Savory Napoleon Cake with Ham, Cheese, and Mushrooms

A Napoleon cake can make a stunning savory appetizer for a party!

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
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Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 19 % 9 g
Fats 57 % 27 g
Carbohydrates 23 % 11 g
309 kcal
GI: 18 / 82 / 0

Cooking method

  1. Step 1:

    Step 1

    Roll out each pastry sheet about 1/8 inch (4–5 mm) thick. Cut out a circle 9–10 inches (22–26 cm) across. Prick the rounds all over with a fork. Transfer them to a parchment-lined baking sheet.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2

    Bake 5 pastry layers until golden, then let them cool.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3

    Filling #1: Grate the hard cheese and eggs on the large holes of a box grater. Add the finely minced garlic and the mayonnaise, and mix.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4

    Spread filling #1 over the first pastry layer, covering the whole surface, then top with the second layer.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5

    Filling #2: Finely chop the ham and dill. Add the processed cheese, season with pepper, and mix.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6

    Spread this filling over the second layer and cover with the third.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7

    Filling #3: Finely chop the mushrooms, add the mayonnaise, and mix.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8

    Spread this filling over the third layer and cover with the fourth.

  9. Step 9:

    Step 9

    Filling #4: Finely chop the onion, grate the carrots on the large holes of a box grater, and sauté them together until soft, then let cool.

  10. Step 10:

    Step 10

    Add the processed cheese, season with pepper and salt, and mix.

  11. Step 11:

    Step 11

    Spread this filling over the fourth layer and cover with the fifth.

  12. Step 12:

    Step 12

    Cover the cake with plastic wrap and press down gently with your hands. Refrigerate for 3 hours.

  13. Step 13:

    Step 13

    Combine processed cheese with mayonnaise and use this "cream" to coat the sides and top of the cake. Refrigerate for a full day so it soaks through.

  14. Step 14:

    Step 14

    Decorate the cake as you like. Grate the hard cheese on the large holes of a box grater and press it onto the sides of the cake.

  15. Step 15:

    Step 15

    Thinly slice the sausage, lay the slices out in a row, and roll them up into a rose.

  16. Step 16:

    Step 16

    Secure the rose with toothpicks.

  17. Step 17:

    Step 17

    Trim the bottom of the rose flat.

  18. Step 18:

    Step 18

    Arrange the sausage roses on the cake.

  19. Step 19:

    Step 19

    Cut the hard cheese into thin slices. Carefully roll each one into a little cone.

  20. Step 20:

    Step 20

    Set the cheese cones on the cake and tuck an olive into each one.

  21. Step 21:

    Step 21

    Cut the sausage slices halfway to the center.

  22. Step 22:

    Step 22

    Fold the cut ends of each slice out in opposite directions.

  23. Step 23:

    Step 23

    Arrange them around the edge of the cake, along with some olives and sprigs of dill.

  24. Step 24:

    Step 24

    Here's what the cake looks like sliced.

  25. Step 25:

    Step 25

    Enjoy, and have a wonderful celebration!

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Carrots - 33  kcal/100g
  • Dried carrots - 275  kcal/100g
  • Boiled carrots - 25  kcal/100g
  • Dutch cheese - 352  kcal/100g
  • Swiss cheese - 335  kcal/100g
  • Russian cheese - 366  kcal/100g
  • Kostroma cheese - 345  kcal/100g
  • Yaroslavsky cheese - 361  kcal/100g
  • Altai cheese 50% fat content - 356  kcal/100g
  • Soviet cheese - 400  kcal/100g
  • Cheese 'steppe' - 362  kcal/100g
  • Uglichsky cheese - 347  kcal/100g
  • Poshekhonsky cheese - 350  kcal/100g
  • Lambert cheese - 377  kcal/100g
  • Appnzeller cheese with 50% fat content - 400  kcal/100g
  • Chester cheese with 50% fat content - 363  kcal/100g
  • Edamer cheese with 40% fat content - 340  kcal/100g
  • Cheese with mushrooms of 50 % fat content - 395  kcal/100g
  • Emmental cheese with 45% fat content - 420  kcal/100g
  • Gouda cheese with 45% fat content - 356  kcal/100g
  • Aiadeus cheese - 364  kcal/100g
  • Dom blanc cheese (semi-hard) - 360  kcal/100g
  • Lo spalmino cheese - 61  kcal/100g
  • Cheese 'etorki' (sheep, hard) - 401  kcal/100g
  • White cheese - 100  kcal/100g
  • Fat yellow cheese - 260  kcal/100g
  • Altai cheese - 355  kcal/100g
  • Kaunas cheese - 355  kcal/100g
  • Latvian cheese - 316  kcal/100g
  • Limburger cheese - 327  kcal/100g
  • Lithuanian cheese - 250  kcal/100g
  • Lake cheese - 350  kcal/100g
  • Gruyere cheese - 396  kcal/100g
  • Garlic - 143  kcal/100g
  • Processed cheese with 60% fat content - 354  kcal/100g
  • Processed cheese with 45% fat content - 294  kcal/100g
  • Megle cheese - 590  kcal/100g
  • Tartar cheese - 348  kcal/100g
  • Cheese 'cheese 'shavru' (goat) - 173  kcal/100g
  • Viola cheese - 307  kcal/100g
  • Ground black pepper - 255  kcal/100g
  • Dill greens - 38  kcal/100g
  • Puff pastry - 400  kcal/100g
  • Puff pastry, unleavened - 337  kcal/100g
  • Olives - 115  kcal/100g
  • Salad mayonnaise of 50 % fat content - 502  kcal/100g
  • Light mayonnaise - 260  kcal/100g
  • Provencal Mayonnaise - 624  kcal/100g
  • Provencal mayonnaise - 627  kcal/100g
  • Table mayonnaise - 627  kcal/100g
  • Ham - 270  kcal/100g
  • Beef ham - 133  kcal/100g
  • Boiled ham - 282  kcal/100g
  • Raw ham - 270  kcal/100g
  • Ham sausage - 242  kcal/100g
  • Vegetable oil - 873  kcal/100g
  • Pickled champignons - 12  kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0  kcal/100g
  • Smoked sausage - 507  kcal/100g
  • Onion - 41  kcal/100g
  • Chicken egg - 80  kcal/100g

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