Bacon Pinwheels

Bacon Pinwheels is a oven-baked recipe ready in 30 min. It makes 7 servings, each 400 kcal with 13 g protein. Beginner level, 7 ingredients.

Recipe by @essen_paradies, adapted and measured by Cookpath.

  • 30 min15 min hands-on
  • Beginnerlevel
  • 400kcal a serving
  • 13 gprotein
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Bacon Pinwheels

What is Bacon Pinwheels

Puff pastry rolled up with tomato sauce, mozzarella and bacon, sliced and baked into crisp, cheesy pinwheels. A quick snack for parties.

More:Oven bake recipesLow-calorie meals

How to make Bacon Pinwheels

Tips from the cook

  • Don't overload the filling: too much sauce or cheese makes the pinwheels unroll while baking.
  • Use a very sharp knife, and chill the roll for 10 minutes before cutting if the pastry feels soft.
  • Turn the tray halfway through for even browning.
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Meal prep and storage

Freeze them sliced and unbaked on a tray, then bake straight from frozen with a few extra minutes.

Keep 2 days in the fridge. Reheat in the oven at 170 °C, not the microwave, to keep them crisp.

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See this week’s meal prep plan on the blog, or plan your own week in the app.

Bacon Pinwheels substitutions

Out of something, or cooking around an allergy. Each swap was checked against a source.

Puff pastry sheet1 option
  • Gluten-free puff pastry (homemade rough puff, or a labelled gluten-free sheet) 1 sheet for 1; page recipe is rough puff, all-butter

    Butter carries dairy; egg not checked.

    Still contains dairy.

Mozzarella1 option
  • Dairy-free mozzarella-style shreds 1:1 by weight

    Caprese/fresh; stretch and browning differ.

    Still contains soy and tree nuts.

Bacon2 options
  • Smoked turkey rashers 1:1 by weight

    Less fat, add 1 tsp oil when frying.

  • Mushroom strips roasted with smoked paprika and olive oil same weight of raw mushroom

    Not crisp in wet sauces.

Egg2 options
  • Flax egg (1 tbsp ground flax + 3 tbsp water) per egg

    Not above 3 eggs, not sponge.

  • 60 g unsweetened applesauce per egg

    Denser.

Parmesan2 options
  • Vegetarian hard Italian-style cheese (made with microbial rennet) 1:1 by weight

    Grana Padano contains egg lysozyme.

    Still contains dairy.

  • Nutritional yeast (fortified flakes) 1:1 by volume, add a pinch of salt

    No melt; less sharp.

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