Crumble the bacon into small pieces (even smaller than this would be good), and sprinkle it over the cheese and herbs.
Roll up the dough lengthwise as tightly as you can, but stop when you're about halfway. If it's not rolled tightly you risk having the fillings fall out once you slice it.
Roll up the opposite edge toward the center so you have a log like the one pictured above.
Wrap the log in plastic wrap and refrigerate it for at least 30 minutes or freeze it until your next puff pastry emergency.
While the pastry is chilling you can whisk an egg with a little water to make an egg wash.
Preheat the oven to 375. Brush the pastry with the egg wash and then cut it into about 1/2" slices with a sharp knife. I found that my bread knife did the best job, but that might have been because my other knives were overdue for a sharpening.
Place the slices on their sides on a baking sheet that's either greased or lined with parchment paper.
Bake for about 10 minutes, then flip and bake for about 5 more minutes or until golden brown. Check out that bubbly cheese!
Post-flip and ready to eat!
Blue Cheese & Toasted Walnut Palmiers
I've been on a bit of a blue cheese kick lately, so I knew I wanted to make some blue cheese palmiers, and I had some walnuts in the freezer which were the obvious partner for the blue cheese. Next time I might add a little jam or apple butter into the mix, but they were perfectly delicious with just the blue cheese and walnuts.
This is just a handful of walnuts, toasted in the oven and chopped.
Sprinkle the blue cheese and walnuts over the pastry. A tiny bit more blue cheese than this probably wouldn't have hurt.
Roll it up.
Refrigerate. Egg wash. Slice.
Even in its raw state it looks tasty.
Here's a before-the-flip/after-the-flip shot. Notice how much the bottom browns.
Berry Jam & Brown Sugar Palmiers
After a couple savory batches I figured I should make a sweet one, and it was the perfect use for the remainder of a jar of mixed berry jam that was in my fridge. I wasn't overly excited about this mixture and assumed that one of the cheese ones would be my favorite, but once I tasted the results I was really, really into the sweet batch.
Put a few globs of jam on the pastry.
Spread it all around. Add a little more if needed.
Sprinkle with some brown sugar.
Roll it up.
Refrigerate. Egg wash. Slice. Bake. Flip.
Attractive and delicious.
Here they are on their fancy platter in our Breakfast at Tiffany's themed room. Yes, we had themed rooms.
And finally a shot of me and my roommates for the night. Check out my blue tights!