Puff pastry can be used to make not only pastries and desserts, but also a full lunch or dinner. There are tons of options - keep the 20 most delicious and quick recipes!
1. Meat "snakes" on skewers
A few minutes in the kitchen and a delicious puff pastry and meatballs appetizer is ready.
You will need: 300 g minced meat for cutlets, 250 g of any puff pastry, soy sauce and crushed nuts, wooden skewers.
Preparation: Using the cutlet mince, use your hands soaked in water to form balls the size of a small walnut. Roll out the dough with a rolling pin, cut into strips, the width of which will be slightly larger than the diameter of the meat balls. Stick one edge of the dough on a skewer, then string the meatball, wrap the dough on one side and prick it again. As a result, you should have a structure in which meat balls are strung on a skewer, and between them a strip of dough "wriggles" like a snake. Bake in the oven until golden brown.
2. Snack in a "cocoon" of puff pastry
It is very simple to prepare: you just need to string the filling on skewers, and then wrap it in a "cocoon" of puff pastry, preferably yeast dough.
You will need: 2 sheets of yeast puff pastry, a handful of cherry tomatoes, 150 g of good ham, 220 g of Adyghe cheese, garlic, lemon juice and soy sauce.
Preparation: First, turn the Adyghe cheese into a culinary masterpiece. To do this, cut it into cubes, fill it with soy sauce marinade with lemon juice and garlic. You can also add a little vegetable oil, a pinch of chopped herbs. The cheese in the marinade should be infused for at least 35 minutes, but you can also take longer.
On skewers, put alternately tomatoes, ham and cubes of Adyghe cheese. Wrap a strip of rolled dough around so that there are no gaps. Fasten the edges well, brush the entire structure with a beaten egg and place on the wire rack in the oven. In the process of baking, the "cocoons" will have to be turned over several times so that a golden crust is formed on all sides.
3. Puff pastry with meat filling
This is a real find for those who are tired of pizza and sandwiches on the festive table.
You will need: 0.5 kg of boiled meat (any), 1 pack of puff pastry (yeast-free), 120 g of processed soft cheese and 220 g of hot hard cheese, 2 - 4 tbsp. l. tomato sauce with vegetables, 5 large mushrooms, 1 beaten chicken egg, fresh herbs.
Preparation: While the dough is defrosting, you can have time to prepare the filling for the meat pie. To do this, mix soft melted cheese with tomato sauce, pour the resulting mass into a bowl with finely chopped meat and fried mushrooms. Add chopped greens there and mix everything well with a spoon.
Roll out the dough and place in a mold so that the free edges hang down. Then distribute the filling, wrap the edges in the form of a basket. Sprinkle the filling with grated cheese, and grease the sides of the dough with an egg. Such a pie should be baked in the oven for 35-40 minutes.
4. Braid with rice and vegetables
Another option for a quick puff pastry pie. Vegetables will add juiciness to the filling. It is definitely delicious!
You will need: 1 cup cooked until half cooked rice, 1 cup boiled meat disassembled into fine fibers, 1 sweet bell pepper and a large tomato, 1 pack of puff pastry, 3 tbsp. l. grated cheese, spices and salt for flavor and 1 raw yolk for brushing.
Preparation: The dough, it is better to take yeast-free, roll out with a rolling pin, gently transfer to a large baking sheet. Leaving the edges free, lay out the boiled rice, flatten with a fork, lay the meat on top, previously mixed with cheese and seasoned with salt and spices. Next, the filling should contain tomato rings and mozzarella slices.
Join the edges of the dough so that the cake resembles a braid, for this you should make cuts on the sides of the cake.Using a silicone brush, carefully brush all the wrinkles on the cake with whipped yolk. Half an hour in the oven and the cake is ready. It is delicious both hot and cold.
5. Open puff pastries
The crispy puff pastry and juicy aromatic filling are open-top pies that look a lot like a mini pizza. You can put inside whatever your heart desires!
You will need: 200 g of sausage or boiled meat, 1 sweet bell pepper, 2 small tomatoes, 220 g of grated cheese, 1 pack of thin puff pastry.
Preparation: Peel the tomatoes, grate, add your favorite spices, you can pour in a couple of tablespoons of delicious soy sauce, and leave to infuse. This will be the sauce for the open pies.
Roll out the puff pastry a little, cut into squares. Pinch the corners to form a kind of square basket. Place finely chopped meat, peppers and tomato-soy sauce inside. Sprinkle with cheese and oven.
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6. Puff baskets with pate
A very budget dish, it is prepared from offal with mushrooms and potatoes.
