Dishes made from puff pastry are an almost win-win option in case of a sudden invasion of guests or when you need to cook something delicious quickly. Many types of puff pastry are sold in stores: regular yeast or unleavened puff pastry and phyllo dough, which came to us from the West, which is prepared without large quantity oil, which makes it more dietary (if such a definition is generally applicable to the dough). On the website you can always find the most different recipes preparing any type of puff pastry, if you like to cook it yourself, and we will tell you about those dishes that can be prepared both from puff pastry, and about dishes in which puff pastry plays a secondary, but very important role.
If the process of making puff pastry doesn’t excite you or you simply don’t have enough time for quite a long fuss with rolling out and cooling, you can always buy a package of ready-made frozen dough in the store and prepare croissants or puff pastries for breakfast, pies for a snack, or something more monumental for dinner like meat pie, original pilaf or chicken legs in “handkerchiefs”.
Ingredients:
300 g yeast-free puff pastry,
3 apples,
2 eggs,
3 tbsp. sour cream,
1 tbsp. starch,
sugar - to taste.
Preparation:
Lightly roll out the defrosted puff pastry and tear it into pieces with your hands. Place a row of dough pieces in the prepared pan, and a row of peeled and thinly sliced apples on top of it. Make several layers, the last one should be the dough layer. Prepare a filling of eggs, sour cream and sugar and pour the products into the mold. Place to bake in an oven preheated to 180°C. Ready dessert should be rosy. Sprinkle with powdered sugar before serving.
Ingredients:
850 g canned pineapple rings (1 large jar),
1 layer of puff pastry without yeast dough,
6 apricots or 12 cherries,
powdered sugar, cinnamon - to taste.
Preparation:
Roll out the thawed dough thinly and cut into strips 1-1.5 cm wide. The number of strips should correspond to the number of pineapple rings. Dry the pineapple rings, sprinkle with cinnamon and wrap each ring with a strip of dough, passing it through the hole in the center of the ring. The dough should form something like petals. Place the rings on a baking tray lined with baking paper and place in the oven at medium heat for about 20 minutes. Place half an apricot or a whole cherry in the center of each ring, sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve with tea.
Ingredients:
1 pack of puff pastry,
5 apples
½ cup brown sugar,
1 tsp ground cinnamon,
2 tbsp. butter,
100 g seedless raisins.
Preparation:
Defrost the dough. Peel the apples, remove the core and cut into cubes. Heat the butter in a frying pan, add the apples and fry for a few minutes, then add the washed and dried raisins and simmer for about another minute. Mix with sugar, sprinkle with cinnamon and remove from heat. Roll out the defrosted dough, cut into squares with a side of 5 cm, put the filling in the center of each square and fasten the opposite corners. Bake at 200°C for 15 minutes.
Ingredients:
300 g ready-made puff pastry,
5 tbsp. brown sugar,
2 tsp ground cinnamon,
1 egg.
Preparation:
Mix sugar and cinnamon. Roll out the defrosted dough slightly and brush the dough layers with an egg beaten with 1 tbsp. water. Cut the dough into strips 2 cm wide and 10 cm long. Dip the strips in a mixture of sugar and cinnamon and roll into long spirals. Place them on a baking sheet, pressing the ends so that the spirals do not unwind, and place in the oven, heated to 180°C, for 10-12 minutes.
Ingredients:
1 package of ready-made puff pastry,
2 cans of salmon,
2 eggs,
2 tbsp. chopped greens,
1 tbsp. green onions.
Preparation:
Drain the liquid from the jars of fish, mash the contents with a fork and combine with the beaten egg. Add greens, stir. Lightly roll out the defrosted puff pastry and cut into squares. Place the filling on the dough, fold it in half into triangles and pinch the edges well. Place in the oven at 190°C for 15-20 minutes.
Ingredients:
1 kg puff pastry,
500 g pumpkin,
sugar and cinnamon to taste.
Preparation:
Grate the pumpkin on a coarse grater, add sugar to taste and ground cinnamon, stir. Divide the dough into squares, roll each square out a little and place the filling in the center. Pinch into envelopes and place on a baking sheet lined with baking paper. Bake at 250-280°C until done (about 20 minutes).
Ingredients:
1 pack of unleavened puff pastry (or phyllo dough)
1 onion,
300 g spinach,
150 g feta cheese,
100 g cottage cheese,
1 egg,
3 tbsp. vegetable oil,
1 tsp salt,
200 g butter.
Preparation:
In a frying pan with vegetable oil, saute the diced onion until soft, add spinach and salt and simmer for a few minutes. Add feta, cottage cheese and beaten egg. Simmer, stirring well, for 5-10 minutes over low heat. Roll out the defrosted dough into thin layers and brush with softened butter. Cut into strips 10-12 cm wide. Place the filling at the end of each strip, fold the dough over the filling to form a triangle, and continue folding the strip of dough to the end. Bake at 200°C for 15 minutes, brushing the triangles with softened butter.
