Description
Idea adapted from OneKitchen
Ingredients
Units
Scale
- 18 jalapeño peppers
- 36 lil smokies or cocktail wieners
- 8 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
- 6 ounces extra sharp cheddar, shredded
- All-purpose flour, for dusting
- 3 sheets puff pastry, thawed
- 1 large egg
- Pretzel salt, for sprinkling, optional
- Marinara sauce, to serve, optional
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400°F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Set aside.
- Cut the tops off of the jalapeño peppers and then each pepper in half. Use a spoon to scoop out the seeds and membranes and discard them. Place a cocktail wiener on each scooped out pepper half and cut the pepper to be the same size as the cocktail wiener. Set aside.
- In a medium-sized bowl, mix together the cream cheese and cheddar cheese until well-combined. One at a time, remove the cocktail wiener from each pepper segement and fill each jalapeño pepper segment with the cheese mixture. Then, top each cheese-filled jalapeño pepper segment again with the cocktail wieners. Set aside.
- In a small bowl, whisk the egg.
- On a lightly floured surface, unroll 1 puff pastry dough sheet. Cut it into 6 equal strips, and then cut those strips in half, cross-ways, to create 12 equal-sized pieces. Roll each stuffed pepper piece in 1 puff pastry strip, then seal with the egg wash. Place the wrapped jalapeño pieces on the prepared baking sheets. Repeat until all no jalapeño pieces or puff pastry remains.
- Brush the puff pastry tops with the remaining egg and sprinkle lightly with pretzel salt. Bake until browned, about 25 to 30 minutes.
- Some of the cheese filling will have spilled out, but don't worry. Allow the Jalapeño Popper Pigs in a Blanket to cool slightly and use a knife to gently scrape away the cheese that's oozed out onto the baking sheet. There will still be plenty of cheese left inside.
- Serve warm with marinara sauce, for dipping.
- Prep Time: 40 mins
- Cook Time: 25 mins