Cheese and garlic crescent rolls; delicious flaky pastry filled with garlic butter, cheddar and vegetarian Parmesan. These mini croissants are so easy to make using ready-made croissant pastry. Quickly whip up a garlic butter using crushed garlic, butter and fresh parsley and sprinkle with finely grated cheddar and vegetarian Parmesan. This recipe is great for making super quick party snacks or food for a picnic.
Cheese and garlic crescent rolls: ingredients
These super easy cheese and garlic crescent rolls require just 7 ingredients:
- Jus-Rol croissant dough
- butter
- garlic
- parsley
- Cheddar
- Parmesan
- egg
Dough
The secret to the simplicity of this recipe is using shop-bought, ready-made croissant dough. I used Jus-Rol Croissant dough which makes 6 large croissants or 24 of my mini cheese and garlic crescent rolls. If you have time feel free to make your own croissant dough. This, however, is very time consuming.
Garlic butter
I made my own garlic butter for these crescent rolls and it is super easy! Simply soften some butter and combine with crushed garlic and finely chopped fresh parsley. I used vegan butter but any butter will do. If you don’t have a garlic crusher simply finely chop your garlic with a knife.
If you like, you could also make a roasted garlic butter. This is a little more time consuming but is absolutely delicious. Why not try this roasted garlic butter recipe from Happy Foods Tube? If you’re pressed for time feel free to use pre-made garlic butter from the shop.
Cheese
I decided to use Cheddar and Parmesan cheese in my crescent rolls but you could definitely experiment with different cheeses. I would recommend trying Gruyère or mozzarella.
If using mozzarella I recommend using pizza mozzarella as it is lower in moisture content. Too much water may make your dough soggy. You could also sprinkle some extra cheese on top of your crescent rolls, if you like. You could also take a larger piece of cheese and roll the dough around it to create melt-in-the-middle cheese and garlic crescent rolls.
Egg wash
I decided to use an egg wash on my crescent rolls mainly for aesthetic reasons. The egg wash makes your rolls look nice and shiny but is not absolutely necessary. If you want to save ingredients feel free to skip this part.
More vegetarian savoury crescent roll fillings
Why not try adding more ingredients into your cheese and garlic mini croissants? Here are some ideas:
- caramelised onions
- chopped, fried garlic mushrooms
- Brie and cranberry
- crumbled, cooked vegetarian sausage
- roasted cherry tomatoes
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Ingredients
Method
- Combine the butter, crushed garlic and chopped parsley in a small bowl. Set aside.
- Roll out the dough and separate the 3 rectangles of dough (there should be 6 triangles, 2 triangles to a rectangle of dough). Use a rolling pin or your fingers to join together the 2 triangles of each rectangle.
- Spread the rectangles with 1/3 of the, garlic butter each and sprinkle over 1/3 of the Cheddar and Parmesan on each. Ensure you cover the whole piece of dough.
- Slice each rectangle into 4 equal pieces widthways using a knife or pizza cutter. Slice each of these new smaller rectangles into 2 diagonally. You will end up with 24 mini triangles.
- Starting from the wide end roll up each triangle to form mini crescent rolls.
- Evenly space the rolls, around an inch apart, on 1-2 baking tray(s) lined with baking paper. Place in the fridge.
- Preheat the oven to 210°C/190°C (fan 410°F/375°F).
- After 15 minutes remove the crescent rolls from the fridge. Using a pastry brush lightly brush each roll with egg wash.
- Bake in the oven for 9-11 minutes until cooked through and golden brown.
- Enjoy hot or cooled. Best eaten fresh.
These cheese and garlic crescent rolls are easy to make and taste amazing!
Thanks Daniel!
These are such an easy fun idea, so cute!