Ingredients:
200 g cheese or feta,
3 tbsp. chopped green onions,
1 egg,
1 pack of puff pastry,
1 yolk,
1 tsp water.
Preparation:
In a bowl, mix crumbled cheese, egg and green onions. Cut the defrosted dough into 12 squares with a side of approximately 8 cm. Moisten the edges with water, lay out the filling and fold into triangles. Beat the yolk with water with a fork, brush the resulting pies and place on a baking sheet. Bake at 190°C until golden brown.
Empanadas pies made from puff pastry with meat (Argentine style)
Ingredients:
½ cup vegetable oil,
2 onions,
500 g minced meat,
2 tsp dried paprika,
¾ tsp hot red pepper,
1 tsp cumin,
1 tbsp. 6% vinegar,
¼ cup raisins,
½ cup pitted olives,
2 boiled eggs,
salt - to taste.
Preparation:
Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan and fry the chopped onion until golden brown. Remove from heat, add pepper and salt. Meanwhile, place the minced meat in a colander, scald with boiling water and transfer to a bowl. Add vinegar and cumin, stir, combine with fried onions and mix well. Place the mixture on a flat plate, smooth it out and let cool. Slice the eggs small cubes, olives - in circles. Cut 10 circles from the defrosted dough. Place in the center of each circle chopped meat, eggs, olives and washed raisins. Brush the edges of the dough with water and fold it in half, like a large dumpling. Pinch the edges of the crescents to form a flagellum, doing this especially carefully, since if the pie opens, all the juice will flow out of it. Line a baking tray with baking paper, lay out the empanadas, make 1-2 punctures in each pie with a toothpick to allow steam to escape and brush with egg. Bake at 180°C for 20-30 minutes.
Ingredients:
1 package of ready-made puff pastry yeast-free dough,
300 g meat (any kind),
2 potatoes,
1 onion,
salt, black ground pepper, spices - to taste.
Preparation:
Cut the meat and potatoes into 1 cm cubes and simmer in a frying pan, covered, for 10 minutes. Salt and pepper, add spices. Cut the dough into 6 identical pieces. Grease a muffin tin with oil and line the inside with dough, spreading it along the sides of the muffin cups and leaving a little on top so you can wrap the dough over the filling. Place the filling in each mold, wrap the dough and seal. Bake at 180°C for 20-25 minutes.
Ingredients:
300 g asparagus,
250 g bacon,
250 g ready-made puff pastry,
1 egg.
Preparation:
Wash and dry the asparagus. Cut the bacon into thin slices and wrap the asparagus in the bacon, wrapping it in a spiral. Defrost the puff pastry, roll it out lightly and cut into strips 4-5 cm wide. Also wrap the asparagus in bacon in the dough in a spiral and secure the strip of dough so that it does not unfold. Beat the egg with a small amount water with a fork and grease the coils. Place the curls on a baking tray lined with baking paper and bake at 180°C for 20 minutes until golden brown.
Ingredients:
600 g minced chicken,
250 g of ready-made yeast-free puff pastry,
2 onions,
1 yolk,
salt, ground black pepper, spices and seasonings to taste.
Preparation:
Add finely diced onion, salt, pepper and spices to taste to the minced chicken and knead well. Roll out the defrosted dough not too thin and cut into long thin strips. Roll the minced meat into small meatballs and roll strips of dough over them. Place on a baking sheet, brush with yolk and bake at 180-200°C until golden brown.
Ingredients:
700 g veal,
2-3 eggs,
1 pack of ready-made puff pastry
3-4 tbsp. flour,
1 yolk,
5-6 tbsp. vegetable oil (preferably olive oil),
2 tsp dried provencal herbs,
salt, ground black pepper - to taste.
Preparation:
Mix vegetable oil with 1 tsp. Provencal herbs, salt and pepper and rub the resulting mixture onto a piece of veal. Place the meat in the refrigerator for several hours. Then fry the meat in a frying pan on all sides until golden brown crust and cool. Beat eggs with flour and 1 tsp. Provençal herbs and bake the omelette in a wide frying pan. Place the omelette on the defrosted dough, place the meat on it, roll tightly into a roll and pinch the edges of the dough. Grease the surface with yolk, place on a baking sheet and bake in an oven heated to 180°C for 40-50 minutes.
Ingredients:
2 sheets of prepared puff pastry
8 chicken drumsticks,
2 tbsp. butter,
1 onion,
150 g champignons,
100 g cheese,
salt, ground black pepper.
