This recipe is from Elizabeth’s on 37th, a fabulous restaurant in Savannah, Georgia. The original pastries were much larger, intended to be served in appetizer portions, but I adapted them into cocktail party bites. Aunt Mimi always referred to these as “beggar’s purses,” I think because people always begged for more.
When I entertain, I always like to make individual servings of appetizers so that people can easily pick them up and place