.
- Swap the pepperoni for olives or sweetcorn.
Common Substitutions & Variations
- Fresh herbs work in place of the dried oregano at roughly three times the quantity — a teaspoon of dried is about a tablespoon of fresh, chopped.
Pairs Well With
Tomato dip · Green salad · Raw vegetable sticks · Soup
Keeping and Reheating
Keeps in the fridge for 2 days. Reheat in a hot oven to crisp the pastry.
Nutrition per Serving
Per serving, calculated from the ingredient list with USDA FoodData Central figures (SR Legacy). A calculation, not a laboratory analysis: brands, cuts and how you measure change the real numbers. How the figures are worked out.
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