Preparation:
Wash the chicken drumsticks, dry them and remove the bone by cutting the cartilage and turning the flesh inside out. Then turn the flesh skin-side out, salt and pepper inside and out. Meanwhile, prepare the filling: fry chopped onion in butter until transparent, add finely chopped mushrooms and simmer for 5-7 minutes, cool, grate cheese into the filling, stir. Stuff the chicken legs with the mixture. Roll out the defrosted dough into thin layers and cut each layer into 4 pieces. Place in the center of each square chicken leg vertically, lift the dough and pinch to form a pouch. Place the legs on a baking tray lined with baking paper and bake in an oven preheated to 180°C for 40-50 minutes until golden brown.
Ingredients:
500 g ready-made puff pastry,
200 g butter,
1-2 onions,
1 sweet yellow pepper,
1 large chicken
½ tsp. salt,
5 tsp turmeric,
1 tsp cumin,
500 g rice,
500 ml milk,
2 tbsp. flour,
2 tbsp. corn flour,
raisins, prunes, dried apricots, pistachios, dogwood berries - a little of everything, to taste.
Preparation:
Separate the meat from the bones, cover the bones with a small amount of water and set the broth to cook, cut the meat into pieces and fry in a cauldron or pan with a thick bottom and walls in butter (100 g) along with onions and sweet peppers. Season with salt, add cumin, turmeric and coriander to taste. Wash and soak dried fruits. Strain the finished broth, dilute it in a 1:1 ratio with milk, add salt and cook the washed rice in it. Place the finished rice (do not overcook it!) on a sieve. Roll out the defrosted dough using a mixture of wheat and corn flour into a layer that is enough to line the inside of the cauldron and remains for wrapping. Melt the remaining butter, use a pastry brush to grease the inner surface of the cauldron, line it with dough and also grease it with oil. Pour in the rice, pour over the remaining oil, lay out the dried dried fruits, then a layer chicken meat with vegetables and oil in which it was all fried. Seal, fold the edges of the dough, pinch well. Grease with oil and place in an oven preheated to 180°C for 40 minutes. When serving, turn the pilaf out onto a wide, flat plate. Cut like a cake and sprinkle with pistachios and dogwoods.
On our website you will find and classic cake“Napoleon”, and sweet rolls with cream, and recipes for other puff pastry dishes, both simple and more complex - choose, use your imagination!
Bon appetit and new culinary discoveries!
Larisa Shuftaykina
What can be prepared from puff pastry: TOP 10 recipes from the magazine website
Dishes made from puff pastry are very popular and are present in almost every European cuisine. ABOUT beneficial properties Of course, it’s difficult to talk about puff pastry, since it is very high in calories. However, in small quantities, dishes made from this type of dough will not harm almost anyone. So, classic recipe puff pastry includes not at all a large number of ingredients.
In order to cook puff pastry just mix enough required amount softened butter or margarine with flour, water and salt. Next, you just need to knead the stiff dough and cool it a little. Puff pastry is ready for preparing a wide variety of culinary masterpieces. The following collection of recipes is just for those who love cooking. variety of dishes from this type of dough.
Puff pastry recipes
Recipe 1.
Ingredients: 6 layers of puff pastry, 3 medium carrots, 3 onions, 5 eggs, 200 g hard cheese, 250-300 g canned tuna, mayonnaise and salt to taste, 2-3 tbsp. vegetable oil, parsley for decoration, olives and black olives for decoration.
Grease the finished puff pastry with a little mayonnaise. Transfer the tuna from the jar to a plate and mash well with a fork until smooth, add a small amount of mayonnaise. Peel the onions and carrots. Onion finely chop and grate the carrots on a fine grater. Next, fry the vegetables separately in vegetable oil until cooked. Add a little mayonnaise to the fried vegetables. Boil the eggs, and then separately grind the white and yolk with a small amount of mayonnaise. Grate the hard cheese on a medium grater and also mix with mayonnaise. For each type of filling, not counting cheese and fish, add a little salt and pepper to taste. Next you need every ready puff pastry grease with the resulting fillings. Spread the filling with tuna evenly on the first layer, spread the second layer carrot filling. Spread the onion on the third cake layer and the yolk on the fourth layer. Next comes the cake with protein, and grease the top layer cheese filling. Cut the olives and olives into half rings, and then arrange them so that they resemble bees in a clearing. Insect wings can be made from parsley leaves, and antennae from small pieces of olives. Place the salad in the refrigerator for several hours or overnight to soak the crusts. Ready soaked snack cake align with sharp knife and cut into portions before serving.
Recipe 2.
Ingredients: 500 g puff pastry, 0.5 cup carrot juice, 1 tbsp. tomato paste, 400 g chicken breast, 2 fresh cucumber, 2 eggs, 1 onion, dill, mayonnaise to taste, lettuce for decoration.
