Buffalo Meatballs in Puff Pastry Cups
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Buffalo Meatballs in Puff Pastry Cups – Delicious buffalo sauce meatballs stuffed inside baked puff pastry cups and topped with blue cheese dressing!
Ingredients
FOR THE PUFF PASTRY AND MEATBALLS
- 1 Puff Pastry Sheet , thawed
- 24 frozen , fully cooked Reduced Fat Turkey Meatballs
- 1 cup hot buffalo sauce (Frank's Red Hot is what I like to use)
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
FOR THE BLEU CHEESE DRESSING
- 3/4- cup non-fat plain yogurt
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 1 teaspoon white vinegar
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 2 tablespoons reduced fat crumbled blue cheese
- salt and fresh ground pepper , to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400F.
- Unfold the thawed pastry sheet on a lightly floured surface and using a rolling pin, roll the pastry sheet into a 10 x 15-inch rectangle.
- Cut the sheet into 24 small squares.
- Press the pastry squares into 24 mini muffin pan cups.
- Bake for 15 minutes, or until golden brown.
In the meantime, prepare the meatballs.
- Combine hot sauce and apple cider vinegar in a nonstick pan.
- Add 24 turkey meatballs to the sauce and bring to a boil; cover with a lid and reduce to a simmer; cook for 15 minutes.
Prepare the Lightened-Up Bleu Cheese Dressing
- Combine yogurt, olive oil, vinegar, mustard, bleu cheese, salt, and ground pepper in a mixing bowl; whisk everything together until thoroughly combined. Set aside.
- Remove pan from oven and transfer puff pastry shells to a serving plate.
- Place 1 meatball inside each puff pastry cup.
- Drizzle each meatball with some of the hot sauce left over in the pan.
- Top each meatball with 1 teaspoon bleu cheese dressing.
- Serve.
Keywords: turkey recipe