Cheddar, Pesto & Arugula Wontons

The other night I made some homemade steamed shu mai (dumplings) which left me with quite a few extra wonton wrappers! Well when I got home from work today, it was too early to make dinner but I still wanted a snack and was in the mood to create something. I spotted the extra wrappers and realized I should use them up before they spoiled! (which has happened to me before) I know that you don't just have to use Asian flavors inside wontons, but you can use them as a yummy wrapper to any kind of flavor!

I poked around and found some aged cheddar, pesto that my grandma made, some arugula and green onions. So the experimenting began....

Pretty much everything you need

by the way this cheese is SO good!

There are no exact measurements for this as I kinda made it up but here's roughly what I did:

1 wonton wrapper (small)

1 dollop (about teaspoon or less) of pesto in center of wrapper

1 small cheese cube (see photo for approximate size) (by the way use any kind of yummy cheese! I just used what I already had...)

2-3 small arugula leaves (stems removed, the soft part of it is better I think for this)

just a snippit of green onion (I just used kitchen shears and cut off a couple small bits)

Using your fingers or a pastry brush, just moisten the edges of the wrapper, then bring corner to corner and tuck up carefully into a wonton like shape. Doesn't really matter the shape I dont think as long as it's sealed up and the filling doesn't poke out.

Top with a tiny bit of olive oil so the wonton will be golden brown after cooking.

I baked at 375 for 10 minutes, then realized it needed to be hotter so I flipped them over and I put the temp to 400 for another 5-6 minutes or so 'till they were golden brown.

I took them off the tray then zested some lemon to add a bit of acid since I knew it'd be salty with the pesto and cheese. And the arugula adds a peppery taste. Yum!

I did only 6 at first to test it out, I'm not sure the cooking time may vary if you do a large tray...

=) aren't they cute? =) Now I need to go make some more so Caleb can eat them when he gets home from class....