Classic puff pastry is difficult to prepare. It’s easier to buy ready-made, store in the freezer and get it when you want to bake something. But, if you are a supporter of the whole home, look for simplified ways to prepare a puff pastry on the Internet. In the recipes listed below, it is implied that you already have it.
Open puffs for breakfast
Ingredients:
- 200-300 g of puff pastry;
- chicken eggs;
- slices of bacon;
- Parmesan;
- salt, pepper and herbs (parsley, dill, basil).
Preparation
Roll out the dough and cut it into squares 7-10 centimeters wide. Lay them on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper. Make around the edges of the squares of the border about 1 centimeter high.
Break each of the resulting squares with one egg and lay out a few slices of bacon. Salt, pepper and sprinkle with chopped herbs and grated Parmesan cheese (you can substitute another cheese).
Preheat the oven to 200 ° C. Bake the puffs for 10-15 minutes. The dough should become golden brown. But you can take out the puffs early, if you want the egg to remain liquid.
Slice-ring for breakfast
Ingredients:
- 400 g of puff pastry;
- 200 g of sausage;
- 200 g cheddar;
- 4 eggs;
- 1 tablespoon of ranch dressing;
- 3 tablespoons salsa sauce;
- Parmesan.
Preparation
Roll out the dough to make a circle with a diameter of about 30 centimeters. At the center of this circle put a glass and cut another circle. Cut the resulting ring into triangular wedges. It should turn out to be something like a flower.
You can also cut the dough into triangles and form a ring, as shown here.
Lubricate the ring with ranch dressing. If it is not, then simply mix in equal proportions sour cream and mayonnaise with various spices (dried parsley, dried dill, salt, pepper, garlic powder and so on).
Cut sausage and lightly fry. Then break the eggs into a pan and fry them, stirring constantly. At the end, add three tablespoons of salsa.
Spread the filling on the ring so that it is then convenient to bend the “petals”, and after cooking – cut the puff. Close the ring, bending all the “petals”, and sprinkle it with grated parmesan. Bake puff in the oven for 10-15 minutes at 200 ° C. Serve for breakfast with hot coffee.
Quick cheesecake
Ingredients:
- 400 g of yeast-free puff pastry;
- 250 g of cream cheese;
- 150 g of sugar + 2-3 tablespoons for sprinkling;
- 80 g of butter;
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla sugar.
Preparation
Roll the dough into two large layers. One of them lay on a round or rectangular shape for baking. Whip cream until smooth, butter, sugar and vanilla sugar. Pour the mixture into the mold.
Top the second layer of dough. Seal the edges. If desired, from the remains of the dough, you can make braids or bars and decorate them with cheesecake. Sprinkle the cake with sugar. If you like cinnamon, you can sprinkle it and her.
Bake a cheesecake for half an hour in a preheated oven to 180 ° C until golden brown. When it cools, send it for a couple of hours in the fridge, and then cut and serve to the table.
A pie with cabbage
Ingredients:
- 500 g of puff pastry;
- 130 g of butter;
- 1 small fork of cabbage;
- 7 eggs;
- 3 teaspoons of salt.
Preparation
Finely chop cabbage and sprinkle with salt. Leave it for 15-20 minutes for it to give juice. Eggs boil and cut small.
Press cabbage and combine with eggs. Melt the butter and pour into the filling.
Roll out the dough by the size of the baking tray. You should have two identical layers. Cover one of them with a baking tray and lay out the filling. Top with the second layer of dough. Protect the edges. Lubricate the surface of the pie with a beaten egg and send it to the oven for 30-40 minutes to bake at 180 ° C.
Roll with berries and cream cheese
Ingredients:
- 100 g of puff pastry;
- 100 g of cream cheese;
- 2 tablespoons of sugar;
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice;
- 1 teaspoon of grated lemon peel;
- fresh or frozen berries.
