Puff Pastry Christmas Tree – Easy Vegan Recipes

I volunteered to make a vegan buffet for work to show that the sort of food I eat isn’t purchased from niche stores and is ‘normal’. I wanted to hammer home that veganism is accessible and isn’t expensive. Alongside Linda McCartney sausage rolls, hummus and homemade mushroom pate (which everyone raved about so much I will post the recipe on here soon!) I decided to adapt a Youtube video I watched for a chocolate filled puff pastry Christmas Tree.

As we are a nut free environment at work I had to forgo stuffing it with Vego spread or Natures Stores, which was a real pity. Instead I used Lidl’s version of Biscoff and smeared it over shop bought puff pastry. It really is a simple exercise and everyone was surprised I’d made it by hand. I’d suggest making the tree branches larger than I did to make them easier to twist and pull. I used pre-rolled puff pastry but you could also use the block and cut it into 2 pieces when its rolled out to the appropriate thickness.

Vegan Puff Pastry Christmas Tree

1 packet of ready rolled puff pastry
4 tablespoons of Biscuit Spread, at room temperature (or chocolate spread, if you prefer)
Plant milk, to glaze before baking
Icing sugar (for decoration)

1. Pre heat the oven to 200 degrees.
2. Roll out the puff pastry on the baking sheet it comes with. Cut into two even sided pieces.
3. Score with a sharp knife the shape of a Christmas tree (as pictured). You can use this as a guide for the second piece of puff pastry which will be placed on top after the 4th step.
4. Spread with your filling of choice.
5. Place the second piece of puff pastry on top.
6. Using a knife cut in the branches, leaving a trunk section of the tree.
7. Twist the branches all the way up to the top. Making wider branches than mine will make twisting easier!
8. With the excess pastry make a star for the top of your tree.
9. Brush lightly with soya (or other) plant milk and bake for 10-15 minutes. Check to make sure it doesn’t burn on the upper branches as they will take less cooking.
10. Allow to cool and dust with icing sugar.

Thanks for reading,

Pip x