Delicious puff pastry dishes. Recipes for homemade puff pastry dough

Puff pastries are delicious and quick. Products made from puff pastry are very popular all over the world: pastries and cakes have glorified Austrian cuisine; classic sweet pastries made from puff pastry are loved by the French; savory puff pastries with meat fillings are very popular in Germany. Puff pastry is a wonderful invention for making dozens of different desserts or quick snacks. For any puff pastry you only need the dough itself and the filling. Dishes made from puff pastry are prepared extremely quickly, they can be made even when it seems that there is absolutely no energy, time or desire for baking. Let's try to check?

We have two options: buy ready-made dough or make it yourself. The first option is suitable for those who are in a hurry or lazy, the second is ideal for those who love to cook. Both options have clear pros and cons.

The option is quick, store-bought. Puff pastry has been sold in stores for many years, and everyone has become accustomed to it as the only option. This is really convenient: you need to defrost the finished dough, roll it out, wrap the filling - and you can bake. It actually takes 10-15 minutes to prepare the dessert, and the oven bakes for another 10-15 minutes without our participation. Fast and easy.

A less quick option is homemade homemade dough.

So,

Ingredients:
500 g flour,
375 g butter,
250 ml water,
salt on the tip of a knife.

Preparation:
Sift the flour together with salt (you can take 1-2 teaspoons per 500 g), melt a piece in 75 g of butter. Let the rest of the oil remain in the refrigerator. Carefully pour water into the flour, then oil and knead the dough. Place on a floured surface and knead for 1-2 minutes. Wrap the dough in cling film and place in the refrigerator for 40 minutes. Break the cold butter with a rolling pin to a thickness of 1 cm. Make a cross-shaped deep cut in the dough and open it like a flower. Don’t touch the middle, but roll out the “petals” thinner. Place butter in the center and fold the “petals” into an envelope. The butter should be completely covered with dough. Dust the dough with flour, beat it a little with a rolling pin and roll it into a rectangle of equal thickness. Roll in one direction only! Fold the rectangle in three, beat it again, press the edges, dust with flour and roll out again in one direction. Then fold it 3 more times, beat it and roll it again. Wrap the dough in film and refrigerate for an hour. Repeat this operation 2 more times with a “rest” in the refrigerator for 1 hour. The finished dough can be made in bulk and frozen.

At this point you can consider the preparation complete and start creating. For convenience, we will divide all the puff pastries into sweet and savory (this is where the lack of sugar in the dough comes in handy). It’s easier to write what you can’t put in puff pastries than to list thousands of filling options. It can be any fruit, nuts, vegetables, cottage cheese, dried fruits, jams, meat, minced meat, chocolate, fish, mushrooms - whatever. There is only one rule, or rather a recommendation - the filling should not be too wet and there should not be too much of it.

It is not necessary to sweeten the dough itself, let it remain universal; you can sweeten the puff pastry on the outside by sprinkling with sugar or powdered sugar. There are really many options for sweet puff pastries; a good puff pastry is crispy, airy, goes well with a sweet filling and is tasty even without it.

Let's start with a simple one, that is, puff pastries without fillings. The well-known “tongue” - a piece of puff pastry, brushed with egg yolk and sprinkled with sugar, goes amazingly with tea or coffee. Advice: try to make the “tongues” very tiny, “one bite size”, then it will be convenient to dip them in jam or honey and not use sugar. So let's get started. Don't forget to preheat the oven in advance. Roll out the dough, cut into small strips. Moisten a baking sheet with cold water and place pieces of dough. Place the baking sheet in the refrigerator for 10-15 minutes, then immediately into a hot oven. Bake at 200 degrees for about 10 minutes. Cool and serve with tea. If there is no jam or anything sweet, after rolling, sprinkle the tongues greased with egg yolk with sugar.

It’s a little more complicated, but just as easy to make filled puff pastries. You have already noticed that for the best lamination effect, a temperature contrast is required, for which we keep the dough in the cold, and then quickly move it into a preheated oven. This maneuver allows you to achieve fluffiness and better separation of the dough into layers.

You can choose any shape for filled puff pastries. The easiest way is to use a square of dough folded into a triangle. It’s better not to overdo it with the filling, the edges should be well protected, and everything will turn out great. If the filling is sweet enough, you don't need to sprinkle the top with sugar. The contrast of unleavened dough and sweet filling is very well felt with unsweetened black tea. Another simple way to place the filling is to roll out the dough into a large square or rectangle 5-6mm thick and spread a thin layer of filling, such as jam or cheese. Leave a little space at the edge for pinching. Then roll up, cut and bake at 200 degrees for 10-15 minutes.