Roll out the finished puff pastry thinly and cut it into strips 1 cm wide. Take a pastry cone and carefully wrap strips of puff pastry around it, imitating a carrot. Place the resulting carrots on a baking sheet, having previously covered it parchment paper. Mix tomato paste With carrot juice and grease the puff “carrots” with the resulting mixture. If you wish, you can take food coloring, dissolve it and brush the dough with it. Place the carrots in the oven to bake until done, this will take about 15-20 minutes. Now prepare the filling for the carrots. To do this, grate the eggs coarse grater, do the same manipulation with cucumbers. Chicken breast Boil until tender and cool, then disassemble into fibers and cut into small pieces. Mix all ingredients, add finely chopped dill, and then salt and pepper to taste. Lubricate everything with 2-3 tablespoons of mayonnaise and mix thoroughly again. Now transfer the resulting salad into a pastry bag with a wide hole and fill the prepared puff “carrots” with it. Place the finished “carrots” on a plate and garnish with lettuce leaves so that they resemble carrot tops.
Recipe 3. Meatballs on skewers with puff pastry
Ingredients: 300 g of marched meat, 1 tbsp. pine nuts, 2 tbsp. soy sauce, 1 onion, 1 clove of garlic, 200 g of ready-made puff pastry, salt and pepper to taste.
Peel the onion and pass through a meat grinder or grind in a blender, and then add it to the minced meat. Also add to minced meat soy sauce, crushed garlic, pine nuts, pepper to taste. Mix the minced meat well and put it in the refrigerator for half an hour. After this, form the minced meat into beautiful round meatballs with a diameter of no more than 3 cm. Roll out the puff pastry thinly and cut into strips about 3 cm wide. Take long wooden skewers and string the dough on them alternately in the form of a snake and meatballs. Next, bake the products until done at 180 degrees. This will take approximately 25-30 minutes. Before serving, place the skewers on serving plates and garnish with lettuce leaves.
Recipe 4.
Ingredients: 500 g puff pastry, 100 ml milk, 200 ml 30% fat cream, 250 g green peas, 3 eggs, 10 g starch, 50 g Parmesan, 100 g bacon, 1 bunch of herbs, salt and pepper to taste.
Grease the baking dish butter and dust with a little flour. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Thaw the puff pastry and roll it out to fit the mold. Then place the dough into the mold. Grind using a blender green pea with a little milk. Mix the rest of the milk with the cream and bring to a boil. Then add to the hot milk mixture pea mash, mix everything well. Next, add finely chopped herbs, starch and eggs to the milk-pea mixture. Grate the cheese on a fine grater and also add to the pea mixture, add salt and pepper to taste, and then mix everything thoroughly. Cut the bacon into thin slices and fry in a frying pan without adding vegetable oil. Place the bacon slices in the pan with the batter and then pour the milk and pea mixture over everything. Bake until done, about half an hour.
Recipe 5.
Ingredients: 900 g puff pastry, 300 g minced meat, 1 egg, 1 small onion, salt and pepper to taste.
Remove the puff pastry from the freezer and defrost. Meanwhile, prepare the filling. To do this, mix the minced meat with finely chopped onion, then add egg, salt and pepper to taste. Mix all ingredients thoroughly. If the minced meat is too dry, add a little water or milk for extra juiciness. Roll out the puff pastry, but not too thin. Cut into squares approximately 10 x 10 cm in size. Place a tablespoon of filling in the middle of the puff pastry square. Protect the pies with an envelope, and carefully seal all the edges so that the juice does not leak out of the pies during baking. Place the envelopes in an oven preheated to 200 degrees and bake for about 20 minutes. 5 minutes before ready for golden crust brush the pies with beaten yolk using a pastry brush.
Recipe 6.
Ingredients: 2 layers of puff pastry, 300 g minced meat, 150 g rice, 1 onion, 1 egg, salt, pepper and other spices to taste.
Salt and pepper the minced meat and add other spices to taste. In this form, leave the minced meat for half an hour in a cold place. Rinse the rice thoroughly under running water and boil until half cooked. Peel the onion and chop finely. In the next step, fry the onion until light golden brown. Next, mix the minced meat with onions. Roll out the softened puff pastry to the size of the mold. Next, transfer the dough into the mold. Make small edges from the edges of the dough, and make punctures along the entire perimeter using a fork. Place the filling on one layer of dough, and cover the top of the pie with another similar layer. Carefully seal the edges. Beat the yolk and brush the pie with it using a pastry brush. Place in the oven to bake until done at 220 degrees.
Recipe 7.
Ingredients: 250 g puff pastry, 3 tbsp. hazelnuts, 3 tbsp. walnuts, 6 tsp. honey, 1 tsp. dried apricots, 1 tsp. prunes, a quarter of an apple, 1 egg yolk, 1 tbsp. butter, flour for rolling out dough.
