Four Cheese Twisted Spinach Christmas Tree

Another holiday table showstopper for you guys!   This fantabulous festive cheesy spinach Christmas tree was SOOO SCRUMPTIOUS AND SOOO EASY to make using, believe it or not… frozen pizza dough!!

Sautéed onions, garlic, and chillis are mixed with fresh blanched spinach and 4 kinds of cheese… I used a combo of cream cheese, parmesan, comté, and cheddar to make a thick paste, then spread it out on the pizza dough, cut and twisted into a tree shape baked to golden perfection with lashings of garlic butter.  So gorgeously divine! 

The inspo for this fabulously festive Christmas Tree was from @itsalwaysautumnblog… I twisted it up (literally 😜) and changed the onion, chilli, and garlic powder to fresh, and swapping around the cheeses and increasing the seasonings.  Autumn has such an easy-to-follow, simple video on her site of how to make the tree. The link is attached to my recipe… I promise this one is easy, so go on and give it a go!!

Four Cheese Twisted Spinach Christmas Tree

Serves: 4 Prep Time: 40 Minutes Cooking Time: 20 Minutes 20 Minutes

Nutrition facts: 200 calories 20 grams fat

Rating: 4.0/5

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Ingredients

• 400g Spinach fresh, blanched, and chopped
• 170g Cream cheese
• 6 Garlic cloves minced
• 1 tsp Salt
• 1 Onion chopped finely
• 6 Green chillis chopped finely
• ½ tsp Black pepper
• 1 tsp Dried Italian herbs
• 50g Parmesan finely grated
• 50g Comté Cheese grated
• 50g Cheddar Cheese grated
• 220g Frozen pizza dough defrosted
• 3 tbsps Butter
• 1 tsp Dried Italian Herbs
• 1 tsp Garlic Salt

Instructions

1. Pre-heat oven to 200℃
2. In a saucepan on medium heat, sauté the onions, green chilli, and garlic until translucent, set aside.
3. Combine the Comte and cheddar cheese in a bowl, set aside
4. Beat the spinach and cream cheese together in a bowl, add the cooked onion mixture, black pepper, and dried Italian herbs 
5. Add the parmesan cheese and half the Comte and cheddar mix beat to combine all (the other half of the Comté and cheddar will be sprinkled over the filling when you shape the Christmas tree).
6. Shape the Christmas tree as directed here.
7. Bake for about 22 minutes until golden brown at the top and cooked through on the bottom
8. Melt butter and stir in garlic salt and seasoning, then brush all over bread tree
9. Serve warm

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