COURSE:
Melting Middle Christmas Dinner Stacks: A Festive Snack with a Delicious Surprise
Bring a touch of festive magic to your Christmas appetisers with our Melting Middle Christmas Dinner Stacks. These delightful bites are crafted to surprise and satisfy, with a gooey, melting centre that bursts with flavour in every bite. Combining classic Christmas ingredients in a stackable, snack-sized form, these treats are perfect for holiday gatherings or as an indulgent starter before your Christmas feast.
Each stack features layers of savoury ingredients such as roasted turkey, creamy mashed potatoes, and a rich, melted cheese centre, all brought together in a deliciously compact bite. As you cut into the stack, the cheesy centre flows out, adding a luxurious creaminess that complements the traditional flavours of a Christmas dinner. Prepare these stacks with ease in your Instant Pot, ensuring every bite is cooked to perfection with minimal effort.
Ideal for entertaining, Melting Middle Christmas Dinner Stacks are a festive way to elevate your holiday appetisers, offering all the comfort of a traditional Christmas meal in a fun, modern form. Serve them with a drizzle of cranberry sauce or a sprinkle of herbs for an added festive touch. Perfect for sharing, these stacks will bring warmth and joy to your Christmas table, leaving your guests delighted by the surprise melting centre.
Melt-in-the-Middle Christmas Dinner Stacks
Prep Time:
10 mins
Cook Time:
20 mins
Servings:
14-16 bite sized canapes servings
Product:
Vortex Air Fryer
Ingredients
- 14-16 new/baby potatoes
- 120 g brie
- 180 g premade stuffing mix
- 1 tsp fresh sage
- 100 g cooked turkey breast slices
- 3 tbsp cranberry sauce
- Cooking oil spray
Instructions
- To start your christmas dinner snack, count the potatoes- this will inform how many cubes of brie and balls of stuffing you will need.
- Wash the potatoes and place them into a pot of cold salted water. Cook on a medium high heat until soft and easily pierced with a knife.
- While the potatoes are cooking, put the premade stuffing into a medium sized bowl and add the sage.
- Divide the brie into small cubes, depending on the number of potatoes. Divide the stuffing into portions in a similar fashion, then form into balls surrounding the individual cubes of brie.
- Once the potatoes are ready, transfer them onto a chopping board or flat surface and use the bottom of a cup or mug to smash the potatoes to roughly 1cm in thickness. Don’t over-smash or you’ll end up with mashed potatoes.
- Make sure the central divider is in place in your VersaZone air fryer basket. Add the cheese-filled stuffing balls into one side of the frying basket, then lightly spritz them with cooking oil. Add the potatoes to the other slide of the cooking basket, season, and spritz with oil.
- Double-click the silver button to activate the dual-zone cooking system. For the potatoes, select air fry, 195C, and 20 minutes. For the melting middle stuffing balls, select grill, 205C, and 4 minutes.
- Before pressing start, press sync cook to ensure both sides finish cooking at the same time. There is no need to preheat. Press start.
- Turn the potatoes halfway through cooking, spritzing them with more oil if needed.
- Remove the stuffing balls and crispy potatoes. Place the crispy smashed potatoes onto a serving board, top with a sliver of sliced turkey, the melting middle stuffing balls, and finish with cranberry sauce. Serve immediately while hot.
Making in advance? If you want to get ahead for Christmas day, you can boil and smash the potatoes and make the stuffing balls two days in advance, then cook when ready to serve.
Melt-in-the-Middle Christmas Dinner Stacks
COURSE:
Prep Time:
10 mins
Cook Time:
20 mins
Servings:
14-16 bite sized canapes servings
Product:
Vortex Air Fryer
Ingredients
- 14-16 new/baby potatoes
- 120 g brie
- 180 g premade stuffing mix
- 1 tsp fresh sage
- 100 g cooked turkey breast slices
- 3 tbsp cranberry sauce
- Cooking oil spray
Instructions
- To start your christmas dinner snack, count the potatoes- this will inform how many cubes of brie and balls of stuffing you will need.
- Wash the potatoes and place them into a pot of cold salted water. Cook on a medium high heat until soft and easily pierced with a knife.
- While the potatoes are cooking, put the premade stuffing into a medium sized bowl and add the sage.
- Divide the brie into small cubes, depending on the number of potatoes. Divide the stuffing into portions in a similar fashion, then form into balls surrounding the individual cubes of brie.
- Once the potatoes are ready, transfer them onto a chopping board or flat surface and use the bottom of a cup or mug to smash the potatoes to roughly 1cm in thickness. Don’t over-smash or you’ll end up with mashed potatoes.
- Make sure the central divider is in place in your VersaZone air fryer basket. Add the cheese-filled stuffing balls into one side of the frying basket, then lightly spritz them with cooking oil. Add the potatoes to the other slide of the cooking basket, season, and spritz with oil.
- Double-click the silver button to activate the dual-zone cooking system. For the potatoes, select air fry, 195C, and 20 minutes. For the melting middle stuffing balls, select grill, 205C, and 4 minutes.
- Before pressing start, press sync cook to ensure both sides finish cooking at the same time. There is no need to preheat. Press start.
- Turn the potatoes halfway through cooking, spritzing them with more oil if needed.
- Remove the stuffing balls and crispy potatoes. Place the crispy smashed potatoes onto a serving board, top with a sliver of sliced turkey, the melting middle stuffing balls, and finish with cranberry sauce. Serve immediately while hot.
Making in advance? If you want to get ahead for Christmas day, you can boil and smash the potatoes and make the stuffing balls two days in advance, then cook when ready to serve.
Melting Middle Christmas Dinner Stacks: A Festive Snack with a Delicious Surprise
Bring a touch of festive magic to your Christmas appetisers with our Melting Middle Christmas Dinner Stacks. These delightful bites are crafted to surprise and satisfy, with a gooey, melting centre that bursts with flavour in every bite. Combining classic Christmas ingredients in a stackable, snack-sized form, these treats are perfect for holiday gatherings or as an indulgent starter before your Christmas feast.
Each stack features layers of savoury ingredients such as roasted turkey, creamy mashed potatoes, and a rich, melted cheese centre, all brought together in a deliciously compact bite. As you cut into the stack, the cheesy centre flows out, adding a luxurious creaminess that complements the traditional flavours of a Christmas dinner. Prepare these stacks with ease in your Instant Pot, ensuring every bite is cooked to perfection with minimal effort.
Ideal for entertaining, Melting Middle Christmas Dinner Stacks are a festive way to elevate your holiday appetisers, offering all the comfort of a traditional Christmas meal in a fun, modern form. Serve them with a drizzle of cranberry sauce or a sprinkle of herbs for an added festive touch. Perfect for sharing, these stacks will bring warmth and joy to your Christmas table, leaving your guests delighted by the surprise melting centre.