First, pour boiling water over dried fruits for half an hour. Remove the puff pastry from the freezer and leave it at room temperature until softened. Roll out the layers of puff pastry into cakes no more than 3 mm thick. Cut the resulting dough into squares approximately 10x10 cm in size. Metal molds For cupcakes, grease generously with butter. Place one square of dough in the ramekin and then place another on top to create a basket look. Place the molds with the dough in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for 4-5 minutes. To prevent the dough from rising in the middle, place beans in each basket before filling them with filling. Wash the apples and cut into small slices. Finely chop the softened dried fruits. Grate 3-4 walnuts and then mix them with dried apricots and prunes. Meanwhile, remove the baskets from oven and take the beans out of there. Place nuts and dried fruits in the baskets at your discretion. Place an apple slice inside each basket and pour a little honey on top. Grease the baskets with beaten yolk and place in the oven to bake for another 12-15 minutes.
Recipe 8.
Ingredients: 800 g puff pastry, 1 kg apples, 3 tbsp. butter, 2 tbsp. sugar or honey, 0.5 cups of walnuts, vanillin and cinnamon to taste, powdered sugar for decoration.
Soften the puff pastry at room temperature. Roll out the layers of dough into the future cake no more than 0.5 cm thick. The width of the rolled out layer should be approximately the size of the baking sheet on which you will bake the strudel. Wash the apples under warm water, remove peel and seeds. At the next stage, cut the apples into thin slices, place them in a deep plate, then add sugar and a small amount of butter. Stir the apples, place them in a metal container and place on the stove. Simmer the fruit until soft, stirring constantly. Grind the nuts using a blender and mix with cinnamon and vanilla. Add the nuts to the apples and mix everything well. Spread the apple-nut mixture in a thin layer onto the rolled out buttered dough. Roll the dough with the filling into a roll, not forgetting to carefully fold the edges so that the filling does not end up on the baking sheet.
Recipe 9.
Ingredients: 2 sheets of puff pastry, 2 bananas, 1 tbsp. cocoa, 50 g sugar, 1 tbsp. butter, 1 tbsp. starch, powdered sugar for decoration.
Start by defrosting the puff pastry. Next, peel the banana and cut it into small slices. Place bananas in a measuring cup, add sugar and cocoa, add butter and blend with a blender until smooth. Add a spoonful of starch to the resulting mixture and mix everything well. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Place the rolled out dough on the table, then make cuts on both sides diagonally about 1/3 on each side. Leave the rectangular center untouched. Place thick filling in the middle. Fold the edges on both sides and braid the braid by placing strips of dough one on top of the other. Place the braided rolls on a baking sheet, brush with beaten yolk and bake for 15-20 minutes.
Recipe 10.
Ingredients: 250 g puff pastry, 200 g minced meat, 2 tbsp. mayonnaise, 1-2 tomatoes, 150 g of hard cheese, 6-7 small gherkins, a small bunch of green onions, a pinch of oregano, salt and pepper to taste.
Roll out the puff pastry into a cake no more than 0.5 cm thick, sprinkle with flour. Level the layer with a knife and give it a rectangular shape. Form small sides of the future pizza. Spread the minced meat evenly over the surface of the dough. Next, cut the tomatoes into thin slices and place on top of the minced meat. Lubricate everything with a small amount of mayonnaise, sprinkle the filling with oregano. Chop the onion and gherkins and place on top of the tomato. Grate the cheese on a fine grater and sprinkle on top of the future pizza. Bake the product until golden brown at 180 degrees.
We all know that dough products are very popular among chefs all over the world. Dishes made from puff pastry are also worthy of respect, as it outperforms other varieties due to its airiness and ease of forming a wide variety of products from it. From puff pastry you can make not only sweet pastries, but also even the most unexpected options for appetizers, salads and main courses.
It is also convenient that today you can buy ready-made puff pastry in almost every grocery supermarket. Of course, if you wish, you can prepare it yourself, since the puff pastry recipe is very simple.
Airy, fluffy, deliciously crispy products, still hot from the hot “embraces” of the oven, have long been considered a real source of happiness hormones. Not by chance homemade baking made from puff pastry has become our favorite and always sought after popular dessert.
Delicious apple strudel
The amazing tenderness and aroma of the baked goods is ensured by a unique yeast base. With its help, baked goods acquire excellent taste properties. Preparing the dough does not require great culinary skill - only attention, quality of products, adherence to the technological process.
Strudel ingredients:
- fresh apples - 800 g;
- regular sugar - 150 g;
- almonds - 100 g;
- cinnamon - 7 g.
Puff pastry ingredients
- sifted flour - 600 g;
- yeast (dry early ripening) - 20 g;
- vanillin - 20 g;
- homemade butter (margarine) - 350 g;
- high-quality eggs (1st grade) - 4 pcs.;
- fine sugar - 50 g;
- bottled water or whole milk- 100 g.
Preparing the dough
- We sift the flour at least twice, remove impurities and lumps, and enrich the product with oxygen. These are the main conditions for obtaining a tender and airy dough.