For glaze:
- 1 glass of powdered sugar;
- 1-2 tablespoons of milk.
Preparation
With a mixer, mix cream cheese, sugar, lemon juice and zest until smooth. Roll out the dough and oil it with a creamy mixture. Arrange the berries and wrap the roll. Cut it into small pieces and transfer them to a round baking tray.
Bake rolls for 15-20 minutes at a temperature of 180 ° C. While they are baked, prepare the icing. To do this, mix a glass of powdered sugar with 1-2 tablespoons of milk. Allow the mixture to stand for a while, so that the powder is completely dissolved. If the glaze is too thick, pour in a spoonful of milk. If you want, you can also add a pinch of vanilla.
Take the rolls from the oven and pour them icing. You can serve both hot and cold.
Chebureki
Ingredients:
- 1 kg of puff pastry;
- 500 g of pork or ground beef;
- 50 g of butter;
- 2 onions;
- 5 cloves of garlic;
- salt, pepper, spices to taste;
- vegetable oil for frying.
Preparation
Grind the onions with a blender or meat grinder, mix it with ground meat. Salt, pepper, add chopped garlic and spices that you like.
Cut the dough into small balls, roll each of them. Put a couple of spoons of minced meat and a small piece of butter on one half of the circle. Cover the forcemeat with the second half of the dough and protect it.
Fry the chebureks in hot vegetable oil to a ruddy crust on both sides. After frying, spread the chebureks on paper towels to remove excess fat.
Slices with bananas and “Nutella”
Ingredients:
- 200 g of puff pastry;
- 2 bananas;
- “Nutella”;
- sugar;
- cinnamon.
Preparation
Roll out the dough and cut into triangles. Lubricate the bottom of each of them with Nutella (about half a tablespoon per triangle). How to make this chocolate pasta at home, see here.
Bananas clean and cut into four parts. Arrange the banana pieces along the triangles. Fold the puffs with rolls, pinch open edges so that the filling can not be seen. It should look something like pies. Roll each of them first in sugar, and then in cinnamon. Place on a baking sheet covered with parchment.
Bake puffs for 10-15 minutes at a temperature of 190 ° C. There are better hot ones so that “Nutella” flows out like hot chocolate.
Bagels with cheese and garlic
Ingredients:
- 220 g of puff pastry;
- 100 g of mozzarella;
- 2 tablespoons butter;
- 1 teaspoon chopped parsley;
- 1 clove of garlic.
Preparation
Roll out the dough and cut it into triangles. Put on a piece of cheese (if there is no mozzarella, use any other soft varieties) at the bottom of each triangle and wrap the bagels. Lubricate them with a mixture of melted butter and chopped garlic and parsley.
Preheat the oven to 190 ° C, cover the baking tray with parchment. Bake the bagels for 10 minutes.
Puffs with pineapple
Ingredients:
- 500 g of puff pastry;
- a can of canned pineapples (rings);
- powdered sugar.
Preparation
Take the pineapple from the jar and dry it on a paper towel. Roll the dough into strips 2-3 cm wide. Wrap each pineapple ring with a dough strip (approximately the way we did here with bacon) and lay it on a baking tray (do not forget about baking paper).
Bake puff in the oven at 180 ° C for 15-20 minutes. Sprinkle the cooked sugar powder. Also as a powder, you can use sesame or poppy seeds.
Spanacotyrita
Ingredients:
- 250 g of puff pastry;
- 200 g of feta cheese;
- 200 g of frozen spinach;
- 4 tablespoons of olive oil;
- 2 chicken eggs;
- 1 onion;
- 1 clove of garlic;
- parsley, dill and green onions to taste.
Preparation
Spanakotiropatita is a traditional Greek pie with spinach and feta. To prepare a portioned spanacotyropat, defrost, dry and cut the spinach. Fry the onion in olive oil (two tablespoons) until golden. In a separate bowl, beat the eggs and put them together with the fete. Thoroughly mix everything until smooth. Add the fried onions, the remaining olive oil, finely chopped greens and garlic.
