When it comes to Halloween, I tend to like the more mellow decorations and festivities. That is, cute usually trumps gory.
But, as the saying goes, there’s a first time for everything. How could I have knocked it ’til I tried it?
Apparently gory can still be scrumptious. And puff pastry will never look the same to me. Consuming something reminiscent of human intestines requires a very open mind and entire lack of eye-stomach coordination. It’s the closest that a potentially meatless dish could get to cannibalism.
If you’re looking for a cute or kid-friendly Halloween recipe, you needn’t read any further – head on over to check out witch-in-the-ditch cupcakes or mummy meatloaf. But if you’re looking for some fright factor or a Halloween party conversation piece, this is definitely for you!
Halloween Puff Pastry Intestines
Slightly Adapted From Canary Girl
- 1 package (17.3 ounces) frozen puff pastry
- 3 cups filling of your choice (savory or sweet)
- 1 egg, beaten
- red food coloring
- small paintbrush
- Thaw puff pastry according to package’s directions. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F and line a 9″ x 13″ baking pan with parchment paper.
- Divide each sheet of puff pastry lengthwise into 6 strips. Lightly flour an expansive counter or other surface and lay each strip next to one another. Press and seal the seams between strips.
- Spread your filling of choice down the entire length of the dough, leaving a bit of space on each side to pinch closed.
- Pinch the entire length of the dough closed, stretching the dough slightly around the filling as you go.
- Carefully lift intestine onto baking sheet, seam-side down, and form an “intestine-like” pattern.
- Brush puff pastry with beaten egg. Dip small paintbrush into red food coloring and draw ”blood” in the creases.
- Bake about 20 minutes, or until golden brown.
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This looks so gross. LOL! I love it. We’re trying to come up with gory Halloween themed food for movie nights. I think this one just might be a winner. Or I’ll take it to the Halloween get together we’re having at the end of the month. The possibilities!
Oh yea!! This looks really… scary
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This is too clever! Kids of all ages would giggle over this, then eagerly devour this “gutsy” bread.
ooo, looks really cool! Any suggestions for fillings?
Some sort of seasoned potato + meat/beans filling, veggies, empanada filling, pie filling, some sort of cheesy filling, ground beef/turkey cooked with onion and other spices, sloppy joe meat…oh, the possibilities are infinite! Whatever floats your boat.
LOVE this. So creepy! Just linked to you.
Thanks for the link! I’m glad you like it.
Wow, what a great look, I love this! I just clicked over from Living Locurto. I would love to link to this if you didn’t mind.
Of course! Link away.
I’m sooo going to make this! My choice of filling: Minced meat with a little taco seasoning, shredded cheese, diced peppers and some sweet corn.
With a meat filling, you could actually use ketchup instead of the food coloring…
Good point – I had considered the ketchup idea, but wasn’t sure how vividly the red would turn out. Tell me how it works out for you! I might have to add that in the recipe as a variation.
We made this last night for our Halloween party. Mine didn’t come out quite as fluffy, but we left the pastry at room temp for way too long. lol We almost forgot to make it! We used cherry pie filling and pureed it in the food processor first. When we served it, we had a shaker of powdered sugar for them to sprinkle on top.
Thanks for sharing the idea – it was very grossly effective!
So glad it worked well for your Halloween party!
Hi, I tried this and my cousin did too. Both tries were fails. I think I have some tips to add that will prevent what we did wrong. 1- putting the seam side down is important. 2- using a big enough pan that you dont haveto pack it too tightly. Mine came out too dense,i.e. no puff in my puff pastry intestienes. I salvaged them by cutting them into bars and sprinkling powdered suger on them. They still looked like intestines though just not puffy and a little greasy. I hope this helps.
Indeed, it does! Thanks for the feedback Vada!
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