Printable Recipe: Chicken and Boursin Stuffed Pastry Triangles Recipe

Chicken and Boursin Stuffed Pastry Triangles Recipe

These little packets of goodness have got to be the perfect picnic food idea. Really. They're as easy to transport and eat as a sandwich, but so much tastier and more feel a lot more special. The filling is creamy, garlicky, and utterly delicious. This is one you'll always want to include in your family picnic. Both kids and adults will scramble for the last one.

You can also make these for a meal at home-- they taste just as good hot. Don't have or want to go out and buy French Boursin cheese? They're just as good made with a basic pre-purchased garlic-herb cream cheese. Recipe makes four triangles.

Ingredients:
8 oz. frozen puff pastry, thawed
1 C. mushrooms, cleaned and chopped
1-2 tsp. olive oil
8 oz. cooked, chopped white meat chicken
5 oz. Boursin cheese
1 tbsp. fresh Italian parsley, chopped
1 tbsp. fresh basil, chopped
1/2 tsp. freshly ground black pepper
1 lg. egg, beaten

Instructions: 1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Line a large cookie sheet with parchment paper.

2. In a small skillet, cook mushrooms in oil until cooked through and liquid is absorbed. Place in a medium mixing bowl

3. Add the chicken, Boursin or herb cream cheese, parsley, basil, and pepper. Stir well to mix.

4. To prepare the pastry, roll your piece of puff pastry out to a 12 to 14 inch square. Cut that square into 4 equal, square pieces.

5. Place your pastry squares on your prepared cookie sheet.

6. Diving your filling mixture evenly among your pastry squares, firmly mounding the filling in the middle. Press filling to compact it slightly.

7. To seal your pastry triangles, brush the edges lightly with a bit of beaten egg. Fold diagonally over the filling (into triangles) and press lightly to seal the edges.

8. Brush the outside of each pastry triangle with a bit of beaten egg to seal and make a shiny surface.

9. Bake triangles about 35 minutes, or until golden brown.

10. Let cool slightly before removing them from the trays.