Thinly roll out the dough and cut into squares 10-12 centimeters wide. Put on each of them two tablespoons of filling. Wrap the patties in triangles. Lay them on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper.
Bake cakes in the oven, preheated to 180 ° C, for 20-25 minutes.
Fruit biscuit
Ingredients:
- 250 g of puff pastry;
- 100 g of powdered sugar;
- 100 g of fresh strawberries;
- 3 tablespoons of sour cream;
- 4 tablespoons strawberry jam;
- 2 bananas;
- 1 apple;
- 1 kiwi fruit.
Preparation
Roll the dough into a layer about 0.5 centimeter thick. You can make small edges on the edge.
Spread the dough first with sour cream (preferably bold) and then with strawberry jam. If there is no strawberry, you can take any other of your choice. Top with sliced thin slices of fruit. Fantasize to make it not only delicious, but also beautiful.
Send the dish to the oven, preheated to 200 ° C, for 15-20 minutes. Sprinkle with the powdered sugar.
Rolls with cheese and ham
Ingredients:
- 400 g of puff pastry;
- 200 g of ham;
- 150 g of hard cheese;
- 1-2 tablespoons of mayonnaise;
- 1 clove of garlic;
- greens (dill, parsley, basil).
Preparation
Roll the dough into a rectangle measuring approximately 30 × 45 centimeters. Slice thin slices of ham (you can use a doctor’s and any other sausage to your taste) and cheese.
Chop the greens and garlic, mix them with mayonnaise and spread the dough layer, receding 3-5 cm from the edge. Evenly spread the dough and cheese. Do not leave uncontaminated edge loose. Fold the roll so that this strip of dough is on the outside. It can be moistened with water to tightly seal the roll.
Cut the roll into pieces 4-6 centimeters wide. Lay them on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper. On top of the roll, you can grease with yolks and sprinkle with poppy seeds or sesame seeds. Bake rolls in the oven at 180 ° C for 20-25 minutes.
Hot Dogs
Ingredients:
- 400 g yeast puff pastry;
- 6 sausages;
- 100-150 g of hard cheese;
- 1 egg;
- sesame, sauce and spices to taste.
Preparation
Roll out the dough and cut into strips 3-4 cm wide. Each of them with your favorite sauce, sprinkle with spices and finely grated cheese. Wrap the sausages with dough strips and place the hot dogs on a baking sheet covered with parchment. Lubricate the top with a beaten egg and sprinkle with sesame (optional).
Bake sausages in the dough for 20 minutes at a temperature of 180 ° C.
Croissants with chocolate
Ingredients:
- 200 g of puff pastry;
- 200 g of chocolate;
- 50 g of powdered sugar;
- 1 chicken egg.
Preparation
Roll out the dough not more than 0.5 centimeter thick and cut into triangles. At the base of the triangles lay 1-2 slices of chocolate. Fold the triangles with rolls, place on a baking sheet covered with parchment, and grease with a beaten egg.
Bake croissants in the oven for 20 minutes at 220 ° C.
Pigtails with chicken and cheese
Ingredients:
- 300 g of a yeast-free puff pastry;
- 300 g of smoked chicken breast;
- 200 g of hard cheese;
- 1 egg.
Preparation
Roll out and cut the puff pastry with strips about 2 centimeters wide. Take one strip and lay on it a finely chopped chicken breast and grated cheese. Cover with another strip, fasten them together at the bases. Carefully twist the puff into a spiral. Repeat the same with all the remaining strips.
Finished pigtails lay on a baking sheet (do not forget about baking paper!) And send it to the oven, heated to 200 ° C, for 15 minutes.
Sweet pigtails in Danish
Ingredients:
- 250 g of puff pastry;
- 2-3 apples;
- 5 tablespoons of cane sugar;
- 3 tablespoons of normal sugar;
- 2 tablespoons butter;
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon;
- ½ teaspoon of vanilla extract.
