If you have a package of ready-made puff pastry in the freezer, you can quickly prepare a variety of interesting dishes from it when needed. Puff pastry always turns out airy and crispy. Here are 15 of the most delicious recipes!
1. Mushroom Appetizer on Puff Pastry
A wonderful appetizer with stuffed mushrooms - simple to prepare, very tasty and appetizing.
You will need: 250 g puff pastry, 16 medium mushrooms, 1 onion, 50 g bacon, 10 black olives, 110 g hard cheese, 1 tbsp soy sauce, 1 tbsp rice vinegar, 1 tbsp olive oil.
Preparation: Drizzle mushroom caps with vinegar and soy sauce. Finely chop mushroom stems with onion, bacon, and olives, season with salt and pepper to taste, then stuff the caps. Cut circles from lightly rolled out dough using a cup, place one stuffed mushroom cap on each, sprinkle with cheese, and bake in the oven.
2. Squid Turnovers
This recipe makes an exquisite appetizer, perfect for buffets.
You will need: 0.5 kg puff pastry, 1 frozen squid carcass, 2 eggs, 2 tbsp grated hard cheese, 3 tbsp mayonnaise, 6 olives.
Preparation: From thawed puff pastry, cut out decorative circles using a metal muffin mold, pinch one side with your fingers, imitating the base of a seashell. Bake the blanks in the oven, then fill with a salad made from chopped squid mixed with mayonnaise, grated cheese, and eggs. Place an olive inside each 'shell'.
3. Puff Pastry Chicken Pastries
This appetizer can easily replace sandwiches, and its delicate creamy taste will delight all your guests.
You will need: 0.5 kg puff pastry, 1 chicken breast, 1 onion, 100 ml 33% cream, 2 tbsp wine vinegar, 2 tsp soy sauce.
Preparation: Marinate finely chopped chicken fillet in soy sauce and spices. Marinate onion half-rings in wine vinegar. Thaw puff pastry sheets, stack two together and cut into six pieces, cut a hole in the top layer with a small glass. Bake the blanks until golden brown, then fill with a mixture of fried onion and meat, dressed with whipped cream.
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4. Puff Pastry 'Flowers' with Chicken Fillet
Puff pastry with a savory filling that will diversify your daily menu!
You will need: 200 g puff pastry, 200 g chicken fillet, 50 g cottage cheese, 3 cherry tomatoes, 5 pickled mushrooms, 50 ml heavy cream, 2 cloves garlic, 3 cucumber slices, 1 tbsp each of dill and parsley, 0.3 tsp lemon zest, 1 egg, 3 tbsp canned corn, 50 g mozzarella cheese.
Preparation: Cut the rolled out dough into strips, roll them into cylinders with a closed bottom, then spread out the other side of the blank to resemble flower buds. Brush the resulting 'buds' with beaten egg and bake in the oven. Fill the cooled blanks with a filling made from mushrooms, chicken fillet, cheese, cottage cheese, herbs, zest, tomatoes, cucumber, and cream, all finely chopped in a blender. Garnish with corn kernels. Serve on a platter or in a vase, skewering each 'flower' onto a wooden skewer.
5. Puff Pastry 'Shashlik' Appetizer
Everyone will love this appetizer, especially children. Just imagine: meat balls and a 'snake' of puff pastry, skewered and baked in the oven.
You will need: 300 g minced meat, 1 onion, 250 g puff pastry, 1 clove garlic, ground pepper, 1 tbsp pine nuts, 2 tbsp soy sauce.
Preparation: Mix the minced meat with grated onion, soy sauce, minced garlic, and pine nuts. Let it sit for half an hour, then form small balls of equal size. Skewer the meatballs, threading a strip of dough in a 'snake' pattern between them, then bake in the oven.
6. Puff Pastry Triangles with Sausage
Small triangular puff pastries with sausage and cheese are delicious for breakfast with a cup of coffee.
You will need: 250 g puff pastry, 100 g boiled sausage, 100 g hard cheese, 1 tsp dried herb mix, 1 egg.
Preparation: For the filling, mix grated sausage and cheese, add seasonings. Cut the rolled out dough into squares, spread the filling, seal the edges with a fork, brush with beaten egg, and bake in the oven.
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7. Puff Pastry 'Tongues' with Apple
Delicious and simple puff pastry that cooks in minutes, while the tea is brewing.
You will need: 200 g puff pastry, 1 tbsp sugar, 2 apples.
Preparation: Roll out the thawed dough into a 5 mm thick sheet, cut into rectangles. Sprinkle the blanks with sugar, arrange apple slices, and place in the oven for 15-20 minutes.
