Puff Pastry-Wrapped Jalapeños Stuffed with Oaxaca Cheese

Name: Puff Pastry-Wrapped Jalapeños Stuffed with Oaxaca Cheese
Yield: serves 8
Ingredients: Nonstick cooking spray; 2 1/2 cups shredded Oaxaca cheese or mozzarella cheese; 1 1/2 tablespoons crumbled dried oregano, preferably Mexican; Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 18 jalapeño chiles, charred (see page 35), peeled, stemmed, seeded, and left whole; One 17.3-ounce package frozen puff pastry, thawed; All-purpose flour, for rolling; 1 egg, lightly beaten with 1 tablespoon water

December 20, 2011

These guys are spicy! If you’re afraid of the heat, you can use güero chiles, but jalapeños are exactly the right size for an appetizer. Oaxaca cheese, like mozzarella, is a mild-flavored white cheese that is excellent for melting. It’s popular for quesadillas in Mexico.

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