Vegetable Puff Pizzalini - recipe puff pastry

Method

• Roll the puff pastry into a rectangle 11 x 15 inches.
• Transfer it to a 11 x 17-inch sheet tray lined with parchment paper and fit the dough to the tray exactly.
• Be sure the dough is evenly rolled - about 3/8-inch thick.
• Freeze the sheet tray for about 1/2 hour.
• Remove the tray from the freezer and using a fluted 2 1/4-inch round cutter, cut out 24 to 28 circles.
• Using a fork, dock each round well in the center, 4 to 6 times; leave a 1/4-inch rim undocked.
• The circles can be put back in the freezer for up to 2 months.
• Once they're frozen, they can be stacked and wrapped in plastic wrap.
• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Heat some oil in a saute pan and cook the onions slowly, until they are soft and fully cooked.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Set aside to cool.
• Slice the tomatoes about 3/8-inch thick.
• Cut off broccoli flowers about 1 1/4 inches around.
• Cut them as close to the flower as possible, without them falling apart.
• Cut the stems off the mushrooms flush with the bottom of the cap (don't hollow them) and slice as thinly as possible.
• Fill a little bowl with about 1-inch of oil.
• Place the rounds of dough, upside down on a papered cookie sheet and dock again.
• Brush about 1/3 with oil, spread about 1/3 with a little olive paste or pesto, and spoon about 1/2 of the cooled onions on the remaining rounds.
• Sprinkle each with Parmesan.
• Place a tomato slice on the rounds spread with oil only; the slice should be the same size or a little smaller than the round of dough.
• Garnish with a few strips of fresh basil.
• Dip each broccoli flower into the oil, head down, and press it, flower up, into the center of each round spread with olive paste.
• Press a sliced mushroom cap into the center of each onion round.
• Slant the cap a little so that the slices separate.
• Brush each round generously with oil and sprinkle generously with Parmesan, salt and pepper.
• Bake for about 17 minutes or until the bottoms are lightly browned.
• Serve warm.