Puff pastry is used in classic Austrian desserts and in the preparation of Napoleon cake, and the traditional English upside-down apple pie will surely appeal to those who adore apple charlottes.

Ingredients:
250 g puff pastry,
100 g sugar,
1 egg,
3 apples,
20 g butter,
1 teaspoon milk,
½ teaspoon ground ginger,
ground almonds, vanilla or vanillin - to taste.

Preparation:
In a round ovenproof dish about 20cm in diameter, combine the sugar, vanilla and 100ml water. Bring to a boil and cook until caramel is formed (do not stir under any circumstances, otherwise the caramel will crystallize and burn firmly to the bottom of the pan). Cut the apples into slices, remove the seeds, transfer to a mold and carefully roll in caramel. Add oil and cook for a few more minutes. Sprinkle with ground almonds and remove from heat. Roll out the dough to a thickness of 3-4 mm and cut out a circle with a diameter larger than the diameter of the mold. Gently place the dough on top of the apples, tucking the edges in like a blanket. The surface of the dough can be greased with an egg-milk mixture. Bake at 190 degrees for about 20 minutes. When browned, remove, let cool slightly and turn onto a plate with the apples facing up (be careful, the caramel is very hot!). Serve hot.

By the way, about the thickness of the filling. It should be equal to or slightly less than the thickness of the dough. It is better to make many small puffs with a small amount of filling than one large one with the risk that the dough will not rise.

Puff pastry lovers will be surprised to learn that their favorite strudels were not always made from puff pastry, and the dish itself can be savory. Strudels are prepared in all German-speaking countries and even a little in neighboring ones, like the Czech Republic or Hungary. Most often, they have puff pastry and a fruit filling, but there are options made from sausages, sauerkraut, potatoes, fried vegetables, meat, liver and God knows what else. We will opt for apple strudel, this is the simplest and most familiar version of the famous Austrian dessert. Let's not forget that in the original strudel is made from simple yeast-free, but very thin dough, and puff pastry is influenced by French cuisine, although it will be tasty in both cases.

Ingredients:
250 g unsweetened puff pastry,
500 g sour apples,
100 g sugar,
50 g ground crackers,
50 g raisins,
1 teaspoon olive oil,
lemon, cinnamon, salt - to taste.

Preparation:
Peel and cut the apples very thinly, mix with raisins, cinnamon and sugar. Fry the crackers in olive oil until golden brown. Roll out the dough very thin, transfer to a towel, sprinkle with lemon juice and sprinkle with breadcrumbs. Spread the apple-raisin mixture over the surface, leaving a strip without filling to hold the layer together. Roll the dough into a log using a towel. Pin in the place where there was no filling, pinch the edges. Preheat the oven to 200˚C in advance. Bake on a pre-greased baking sheet for 30 minutes. The finished strudel is served warm, sprinkled with powdered sugar.

By the way, puff pastry is a “recent” invention and appeared in France in the 17th century. It is generally accepted that it was influenced by Greek cuisine and in particular the phyllo dough used in the production of baklava and other dishes where layering is important. Similar dough is also found in Middle Eastern and Maghreb cuisines, but it is made using a completely different method - the dough does not use oil, the layers are rolled out very thin, and the layering is ensured by mechanical folding of the rolled out sheets of dough. The use of butter as an exfoliating force is a French invention and is in the tradition of pan-European culinary principles. To those uninitiated in the mystery of preparing Maghreb puff pastries, French puff pastries seem very complicated, but only until they see the process of preparing Arabic puff pastry.

Unsweetened puff pastries can be made with cheese, ham, meat and minced meat, fish, mushrooms and vegetables. In addition to the fact that you need to handle the filling just as carefully as in the case of sweet options, the filling should be prepared, taking into account that the puff pastry is baked for only about 10 minutes. All meat, fish, vegetable and other fillings that require processing must be half cooked. To play it safe, you can cook the meat until fully cooked and not give it any chance of being undercooked in the puff pastry. A classic dish made from unsweetened puff pastry is kulebyaka. By the way, this is an example of real Russian cuisine, successfully combined with French royal cooking (yes, kulebyaka, of course, was also originally prepared from yeast-free dough).

