These vegan and easy-to-make Wild Garlic Pesto Pinwheels are the perfect snack for parties! We’re using homemade Wild Garlic Pesto and Cashew Parmesan for the filling!
In the Wild Garlic Pesto post, I promised a delicious recipe to make with the pesto – and here it is: Wild Garlic Pesto Pinwheels. They are super easy to make and awesomely delicious. They are flaky and slightly garlicky!
I’m not the biggest fan of a strong garlic flavor (especially not too keen on a daylong aftertaste in the mouth), but these Wild Garlic Pesto Pinwheels just have a mild garlicky flavor. Because they are baked, the wild garlic isn’t that intense.
They are the perfect snack for parties because they are finger food and so quick to make! Oh – and they look cute!
The recipe uses the homemade Wild Garlic Pesto & vegan Cashew Parmesan from the blog. Once you have those they are super quick to make. You should always have Cashew Parmesan at home anyway – because it’s the most awesome thing to sprinkle over pasta and risotto!
How to make Wild Garlic Pesto Pinwheels
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Wild Garlic Pesto Pinwheels
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 vegan puff pastry dough*
Cashew Parmesan
- 1/3 cup cashews raw, unsalted
- 1 tablespoon nutritional yeast
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Wild Garlic Pesto
- 2 cups wild garlic
- 2 tablespoons sunflower seeds
- 1 tablespoon nutritional yeast
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 1/3 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- For the Cashew Parmesan, add cashews, nutritional yeast, and salt to a food processor and process until fine. Set it aside.
- For the Wild Garlic Pesto, add wild garlic, sunflower seeds, nutritional yeast, salt, olive oil, and lemon juice to a food processor. And process until smooth.
- Pre-heat the oven to 400°F/200°C.
- Roll out the puff pastry dough.
- Spread the pesto on the puff pastry dough, leave out the bottom border.
- Sprinkle the vegan Cashew Parmesan on top.
- Roll the puff pastry dough in and close the edge.
- Cut the puff pastry dough roll into about 20 pieces.
- Place the Pesto Pinwheels on a baking tray lined with parchment paper and bake them in the oven at 400°F/200°C for 8-10 minutes until golden and crispy.
- Let them cool off a bit and enjoy!
Lisa
Tuesday 7th of May 2019
Can I bake and then freeze these?
Marian Pease
Saturday 25th of August 2018
Yes: I was looking up “vegan puff pastry” and came across that Pepperidge Farm was vegan. I used it and this was a huge success for my friend. . She said she could have eaten every one of them!
Hannah
Friday 2nd of December 2016
Regular old Pepperidge Farm puff pastry dough is "accidentally" vegan! For thsoe of us who don't live near whole foods!
Bianca
Friday 9th of December 2016
Yeay, that's awesome. Thank you so much for the tip, Hannah! I love accidentally vegan products :D I'll add this info on my puff pastry-recipes. :)
Sandy Young Photography
Thursday 24th of December 2015
Made these the other day for my vegan daughter...fabulous! Added in some sun-dried tomatoes to the pesto. Great site, love it. Merry Christmas x
Bianca
Friday 25th of December 2015
Thank you so much for your wonderful feedback, Sandy! Adding in sun-dried tomatoes sounds heavenly! Happy Holidays to you too :)
Sharon McVeigh
Tuesday 8th of September 2015
Hi, just wondering why the Pesto is green? Is wild garlic green, are you using leaves to get the colour? Just using the cloves wouldn't give the green colour. Can you tell me what you buy? I'm in Canada. My neighbours grow their own garlic which has been harvested already.
Bianca
Tuesday 8th of September 2015
Hi Sharon, the pesto is green because of the wild garlic - which is a green leafy plant! It's also called ramsons, buckrams, broad-leaved garlic, wood garlic, bear leek or bear's garlic. If you head on over to the wild garlic pesto recipe, you'll see photos of the wild garlic on the first and last photo. Here is the wikipedia page of the plant, according to that one wild garlic is native to Europe & Asia, so I'm not completely sure if it is available in Canada. Wild Garlic is in season around april and may, so it's best to look for it on farmer's markets at that time? Good luck finding it! :)