You will need: 350 g of chicken hearts with stomachs and fresh champignons, 1 pack of yeast-free puff pastry, 2 potatoes, 1 onion, 2 tbsp. l. brandy or cognac, 1 egg beaten with a fork, ghee for frying, a clove of garlic.
Preparation: Boil poultry offal and peeled potatoes (separately) in salted water until tender. Fry the onion, garlic and mushrooms in butter until a light golden crust forms. Pass everything together through a meat grinder, use the smallest attachment. Salt and pepper to your liking, pour in alcohol.
Roll out the defrosted dough, cut into pieces and cover the muffin tins with them. Fill with the filling, brush the edges of the dough with a wet brush and pinch. Cover with a thin layer of beaten egg and baked in an airfryer or oven.
7. Home-made fast food
You will not try such a delicious and tender chicken in dough and with curd sauce in any restaurant!
You will need: 1 chicken breast, 1 pack of puff pastry, a handful of any mushrooms, fresh or frozen, 120 g soft cottage cheese, 0.25 fresh carrots, soy sauce and mayonnaise, 75 g hard cheese, 1 chicken egg, 2 cloves of garlic.
Preparation: Chop the mushrooms finely, fry in oil with the addition of soy sauce. When the mushrooms have cooled down a little, add carrots grated on a fine grater, cottage cheese, a little mayonnaise, garlic passed through a press to them. Stir and season with soy sauce.
Put thin chicken breast medallions on the puff pastry rectangles, spread the mushroom meat and cheese cubes on top. Cover with a second piece of dough and pinch the edges. You should have dough squares with a filling inside. Do not forget to grease the blanks with a beaten egg, and then put them in the oven to bake.
8. Puff roll with fish
This delicious and juicy fish fillet roll is perfect as a main course for dinner, or you can cut it thinner and put it on the festive table as a snack.
You will need: 0.5 packs of yeast-free puff pastry, 250 g of boiled sea fish, 150 g of Dutch cheese, pine nuts, 2.5 tbsp. l. homemade sour cream, soy sauce and dill for a delicious taste.
Preparation: Mash the fish with a fork along with sour cream, dill and soy sauce. Defrost the dough and roll it into a thin rectangle. Arm yourself with a toothpick and dab the cake well over the entire surface. Bake in the oven until a light yellowish crust appears.
Immediately sprinkle the grated cheese on the hot roll base. It should melt, and if the temperature of the dough was not enough, then return the baking sheet to the hot oven for a minute or two. Now you can evenly spread the filling, sprinkle it with pine nuts. Wrap the minced fish dough in a tight roll. Fix with foil.
9. Turkey "The highlight of the program"
This dish is prepared on big holidays, as the main treat for the festive table.
You will need: 1 turkey thigh, 0.5 g ground beef with pork or lard, 75 g walnut kernels, 55 ml 20% cream, half a pack of puff pastry, 2 tbsp. l. white or black sesame seeds, sesame oil, 1 raw chicken egg.
Preparation: Remove the skin from the thigh of the turkey, make an incision in the side and remove the bone. Unfold the meat in the form of a book, beat it well with a hammer, salt and pepper. Add the nuts crushed into small crumbs to the minced meat seasoned to taste, pour in the cream and mix well.
Place the meat filling along one edge of the turkey chop, roll up, secure with parchment and tie with cooking string. Brush with sesame oil and bake for 60 minutes. Then remove the parchment paper by cutting off the threads. Cool the meat preparation, wrap it in puff pastry, brush with a beaten egg. 25 - 35 minutes in the oven and the delicious dish is ready!
10. Snack bars "carrots"
Everything is simple here: from puff pastry, hollow cones inside, similar to carrots, are created in a special way. The filling is laid inside.
You will need: 1 pack of puff pastry, 1 pack of orange food coloring, 2 bunches of fresh herbs for decoration, 3 hard-boiled eggs, 2 processed cheese, 4 tbsp. l. mayonnaise, 2 cloves of garlic.
Preparation: Defrost the dough sheets and roll them out slightly. Cut into long strips. Wrap them around metal cones, grease with food pigment diluted in water and bake in the oven. You will get blanks, as for the "tube" cake, only of a beautiful orange color. Prepare a salad from the remaining products, which you need to stuff the cooled "carrots", garnish with sprigs of herbs collected in a bunch.
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11. Cutlets in the "cage"
A very original appetizer, much more spectacular and tastier than any hamburgers and hot dogs.