- Heat the milk until warm (not hot!), dissolve 25 g of sugar, dissolve the yeast. Stir the mixture, cover with film, leave in a warm place for 15 minutes to ferment.
- Sift the flour onto the table, combine it with the remaining sugar, vanilla, and a pinch of salt. Add pieces of butter or margarine and chop with a knife until crumbs form. We build a hill with a small “crater” out of flour.
- Meanwhile, a lush “cap” has already appeared on the yeast composition. Pour in the remaining milk, a pinch of salt, add the eggs, mix the products, place the mixture in the center of the flour “volcano”, knead the dough, leave to rise. Knead the resulting mass several times.
- Place the “ripe” product in the refrigerator for two hours, then roll out the sheet to a thickness of 8 mm. We conditionally divide it into three sections, slightly pressing (fixing) the borders with a knife. Lubricate the middle part with butter softened to the consistency of sour cream.
- Cover the area treated with fat with the left half of the cake. We apply the same on it oil layer, close it with the right side of the layer.
- We roll out the layer again according to the recommendations given, repeat the process several times, we get 32 layers of dough. Before use, leave the product in the refrigerator for several hours.
Making apple strudel.
- Cut the peeled apples into slices, place them in a frying pan with butter, simmer for 7 minutes, add the almonds, sugar and cinnamon chopped in a blender, and finish cooking after two minutes.
- We take out the puff pastry, roll out the layer thinly (2 mm), pointing the rolling pin exclusively in one direction, without damaging the delicate layers of the pastry.
- Posting apple filling(only cooled!), leaving the edges of the dough free. Roll the sheet of fruit into a tight roll and place it on a baking sheet lined with baking paper.
- Leave the cake for 40 minutes. for proofing. We always do this before baking yeast dough. This is its difference from a non-yeast product! Place the product in a heated (180°C) oven for half an hour.
The easiest apple pie recipe
Since ancient times, fragrant fruits have been associated with earth magic, peace and love.
Ingredients:
- puff pastry - 500 g;
- yolk for baking;
- use the amount of sugar according to preference;
- peeled and seeded apples, cut into thin slices.
Preparation.
- Carefully roll out the dough, divide the layer into two parts (one of them is slightly larger).
- Place apple slices on a sheet and sprinkle with fine sugar.
- We cut the second part of the layer into strips, carefully place them on top of the fruit, pinching the edges along the perimeter of the cake. From the leftover dough we make flowers, animal figures, and other pie decorations. Lubricate all this beauty with yolk and put it in the oven for half an hour (180 °C).
Puff pastry with apples
Ingredients:
- fresh apples - 3 pcs.;
- unleavened puff pastry - 300 g;
- sugar - 50 g;
- oil for frying;
- lemon juice, cinnamon.
Preparation.
- We prepare the apple filling in a familiar way and cool the product.
- Roll out the dough in one direction. Divide the layer into small rectangles and place a spoonful of filling on each donut.
- We form square products, carefully pinch the edges, carefully press the tines of a fork along the entire perimeter of the puff pastry, decorating the pastry with an original ornament.
- Place the dessert on a baking sheet and leave for 15 minutes. into the oven (180 °C).
Baked goods made from puff yeast dough - rolls with cottage cheese
Ingredients:
- fresh cottage cheese (up to 9% fat) - 500 g;
- puff pastry - 400 g;
- apple;
- yolk;
- a pinch of cinnamon;
- regular sugar - 50 g.
Preparation.
- Posting fermented milk product into a bowl, mash well with a fork.
- Peel the apple, remove the seed pod, finely grate the fruit, add to the cottage cheese along with cinnamon, mix thoroughly.
- Roll out the dough thinly (up to 3 mm), lay out the curd layer, roll it up, cut it into small pieces, and treat it with beaten yolk.
- Place the products on a Teflon (metal) baking sheet and bake for 25 minutes. in the oven.
- Sprinkle the finished cakes with cottage cheese generously with powdered sugar.
Appetizing khachapuri with cheese
Ingredients:
- dough - 500 g;
- Adyghe cheese (other salty variety) - up to 200 g.
Preparation
- Coarsely grate the cheese and form it into very voluminous balls (like small balls).
- Roll out the dough up to 2 cm thick, cut into squares (10 cm), place in the center of each cake cheese ball, raise the edges of the layer above the filling, folding the leaves into a kind of accordion. We pinch it tightly and carefully roll it into a round product. We got Imeretian-style khachapuri.
- Bake for 5 minutes. at temperatures up to 220 °C.
Ready-made puff pastry dough can be purchased at any store. And many housewives managed to appreciate all the advantages associated with its purchase. Just defrost the dough, prepare the filling and form the products. The oven will do the rest. Puff pastries, pies, pies, pastries, cakes, cookies, puff pastry- who would refuse all these delicacies! In addition, by changing the fillings, you can delight your loved ones with a variety of baked goods every day without much hassle.
