Ultimate Ham Cups recipe

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Ingredients

¼ cup butter
¼ cup all-purpose flour
1 cup milk
¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
⅛ teaspoon ground white pepper
⅛ teaspoon cayenne pepper
salt to taste
1 cup diced smoked ham
1 cup diced smoked mozzarella cheese
½ cup sweetened dried cranberries
½ cup slivered almonds
1 sheet frozen puff pastry dough, thawed
1 teaspoon melted butter, or as needed

Nutrition Info

356 calories
carbohydrate: 23.3 g
cholesterol: 32.4 mg
fat: 25 g
fiber: 1.4 g
protein: 9.7 g
saturatedFat: 9.3 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 382.1 mg
sugar: 7 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

  2. Melt 1/4 cup butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Whisk in flour until fully incorporated. Add milk, bring to a slow boil. Whisk until thickened, 3 to 5 minutes. Add nutmeg, white pepper, cayenne, and salt. Remove from heat and let filling cool slightly. Add ham, mozzarella cheese, cranberries, and almonds.

  3. Roll out puff pastry on a lightly floured work surface. Brush lightly with melted butter. Cut into 9 equal squares. Stretch gently to enlarge and place squares, buttered side-down, into muffin cups. Divide filling evenly between the cups.

  4. Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 15 minutes. Cool slightly.

Recipe Yield

9 pieces

Recipe Note

I created this recipe to use leftovers from Thanksgiving for a day-after brunch. It combines the best of the holiday flavors - smoked ham, cranberries, almonds, and smoked mozzarella cheese - into puff pastry shells, to make a really elegant presentation for a buffet, or it could be put into mini muffin pans for an appetizer. Sprinkle with finely chopped parsley or paprika if desired.

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