You will need: 0.5 kg of minced meat assorted, 200 g of mushrooms, 3 sheets of puff pastry, 2 onions, 3 tbsp. l. sifted flour, 1 raw egg, seasoning for cutlets.
Preparation: Cut one onion finely and fry until transparent in oil, add chopped mushrooms, continue to fry until tender. Then cool a little and transfer to the minced meat, add raw diced onions there, beat in one raw egg, season with spices and mix well. It is also advisable to beat the minced meat in order to remove air bubbles, then the cutlets will turn out to be more juicy and tender.
Form 7 - 8 round cutlets with wet hands, roll them in flour on all sides and fry until golden brown. Defrost the puff pastry, roll out and cut into the required number of squares, make many short cuts to make a kind of mesh. Wrap the cutlets in them and send them to bake in the oven.
12. Fried eggs with ham "Surprise"
If there is a little puff pastry, then banal scrambled eggs turn into an unexpectedly interesting breakfast option.
You will need: 5 chicken eggs, 150 g of ham, half of a package of non-yeast puff pastry, 60 ml of sour cream.
Preparation: Defrost the dough and roll it out slightly with a rolling pin. Line them a baking dish so that the edges don't stick out too much. Cut off the excess with a knife. Finely chop a piece of ham, best of all, into thin strips. Add sour cream to the meat, a little greens (if any), salt and pepper and put in a form covered with dough. Gently break the eggs on top so that the yolk is not damaged, salt and pepper again. Put it in the preheated oven, in 20 minutes a hearty breakfast will be ready.
13. Layer Pie "Mushroom flavor"
If you come home from work very hungry and have nothing to eat, then the recipe for a puff pastry pie "Mushroom flavor" will save you.
You will need: 0.5 kg of fresh champignons or any frozen mushrooms, 1 pack of puff pastry, 2 onions, 260 g of any cheese, 3 tbsp. l. olive oil, herbs (which can be found in the refrigerator) and mushroom seasoning.
Preparation: Cut the mushrooms as small as possible, carcasses in a preheated pan, until all the juice has evaporated.Then pour in the oil and add half rings of onion, fry until golden brown, season with the mushroom mixture. While the pie filling is cooling, make the dough. It needs to be defrosted, rolled out a bit and covered with a baking sheet. Sprinkle a layer of dough with herbs, spread the filling and place in the oven. A couple of minutes before cooking, sprinkle with finely grated cheese.
14. Samsa "Pyatiminutka"
Do you want your pies to be admired? Then learn how to make the legendary samsa from the most ordinary purchased puff pastry.
You will need: 550 g of any minced meat (preferably mixed), 3 medium onions, 2 packs of puff pastry, a large pinch of cumin, a little spicy and common salt.
Preparation: You won't be able to just chop the onion, it is better to chop it in a blender or mince it to make onion puree. Mix it with minced meat, cumin and spices. Roll out the puff pastry a little, cut into medium squares, put a couple of tablespoons of the filling and pinch the edges so that you get a chubby triangle.
To do this, first one corner is folded, and then a second is applied to it. Now wrap the lower part up, and bend the remaining edges sticking out inward. With a little practice, you will succeed. Samsa must first bake a little, it will take about 15 minutes in the oven, and then grease with an egg and bring to readiness.
15. Dessert puff cake
This delicious dessert has just three ingredients, one of which is puff pastry!
You will need: 1 package of puff pastry, 500 ml whipping cream, 33 percent fat, 1 can of quality condensed milk.
Preparation: Cut the dough into 3x3 cm squares directly on the sheets of paper to which it is attached in its original packaging. You do not need to roll out anything. Transfer the dough along with the paper to a baking sheet and bake in the oven until golden brown.
While the dessert base is cooling, prepare an airy cream. To do this, whisk the cream until a stable foam, while continuing to beat, add the condensed milk. In a large bowl, combine the cream puffs, transfer to a mold and tamp a little with a silicone spatula. Garnish with crumbled cookies. Let the dessert soak well in the refrigerator, it will take at least three hours.
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16. Raspberry cake for tea
Want some sweets for your tea? Then get out the puff pastry and a jar of raspberry jam!
You will need: 1 cup raspberry jam, 1 pack of yeast puff pastry, 50 ml milk and 2 tbsp. l. Sahara.
Preparation: The dough was divided into two halves. Roll both into thin flat cakes 4-5 mm thick. Lay the first layer on a baking sheet, grease liberally with raspberry jam. Cut the second part of the dough into strips and bind them beautifully over the jam, creating a kind of grid with small gaps. Brush the surface of the pie with milk, sprinkle with sugar, if you like, you can add vanilla or ground cinnamon to the sugar, then send the baking sheet to the oven.