At home, preparing puff pastry dough takes a lot of time. First, the yeast dough is prepared. Then it is rolled out into layers and sandwiched with butter or margarine. Then they roll it up, put the pieces of fat back in, roll it up and roll it out again. This will be repeated 3-4 times. The yeast dough layered in this way is sent to the refrigerator to then repeat the whole procedure again. It turns out to be very labor-intensive, and besides, there are many nuances in the process itself, without knowing which it is difficult to get the “correct” dough.
To simplify the task for housewives, we offer options for baking from already ready dough. All you need to do is choose suitable recipe and make the filling.
This recipe turns out delicious open pie with tender curd filling. An excellent treat for tea or good addition for breakfast. In addition to candied fruits, you can add dried fruits or nuts to the cottage cheese - this will diversify the taste of the dessert and make it more satisfying.
Ingredients:
- Fat cottage cheese - 700 g;
- Sugar - 100 g;
- Cream - 100 ml;
- Eggs - 4 pcs.;
- Butter - 2 tbsp;
- Semolina - 1 tbsp;
- Vanilla sugar - 1 tsp;
- Candied fruits - 50 g.
Cooking method:
- Defrost the dough.
- We wipe the cottage cheese using a sieve. Separate the yolks from the whites.
- In a separate container, mix the yolks with cream, vanilla sugar. Combine the mixture with grated cottage cheese.
- Finely chop the candied fruits and mix them with semolina.
- Beat the whites with added sugar.
- Carefully fold in the whites curd mass. Then we transfer the candied fruits. Mix everything.
- Roll out the dough or stretch it with your hands. The size of the cake should be larger than the diameter of the mold.
- Place the prepared dough into the mold so that its edges hang down a little.
- Distribute the filling evenly and cover the sides with dough. You should get a kind of side. We make cuts on it with a knife every 4 cm.
- Bake in the oven (180 0 C) for 40 minutes.
- Melt the butter with the addition of sugar. Pour this mixture over the pie 10 minutes before it is ready.
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Apple pies prepared according to this recipe will be an excellent treat for breakfast or a wonderful treat for tea. Add cinnamon to the filling - this will give the baked goods an incredible aroma. And if you replace regular sugar with brown sugar, the filling of the pies will acquire an even richer color.
Ingredients:
- Puff pastry dough - 500 g (packaging);
- Apples - 4 pcs.;
- Sugar - 200 g;
- Starch - 1 tbsp;
- Vanillin - to taste;
- Butter - 1 tbsp;
- Egg - 1 pc;
- Flour - for rolling out dough.
Cooking method:
- Remove the dough from the packaging and leave to defrost.
- We wash the apples, peel them, remove the seeds, and cut them into cubes.
- We dilute the starch with a small amount of water.
- Fry the chopped fruits in oil for 5 minutes, add sugar, mix the mass and pour in the starch and water.
- Cook the apples until the juice thickens, the mass should look like thick jam.
- Roll out the defrosted dough into a thin layer (5 mm), which is cut into squares with a side of 10 cm.
- Forming pies. Place a small amount of filling on each square, closer to one of its corners.
- We tightly fasten the edges of the future pie.
- Place the products on a baking sheet and brush with beaten egg.
Croissants are of French origin and are small crescents made from puff pastry. It’s nice to please your loved ones with these bagels for breakfast. Choose any filling: fruit, chocolate or even savory, for example, mushrooms and cheese. The main condition is that the filling should not be liquid, otherwise it will start to leak out.
Ingredients:
- Puff pastry dough - 500 g;
- Chocolate - 100 g;
- Egg - 1 pc.;
- Sugar - 1 tbsp.
Cooking method:
- Remove the dough from the packaging and defrost.
- Grind the chocolate into small pieces.
- Sprinkle the table with flour, roll out the layers of dough thinly, cut it into triangles.
- Place a few pieces of chocolate on the base of each triangle. We roll the products into tubes.
- Beat the egg with sugar.
- Place the croissants on a baking sheet. It should first be lubricated with oil.
- Brush each product with beaten egg.
- Bake in the oven (180 0 C) for 20 minutes. Ready croissants cool a little.
- Sprinkle with powder if desired.
Puff pastry is an excellent base for making pizza. Let's prepare something known to the whole world Italian dish with mushrooms, sausage, vegetables and cheese. In general, choose the filling to your taste. Sausage can be replaced boiled meat, bacon, ham or exclude it altogether.
Ingredients:
- Puff pastry dough - 500 g;
- Cheese - 100 g;
- Sausage, frankfurters - 200 g;
- Fresh champignons - 300 g;
- Ketchup - 5 tbsp;
- Tomato - 2 pcs.;
- Bell pepper - 1 pc.;
- Onion - 1 pc.;
- Mayonnaise - 5 tbsp;
- Olives - 6 pcs.;
- Pizza seasoning;
- Oregano, basil (dried).
