This Christmas sharing snack, a tear-and-share pastry tree, can be made sweet or savoury. This savoury Christmas tree bread recipe is filled with the locally made Food Lover’s basil pesto, topped with cherry tomato baubles. The sweet Christmas tree pastry recipe is filled with the fruit mince mix (made with our famous ‘red bucket’ fruit cake mix – at Cape Roasters in Cape Town.) and chocolate. Simply irresistible, it will be eaten up before you can say Merry Christmas.
Of course, you can, you can try a jam of choice, chocolate chips and honey,
Yes, you can make this vegan. Be sure to by a vegan-friendly puff pastry and use plant-based fillings. Here are some options for plant-based filings:
*A vegan-friendly puff pastry does not use real butter, eggs, or any dairy and animal by-products. Check the ingredients list and label to be sure.
