Swede Dish Spring Puff Pastry

Prep Time 20 mins

Cook Time 30 mins

Total Time 50 mins

Cooking Method: Bake

Cuisine: American, Swedish

Courses: Appetizer, Dinner

Difficulty: Intermediate

Servings: 6

Dietary: Chicken, Mushrooms

Description

A golden rectangular puff pastry filled with savory ground chicken, mushrooms, smoky bacon, fresh dill, and a light cream sauce. It slices beautifully for brunch, lunch, or a spring gathering.

Ingredients

1 sheet puff pastry
1 lb ground chicken
4 slices bacon, chopped
1 cup mushrooms, finely diced
1 small shallot, minced
2 garlic cloves
½ cup cream cheese or mascarpone
¼ cup heavy cream
1 tbsp Dijon mustard
¼ cup fresh dill, chopped
salt + pepper
egg wash

Instructions

1
Cook bacon until crisp. Remove and reserve.
2
In bacon fat sauté mushrooms, shallot, and garlic until soft.
3
Add ground chicken and cook through.
4
Stir in cream cheese, cream, Dijon, dill, and bacon.
5
Cool slightly.
6
Spread filling down center of rolled puff pastry.
7
Fold sides over and seal like a strudel.
8
Brush with egg wash.
9
Bake 400°F for 25–30 minutes until golden.

Note

Swede Dish Pro Move

Serve with radish dill salad + lemon crème fraîche.

Servings

Serves: 4–6 people
(or 8 appetizer slices for a brunch table)

This pastry works beautifully for spring brunch, light dinner, or a Swede Dish Spring Social spread, especially paired with:

shaved radish & dill salad
butter lettuce with mustard vinaigrette
chilled white wine or elderflower spritz 🌿

Keywords: spring puff pastry recipe, savory puff pastry chicken, Scandinavian pastry dinner, dill chicken pastry, Swede Dish spring recipes