Cooking method:
- Defrost the dough.
- Cut the mushrooms into slices and the onions into half rings. Fry the ingredients in a frying pan. Remove excess oil using paper napkins.
- Cut the tomato into half rings, the pepper into thin slices, the sausage into small cubes, and the olives into rings.
- Place the defrosted dough on a baking sheet, pre-greased, and make small sides.
- Lubricate the top with ketchup or any other tomato sauce, you can take tomato paste. Sprinkle with seasoning, oregano, basil.
- Distribute the filling ingredients over the dough: mushrooms, sausage, then peppers, tomatoes and olives. Sprinkle with grated cheese.
- We make a small mesh of mayonnaise on top.
- Bake in the oven (180 0 C) for 30 minutes.
- Before serving, cut into pieces.
The most delicious delicacy from simple products — canned cherries and puff pastry. You can take frozen cherries, fresh cherries, or use other berries to taste. Add a little dark chocolate to the filling - then the dessert will definitely be appreciated by all those with a sweet tooth.
Ingredients:
- Puff pastry dough - 500 g;
- Pitted cherries - 200 g;
- Flour - 10 g;
- Sugar - 100 g;
- Vanilla sugar - a bag;
- Egg - 1 pc.;
- Powdered sugar.
Cooking method:
- Defrost the dough.
- In a separate container, mix cherries with sugar, flour, vanilla sugar.
- Roll out the dough and cut into squares with a side of 10 cm.
- Beat the egg and break the chocolate into small pieces.
- Place a few cherries (1 tbsp) on the edge of each square. Brush the edges of the dough with beaten egg.
- Fold the square in two to form a rectangle, sealing the edges of the dough tightly.
- Brush the top of the products with egg. We make small punctures to allow steam to escape.
- Bake the puff pastries in the oven (180 0 C) for 20 minutes.
- Sprinkle the finished products with powder.
Let's cook delicious buns with bacon, cheese and onions, using ready-made puff pastry. You can choose any filling, taking into account the products that are on hand. For example, sausage and mushrooms, chicken and cheese. Such buns will be an excellent treat for unexpected guests when there is absolutely no time to cook.
Ingredients:
- Puff pastry dough - 500 g (two layers);
- Onions - 2 pcs.;
- Cheese - 150 g;
- Pepper, salt;
- Bacon - 150 g;
- Oil for lubrication.
Cooking method:
- Defrost the dough.
- Cut the bacon into cubes and fry in a dry frying pan. The ingredient should acquire a pleasant golden color.
- Peel the onion, chop it, fry it in oil. Grate the cheese.
- Roll out the dough into two thin layers, first sprinkling the work surface with flour.
- We place prepared foods on each layer: first bacon, onions, cheese on top.
- Roll the dough into a roll, which we cut into pieces 4 cm thick.
- Place the future buns on a baking sheet, greased with butter.
- Bake the products in the oven (180 0 C) for 25 minutes.
- Serve hot as a snack.
Now you know how to prepare puff pastry dough according to the recipe with photo. Bon appetit!
Baked goods made from puff yeast dough are always tender, airy, and crispy. And it doesn’t matter what you prepared: buns, pies or puff pastries. All products are instantly swept off the table. Experienced chefs share recommendations that are important to pay attention to when working with this type of test:
- Choose wisely ready dough. Pay attention to the layers in the store: they should not have swelling. Their presence indicates storage failure and repeated defrosting of the product.
- Filling options for buns or croissants: poppy seeds with honey; chocolate pieces; prunes, walnuts and sugar; cinnamon with sugar; cheese; jam berries; pieces fresh fruit with honey.
- You can also make pies from this dough. savory fillings. For example, meat or minced chicken and potatoes; mushrooms and potatoes; liver and egg; fish and onions; rice with herbs; chicken and cheese.
- If you want to give your pizza an incredible aroma, then chop a few cloves of garlic, dilute with a small amount of water and distribute this mixture over the surface of the finished pizza.
- Do not forget that puff pastry is very high in calories due to its high fat content. Baking products based on this dough should be consumed in small quantities.
- It is recommended to roll out puff pastry in one direction only. This way you will not disturb the structure of the layers and the baked goods will turn out tender and fluffy.
- Puff pastry products should only be placed in a well-heated oven. Typically, the recommended baking temperature is indicated in the recipe and averages 170-200 0 C.
- When working with puff pastry, all equipment (knife, cutting board, bowls) should be cooled. The room itself should also be cool.
- It is believed that puff pastry should be defrosted correctly as follows: the layers should be removed from the packaging, covered with a napkin and left on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator. This is a long process that will take at least 2 hours.
- Before baking, it is advisable to leave all products to rest for 40 minutes and only then put them in the oven.