Roll out two strips of puff pastry 15-30 cm long and 5 mm thick. One is 10 cm wide, the second is 20. Place small savory pancakes on the narrow one, on top of which place pieces of boiled fish in a layer 6-7 cm wide, and on top - pieces of smoked or lightly salted fish (smoked salmon or lightly salted salmon). Cover the filling with pancakes and then with a wide strip of puff pastry, which you crimp around the perimeter. Brush the surface with egg and make punctures to allow steam to escape. Place in the oven for 40-50 minutes at 190 degrees.

Puff pastries can also be vegetable. In this case, you can give them any taste - from sweet for dessert (for example, filled with zucchini or pumpkin), to neutral or bright taste, rich in the aromas of spices and seasonings. A typical example of a neutral puff pastry is a pie filled with potatoes with mushrooms and dill, and if you replace the potatoes with chicken and add bright Indian spices, the puff pastry turns into a completely different dish. The neutrality of the test in both cases is beneficial.

In any case, whatever the filling, maintain moderation in the ratio of the dough and do not be afraid to experiment - at one time you can bake puff pastries with several filling options, different sizes and shapes. Delicious experiments to you!

Before starting to master complex baking, a novice housewife should learn 5 simple recipes with ready-made puff pastry, including puff pastries, cookies, pies and buns. The easiest way to learn how to cook different dishes is through photo or video recipes. In addition, you can experiment with types of fillings and spices to make the dish special.

What can be made from puff pastry

This type of dough, such as puff pastry, is the basis for dishes of different nations due to its fine structure and pleasant crunch. The store-bought product is more often used for sweet baked goods, although it is also suitable for making pies with savory filling. The following types of confectionery products are prepared from it:

cakes;
pies;
cookie;
tubes;
croissants;
buns;
rolls.

From yeast

The finished dough using yeast has a characteristic sour taste. After cooking, products made from it turn out more fluffy and tasty. They make good buns and savory meat and fish pies. Unlike the fresh version, there are several times fewer layers; they do not turn out as light and crispy, but the number of calories is slightly less.

From yeast-free

Unleavened or yeast-free product is more often used to make sweet confectionery products. The tongues, corners and puffs are crispier and more delicious due to the thin layers. However, for those who are trying to adhere to proper nutrition, it is better to refrain from consuming such delicacies - the product turns out to be higher in calories due to the fact that it contains more oil.

Recipes with ready-made puff pastry

When you urgently need to cook something, different recipes made from ready-made puff pastry become a real lifesaver. Recommendations from experienced chefs will help beginners:

Pre-defrost the dough in the microwave or leave it on the table 2-3 hours before starting cooking.
After thawing, yeast dough should be kept warm for at least 1 hour.
Before you cook anything, you need to carefully roll out the dough into a thin layer.
Baking from ready-made puff pastry turns out better if you place it on a sheet of parchment paper soaked in oil. Puff pastries often burn on a baking sheet.
Products can be filled with any ingredients, both sweet and salty.
During the final stage, the filling is added and the product is placed in a hot oven. The average baking temperature is 180-220 degrees.
If meat filling is used, the cooking time will increase.

Puff pastry with filling

Time: 45 minutes.
Number of servings: 8 persons.
Calorie content of the dish: 180 kcal/100 g.
Purpose: for dessert.
Cuisine: Russian.
Difficulty: easy.

You can prepare a dish from ready-made puff pastry with any salty or sweet filling - vegetable, cottage cheese, fruit, meat, egg, as long as it does not spread after the dish cools. The simplest version of a confectionery product made from this dough is apple cinnamon roll. Despite its simplicity, the dish can decorate any table. It uses a yeast type of product.

Ingredients:

package of ready-made dough in a roll – 500 g;
apples – 400 g;
butter – 50 ml;
powdered sugar – 100 g;
vanilla sugar – 1 sachet.

Cooking method:

Unroll the roll and flatten it slightly with a rolling pin.
Peel the apples and chop.
Mix with half the powdered sugar and cinnamon.
Place the apples in the middle of the layer, carefully roll them into a roll, pinch the edges.
Cut into portions and place on a baking sheet.
Bake for 30 minutes.

Pie

Time: 40 minutes.
Number of servings: 6 persons.
Calorie content of the dish: 250 kcal/100 g.
Purpose: for dinner.
Cuisine: Azerbaijani.
Difficulty: easy.

