Сhicken drumsticks in puff pastry

You can make chicken drumsticks in puff pastry both on a bone, and boneless. You may stuff boneless meat with a filling. This way you will make a juicy original dish suitable for an everyday menu and excellent as a festive meal.

Ingredients

• Puff Pastry - 500 g
• Chicken drumsticks - 5 to 6 pcs
• Hard cheese - 250 g
• Garlic - 2 to 3 cloves
• Salt - to taste
• Ground black pepper - to taste
• Hard cheese - 100 g
• Dill - 1 bunch
• Tomato - 100 g
• Provence herbs - 0.5 tsp

Directions

1. Wash chicken drumsticks thoroughly and dry them with a paper towel.
2. Carefully remove the bone with a sharp knife. To do this, cut the upper and lower tendons, then carefully separate the meat and remove the bone.
3. Rub chicken meat with salt, pepper, and crushed garlic. While the meat is getting marinated, prepare the filling. To do this, grate the cheese on a fine grater and finely chop the dill and the tomato. Mix all ingredients thoroughly and add Provence herbs
4. Cut hard cheese into 3 mm thick slices and put between skin and meat. Fill every piece of meat with 1 tbsp of the filling.
5. Roll the dough to make it 3 mm thick and cut into thin strips, approx. 1 to 2 cm wide.
6. Wrap each piece of meat with the strips of dough spiral-wise and put on an oiled baking tray.
7. Bake in a preheated oven for 40 minutes at 180°C. You may rub the meat with turmeric: this will make the dish even more flavoury.