17. Cake "Log with almonds"
For lovers of the Napoleon cake, there is a simpler, but no less delicious version of this legendary dessert.
You will need: 800 g yeast-free puff pastry, 1 glass of almonds, 1 liter of fresh cow's milk, 4 tbsp. l. cornstarch or just flour, 4 egg yolks, 1 cup sugar, 1 bag of vanilla, 1 packet of butter, 5 tbsp. l. condensed milk, zest of one orange.
Preparation: First, let's prepare "firewood" for our log. They will consist of rolled puff pastry cut into thin strips. The width of the strips should be 1.5 cm, and the length should be such that the finished log fits well on the platter on which you will serve the cake to the table. Arrange the strips of dough on a baking sheet and bake until golden brown.
Now the cream: from milk, flour, sugar and yolks, cook the most common custard. Let it cool until warm, add condensed milk, vanilla and butter. Beat with a mixer.
Spread cling film on the table, we will form the cake on it.Lay out 5-6 "logs", brush with cream, sprinkle with crushed nuts. Continue until you run out of food. Now wrap the film tighter so that the cake takes on the shape of a cylinder. Wrap extra plastic sheets on all sides and refrigerate overnight. Before serving, remove the wrapper, place the dessert on a serving platter, garnish with nuts, sprinkles and cookie crumbs.
18. Puff roll "Fabulous"
The filling in this dessert is airy curd cream and apples stewed in honey. Tasty and healthy!
You will need: 1 pack of yeast puff pastry, 2 sweet apples, 2 tbsp. l. bee honey, 400 g soft cottage cheese, 100 ml of homemade sour cream, 0.5 cans of condensed milk, 1 egg, vanilla sugar, 3 tbsp. l. milk.
Preparation: Beat the cottage cheese with a blender until smooth, beat in an egg, pour in sour cream and condensed milk. Add vanilla and continue beating for a couple of minutes. Peel the apples and seed pods, cut each fruit into 6 pieces. Cut the slices into 5 mm triangles. Heat the honey in a frying pan, put the apples, stirring the carcasses for 10 minutes.
Defrost the dough, roll it into a rectangular cake. Spread with cream, spread the apples. Roll up a tight roll, brush it with milk and sprinkle with sugar. Place in a preheated oven and bakes until tender.
19. Pastries "Baskets with cream"
Why buy expensive cakes when you can make these delicious sweets yourself! And the use of ready-made dough will reduce the time spent in the kitchen to 20 minutes.
You will need: 300 g puff pastry, 1 pack of cream cheese, 200 ml 33% cream, 2 tbsp. l. thick condensed milk, 2 tbsp. l. grated milk or dark chocolate.
Preparation: Whip cream cheese with a mixer together with cream until a fluffy, airy mass is formed, add condensed milk and chocolate, mix. Defrost the dough and roll out slightly, cut into squares and line them with muffin molds, pressing firmly against the edges with your fingers.
Use a toothpick to prick the cake bases and bake in the oven. If bubbles form during baking, immediately pierce them with a toothpick or wooden skewer. Cool the ready-made "baskets", fill with cream, sprinkle with grated chocolate or crumbs from the baked dough remnants.
20. "Mosaic" cake
This cake seems insanely complex and intricate, but in fact, thanks to the absence of the need to knead the dough, it is very easy to prepare!
You will need: 0.5 kg of yeast puff pastry, 4 raw chicken yolks, 500 ml of 33% cream, 1 cup of milk and sugar each, 2 packs of fatty soft cottage cheese, 2 packs of gelatin, 1 can of canned peaches in syrup, 2 cups of frozen pitted cherries ...
Preparation: Defrost the dough and roll out slightly. Use a knife to trace the bottom of the split mold to cut a suitable circle. Pierce the resulting cake with a fork and bake in the oven until golden brown.
From milk, half of the specified norm of sugar and yolks in a water bath, cook a custard. Add two-thirds of the swollen and strained gelatin to the mass. When the cream has cooled, transfer the cottage cheese whipped with a blender into it. Then add whipped cream and finely chopped peaches. Put the puff cake in a split form, cover with curd-fruit cream and send it to the refrigerator for at least an hour.
Sprinkle the cherries with sugar in a small saucepan and bring to a boil over medium heat. Stir in the remaining gelatin. Cool and pour the cake. Wait until it solidifies completely and call everyone to the table!