When you need a quick, delicious, and easy appetizer or light lunch, these Chicken Spinach Fontina Mini Tarts are perfect.  A crust of puff pastry, filled with rotisserie chicken, cream cheese, baby spinach, mayonnaise, and fontina cheese, then baked.

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CHICKEN-SPINACH-FONTINA MINI TARTS

A crust of puff pastry, filled with rotisserie chicken, cream cheese, baby spinach, mayonnaise, and fontina cheese, then baked.

Course Appetizers

Cuisine American

Keyword Savory Appetizers, Savory Puff Pastry Appetizers, Rotisserie Chicken Appetizers, Hot Appetizers

Prep Time 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes minutes

Total Time 35 minutes minutes

Servings 6

Calories 220kcal

Author pamelashank2015

Ingredients

• 1 sheet frozen puff pastry
• 6 oz cream cheese softened
• 1/2 cup mayonnaise
• 1 1/2 cups rotisserie chicken diced
• 1 cup fresh baby spinach stems trimmed and leaves cut into thin strips
• 1 cup fontina cheese shredded

Instructions

• *Set puff pastry sheet out to thaw.
• *Meanwhile, beat the cream cheese and mayonnaise together with electric mixer until well combined.
• * Fold in the chicken, all but 1 Tablespoon of the spinach (reserve for garnish), and the fontina cheese. Combine ingredients well.
• *Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Unroll the puff pastry sheet onto a sheet of parchment paper on a flat surface. Lightly roll, with a rolling pin, the pastry to blend seams together. Using a sharp knife, or pizza cutter, cut out 6 or 8 even sized squares.(I made 6 larger ones and we ate the remaining filling on crackers and veggies later.) Place the squares onto the baking sheet.
• *Divide the filling evenly between the pastry squares and place in center. Spread filling to allow edges of pastry to show.
• *Bake about 20 minutes, or until pastry edges are golden brown. Remove from oven and allow to set on pan about 5 minutes.
• *Transfer to serving tray. Sprinkle remaining spinach over the tarts to garnish.

Notes

NUTRITIONAL DISCLAIMER. Calorie count provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.

I used to be intimidated to use puff pastry for recipes, and used crescent dough instead.  After using it a few times, I found it was so much better with delicious, flaky layers that are crunchy and buttery.   My family prefers it also.

There are so many recipes on the internet for using puff pastry.
HERE is a blog that has many great ones.

The Pepperidge Farm website has many recipes for appetizers and desserts.

Another popular recipe for appetizers is:
Cranberry Sausage Walnut Crescent Roll-Ups 

HOW TO MAKE CHICKEN SPINACH FONTINA MINI TARTS

1. Set puff pastry sheet out to thaw.
2. *Meanwhile, beat the cream cheese and mayonnaise together with electric mixer until well combined.
3. * Fold in the chicken, all but 1 Tablespoon of the spinach (reserve for garnish), and the fontina cheese. Combine ingredients well.
4. *Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
5. Unroll the puff pastry sheet onto a sheet of parchment paper on a flat surface. Lightly roll, with a rolling pin, the pastry to blend seams together. Using a sharp knife, or pizza cutter, cut out 6 or 8 even sized squares.(I made 6 larger ones and we ate the remaining filling on crackers and veggies later.) Place the squares onto the baking sheet.
6. *Divide the filling evenly between the pastry squares and place in center. Spread filling to allow edges of pastry to show.
7. Bake about 20 minutes, or until pastry edges are golden brown. Remove from oven and allow to set on pan about 5 minutes.
8. *Transfer to serving tray. Sprinkle remaining spinach over the tarts to garnish.

TIPS ON MAKING THESE TARTS

1. Thaw your frozen puff pastry (preferably in the fridge, overnight).  Remove the pastry from the fridge 20 minutes before you need to use it. Carefully unfold your pastry only when fully thawed, so that it doesn’t crack.
   Lightly flour your work surface and your rolling pin.
   Cut with care, using a sharp knife or pizza cutter.
2. Allow the cream cheese to soften at room temperature.