Bacon Cheeseburger Puff Rolls

Preheat oven to 400 F. Line a jellyroll pan with a Silpat baking liner or parchment paper.

Place ground beef, bacon, and sweet onion in a large, deep skillet and saute until bacon has rendered its fat and onions are translucent. Break up the ground beef as you saute. Drain well.

Add red bell pepper and garlic to the ground beef. Saute an additional 2 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in oregano, basil, green onions, and ketchup. Add salt and pepper to taste. Let cool to room temperature.

Place one sheet of puff pastry between two sheets of plastic wrap and gently roll out to a rectangle about 12 inches by 10 inches. Remove the top piece of plastic wrap. Spread half of the ground beef mixture on puff pastry, leaving 1 inch clear on each of the four sides. Sprinkle with half of the Cheddar cheese.

Use the bottom piece of the plastic wrap to help you roll the puff pastry and filling lengthwise into a log. Use the egg white as glue to seal the roll. Gently press both ends closed. Using the plastic wrap, lift the roll onto the prepared jellyroll pan and place seam-side down. Repeat process with the remaining sheet of puff pastry.

Brush the tops of the bacon cheeseburger puff rolls with egg white and bake for 20 to 25 minutes until golden brown. Let rest for 10 minutes, then slice each roll on the diagonal into 4 pieces to serve.

Yield: 8 servings

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Easy Chicken and Bacon Quiche Recipe

Utilising your left over chicken pieces perhaps from a whole chicken is a great way of using up left over food. If you are looking for an easy chicken and bacon quiche recipe then the below tried and trusted quiche is quick and really simple to make, tasting amazing.

This quiche recipe can be either cooked ahead and eaten cold or cooked ready from the oven to eat with a lovely green salad and roasted vegetables.

I tend to use a pre purchased pastry case (savoury) for the this recipe although you can of course bake your own pastry case ready to receive the filling.

Easy Chicken and Bacon Quiche Recipe Ingredients

1 x medium onion chopped

25g butter

2 x large eggs + 1 additional yolk

10 fl oz double cream (you can also use single if your watching the calories)

200g for cooked left over chicken pieces diced (you can use as much or as little chicken as you like just make sure it will fit into your pastry case)

4-6 rashers of smoked streaky bacon

1-2 Tomatoes sliced

Freshly grated nutmeg

Method

1. Heat the butter over a medium heat and soften the onion for around 5 minutes until soft and translucent.

2. Stir in the cooked chicken and cook gently (uncovered) for about 1o minutes.

3. Transfer the mixture to your pastry case and arrange evenly throughout the base.

4. Grill your rashers of bacon and once cooled break up into the mixture.

5. Beat your eggs in a bowl and add the cream. Season with salt and pepper and a small grating of nutmeg (or a pinch of dried)

6. Pour the eggy mixture into the pastry case and place the sliced tomatoes on the top.

7. Place on a baking tray into a pre heated medium oven (180 degrees) and cook for 35-40 minutes.

Once the centre is set and golden brown you are done.

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