For glaze:
- ½ cup of powdered sugar;
- 2-3 teaspoons of milk;
- ½ teaspoon of vanilla extract.
Preparation
Apple in Denmark is an apple pie made of puff pastry. We suggest you make it a variation in the form of braids.
To do this, the apples must be peeled, removed, and cut into cubes. Then they must be caramelized over low heat: cook them in a saucepan with cane sugar, vanilla extract and a teaspoon of cinnamon for 5 minutes.
Roll out the dough, grease it with melted butter, sprinkle with usual sugar and the remaining cinnamon. Lay the apples and cover the top with another layer of dough. Then cut it into strips, lay it on a baking sheet with parchment and gently twist each of them in a spiral.
Bake pigtails for 10-15 minutes in the oven at 180 ° C. While they are baked, make a frosting. Combine the sugar powder, milk and vanilla extract. You can adjust the density of the glaze, adding either powder or milk.
Pour the finished pigtails with glaze and serve.
Pies to beer
Ingredients:
- 400 g of puff pastry;
- 100 g of hard cheese;
- 100 grams of salami;
- 1 tomato;
- 1 egg;
- olives;
- spices to taste.
Preparation
If you are a fan of beer, then you will definitely like these patties. Their filling perfectly matches with froth. Salami, cheese, tomato and olives should be finely chopped and combined with the egg. If you want, you can add your favorite spices and herbs to the filling.
Roll out the dough, cut into squares and spread out the filling. Blind pies. Bake at 180 ° C until golden brown.
Closed Cheesecakes
Ingredients:
- 500 g of yeast-free puff pastry;
- 400 g of cottage cheese;
- a glass of sugar;
- 3 eggs.
Preparation
With a mixer, whip two eggs and a half cup of sugar and cottage cheese. When the mass becomes homogeneous, add the remaining sugar and whisk again.
Roll out the dough and cut into mugs or squares. Put on each of them 1-2 spoons of curd mass. Wrap the edges of the cheesecake like pies. Lay them on a baking sheet covered with parchment, and grease with a beaten egg.
Bake for 30-40 minutes at a temperature of 180 ° C.
Pizza with tomatoes and mozzarella
Ingredients:
- 400 g yeast puff pastry;
- 200 g of mozzarella;
- 3 tomatoes;
- 2 tablespoons of tomato sauce;
- 2 tablespoons of olive oil;
- greens and seasonings to taste;
- salt and pepper.
Preparation
Roll out the dough, make the edges on the edges. If desired, you can make a mini-pizza. Lubricate the dough with olive oil and tomato paste, sprinkle with seasonings to your liking.
Spread the filling. For a pizza a la “Margarita” enough sliced thin slices of tomatoes and mozzarella, but you can use any sauce and any stuffing (bacon, mushrooms, olives and so on).
Sprinkle pizza on top with fresh herbs and bake for 20-25 minutes at a temperature of 200 ° C.
Tart Taten
Ingredients:
- 250 g yeast puff pastry;
- 150 g of butter;
- 150 g of cane sugar;
- 6 sweet and sour apples;
- pinch of cinnamon.
Preparation
Tart Taten is a French apple pie, where the filling is on top. At once we will make a reservation: instead of apples it is possible to use pears, mangoes, peaches or pineapples.
Grease the baking dish thoroughly with butter and sprinkle with sugar. Apples peel, remove the core and cut into slices. Lay them in a baking dish and sprinkle with cinnamon. Cover the apples with a layer of rolled puff pastry.
Bake a cake for half an hour at a temperature of 180 ° C. When the finished tart is slightly cool, turn the form over on a plate or tray so that the apples are on top. Serve warm. It is possible with ice cream.
If you have your own special recipes from the puff pastry, then welcome to the comments. Let’s share culinary secrets with each other!
