“Summer entertaining is as much about the food as it is about enjoying the long nights and warm weather,” said culinary expert Gail Simmons. “When planning your menu, it’s important to consider items that are not only easy to make, but easy to eat. With the help of puff pastry, any culinary aficionado can create simple and delicious food that is perfect for any outdoor event. One of my favorite dishes is the Thai Shrimp Spirals. This irresistible appetizer features marinated shrimp wrapped in tender puff pastry.”

Thai Shrimp Spirals Recipe:

Ingredients:

• 2 limes, zested (approximately 2 teaspoons) and juiced
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 tablespoons ginger, peeled and minced
• 2 tablespoons cilantro, minced
• 5 tablespoons low-sodium soy sauce
• 20 fresh large shrimp, peeled, deveined, and tails removed
• 1/2 package (17.3 ounces) Pepperidge Farm Puff Pastry Sheets, thawed
• All-purpose flour
• 1 large egg
• 2 tablespoons water, divided
• 2 teaspoons honey
• 1 1/2 teaspoons sesame oil

Directions:
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. In a small mixing bowl, combine the zest and juice from both limes. Stir in the garlic, ginger, and cilantro. Divide the mixture into two mixing bowls. In one bowl, add the one tablespoon of soy sauce and the shrimp. Toss to coat. Allow to marinade for about 10 minutes. Set aside the remaining mixture.

Meanwhile, unfold the pastry sheet on a lightly floured work surface. Roll the pastry into a 10-in square. Cut into 20 strips, each about 1/2-inch wide. Wrap one pastry strip around one shrimp, starting at one end of the shrimp, overlapping the pastry slightly to enclose the shrimp. Repeat with the remaining pastry strips and shrimp.

Skewer each wrapped shrimp with one 6-inch wooden skewer. Place the skewered pastries onto 2 baking sheets. Beat the egg and 1 tablespoon water in a small bowl with a fork to make the egg wash. Brush the pastries with the egg wash and sprinkle with sesame seeds, if desired.

Bake until the pastries are golden brown, about 15 minutes. While the pastries are cooling, make the dipping sauce by whisking the reserved lime mixture with remaining 4 tablespoons of soy sauce, honey, sesame oil, and 1 tablespoon water. Serve the cooled pastries with the dipping sauce.

Simmons’ complete Pepperidge Farm puff pastry recipe collection, as well as fun recipes, helpful how-to videos, special offers and Simple Elegance, the brand’s monthly e-newsletter, is available at www.PuffPastry.com Plus, consumers can access more than 350 other Pepperidge Farm Puff Pastry appetizer, entrée and dessert recipes that make warm weather —and anytime—entertaining a breeze.

Pepperidge Farm Puff Pastry Sheets and Shells are available in the freezer section at major supermarkets, grocery stores and mass merchandisers nationwide for a suggested retail price of $4.95 and $3.88 respectively. For additional warm weather recipes and more puff pastry news, visit www.PuffPastry.com.