8. Puff Pastry Crescents with Jam
A little jam and half a pack of ready-made puff pastry – that's all you need for a cozy tea party with loved ones.
You will need: 250 g puff pastry, 120 g thick jam, 1 egg, powdered sugar.
Preparation: Cut the puff pastry into triangles, place a spoonful of jam at the base, and roll into a crescent shape. Brush with egg, bake in the oven, arrange on a plate, and sprinkle with powdered sugar.
9. Puff Pastry Cinnamon Snail Buns
Very delicious cinnamon and sugar snail buns, made from yeast puff pastry.
You will need: 1 kg yeast puff pastry, 75 g butter, 160 g sugar, 1 egg, 2-3 tsp ground cinnamon, a pinch of salt.
Preparation: Thaw the puff pastry, roll it into a thin rectangular sheet, spread with softened butter, leaving about 3 cm untouched at the edge. Evenly sprinkle with a mixture of salt, sugar, and cinnamon, again leaving the edges clean. Roll into a tight log, cut into 15-16 pieces with a sharp knife, cover with a towel, and leave in a warm place for an hour. Brush with egg and bake in the oven.
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10. Puff Pastry 'Napoleon' Cake
Craving something exquisite and sweet? A package of puff pastry will come to your rescue!
You will need: 1 package of unleavened puff pastry, 220 ml quality condensed milk, 0.5 pack of butter, powdered sugar and almond flakes.
Preparation: Cut the slightly thawed dough into squares, bake in the oven until lightly golden. Spread the cooled blanks with cream made from butter whipped with condensed milk, stack the layers on top of each other to form pastries, sprinkle with powdered sugar and almond flakes.
11. Puff Pastry Croissants for Coffee
The French serve croissants with various fillings for morning coffee. You too can treat your family to a French breakfast without leaving home!
You will need: 1 package of yeast puff pastry, 50 g dark chocolate, 4 tbsp thick jam, a handful of nuts and dried apricots, 60 g boiled condensed milk.
Preparation: Roll out the dough and cut into triangles, place a little filling, roll into a crescent, gently stretching the dough. The filling can be very diverse: a slice of chocolate, a teaspoon of jam or boiled condensed milk, a mixture of chopped nuts and dried apricots with sugar. You can also wrap a piece of hard cheese, it will also turn out very tasty. Place the blanks in a warm place for an hour, then send them to the oven.
12. Puff Pastry Envelopes with Chicken and Cheese
Another recipe for popular European pastries – puff pastry with chicken and grated cheese.
You will need: 0.5 kg puff pastry, 200 g chicken fillet baked in foil, 3 hard-boiled eggs, 120 g hard cheese, 5 tbsp milk, 3 tbsp mayonnaise.
Preparation: In a bowl, mix grated eggs and cheese with diced chicken fillet, then dress with mayonnaise. Spread the filling onto squares of lightly rolled puff pastry, fold into triangles and seal the edges, brush with milk, and bake in the oven.
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13. Cherry and Cinnamon Turnovers
Juicy filling with spicy notes of cinnamon in crispy puff pastry – a delicious pastry that requires no fuss!
You will need: 0.5 kg puff pastry, 200 g pitted cherries, 0.5 tsp ground cinnamon, 100 g sugar, 1 tbsp starch, 1 packet vanilla sugar, 1 egg.
Preparation: Drain the cherries in a sieve to remove excess juice, then mix with vanilla, starch, cinnamon, and sugar. Cut the dough into rectangles, place a couple of spoonfuls of sugared cherries on one half, cover with the free edge of the dough, and seal the edges with a fork. Brush the square blanks with beaten egg and place in the oven.
14. Puff Pastry Rolls with Cottage Cheese
Delicious and healthy puff pastry that can be served for breakfast or given to children for school.
You will need: 300 g puff pastry, 300 g quality cottage cheese, 1 egg, 50 g each of raisins and sugar, 1 tsp lemon zest, a pinch of vanilla.
Preparation: Blend the cottage cheese until smooth, then mix with raisins, sugar, zest, and vanilla. Spread the filling onto the thinly rolled dough, roll into a log, and cut into pieces 3-4 cm thick. Transfer to a baking sheet, brush with egg, and bake in the oven.
15. Sausages in Puff Pastry
In half an hour, you can prepare a whole mountain of golden and delicious sausages in puff pastry.
You will need: 0.5 kg puff pastry, 18 sausages, 50 ml milk, sesame seeds.
Preparation: Roll out the thawed dough sheets and cut into long strips 2.5 cm wide. Wrap each sausage spirally in a strip of dough, tucking in the ends. Place on a baking sheet, brush with warm milk, sprinkle with sesame seeds, and bake in the oven for 20 minutes.