For this type of baked goods, such as a pie made from ready-made puff pastry, you can also choose different fillings. Meat samsa, shaped like a pie, is very tasty. This is a dish from Azerbaijani cuisine. It is prepared very simply, even a housewife with minimal culinary skills can handle it, and it looks festive. The main secret of success is strict adherence to the recipe.

Ingredients:

dough – 500 g;
minced pork and beef – 500 g;
onions – 4 pcs.;
hard cheese – 200 g;
spice mixture (coriander, pepper) – 3 g;
butter – 50 g;
salt – 2 g;
green onions, dill - 1 bunch.

Cooking method:

Roll out the dough (yeast or non-yeast) into a layer 5 mm thick.
Finely chop the greens and onions, mix with minced meat and spices.
Place the dough into a round pan and form sides.
Place the minced meat on top, sprinkle with grated cheese.
Cover with a second layer on top, carefully pinch the edges.
Allow the oven to warm up to 180-200 degrees.
Place the pan with samsa in the oven and bake for 25 minutes.

Buns

Time: 35 minutes.
Number of servings: 7 persons.
Calorie content of the dish: 150 kcal/100 g.
Purpose: for dessert.
Cuisine: Russian.
Difficulty: easy.

A collection that includes recipes for ready-made puff pastry dough would be incomplete without mentioning buns. This option will help out in a situation when you urgently need to bake something for tea. The dish is prepared very quickly, it turns out tasty and aromatic. Before preparing buns from yeast dough, you need to remove the bag from the freezer in advance, and then put it in a cup, placing it in a warm place so that the product doubles in size.

Ingredients:

powdered sugar – 50 g;
yolk – 1 pc.;
butter – 50 g;
dough – 500 g.

Cooking method:

Roll out the dough to 3 mm.
Melt the butter, grease the layer.
Roll the dough into a tight roll, pinch the edge.
Cut into portions 8-10 cm long.
Make a slit in the middle of each piece with a knife so that it does not reach the edge.
Unfold the slit to make a “heart”.
Place the buns on parchment paper.
Grease with yolk, sprinkle with powder.
Bake for 25 minutes.

Puff tongues

Time: 25 minutes.
Number of servings: 12 persons.
Calorie content of the dish: 120 kcal/100 g.
Purpose: for dessert.
Cuisine: Russian.
Difficulty: easy.

In the 5 simplest recipes with ready-made puff pastry, you must include the preparation of tongues. This type of quick baking got its name because of its similarity to a real tongue. Puff pastries are prepared simply – all you need is store-bought puff pastry without yeast, sugar, an oven and a few minutes. Some gourmets prefer to sprinkle the finished cakes with salt, then they can be used as a snack for beer.

Ingredients:

dough in a roll - 700 g;
sugar - 400 g.

Cooking method:

Unfold the roll, roll the layer with a rolling pin to a thickness of 5 mm.
Cut into small pieces with a knife, round the edges of the dough strips.
Sprinkle sugar on top.
Place on a baking sheet and place in the oven.
Bake for 15-20 minutes.

Cookie

Time: 35 minutes.
Number of servings: 10 persons.
Calorie content of the dish: 130 kcal/100 g.
Purpose: for afternoon tea.
Cuisine: Russian.
Difficulty: easy.

Ear cookies made from this type of yeast-free dough are a variant of classic baked goods. The treat is suitable for baby food because it does not contain allergy-causing products. Children enjoy eating crispy cookies with cocoa or warm milk. Before making puff pastry from ready-made puff pastry, you need to wait until all the ingredients have warmed up to room temperature and only then start baking.

Ingredients:

dough – 500 g;
sugar – 500 g;
water – 100 g;
cocoa – 1 tbsp. l.

Cooking method:

Boil water, add sugar.
Cook until the liquid has reduced in volume by half.
Add cocoa and cool to room temperature.
Roll out the layer into a rectangle 3 mm thick, 15 cm wide.
Roll the layers of dough from the edges to the middle, cut into pieces 1 cm wide.
Place on a baking sheet and place in the oven for 15 minutes.
Remove and pour glaze over while the homemade puff pastries are still warm.

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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 can 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 baking options from ready-made dough. You just need to choose the appropriate recipe and make the filling.

This recipe makes a delicious open-faced pie with a delicate curd filling. An excellent treat for tea or a good addition to 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 and 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 the whites into the 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. Cool the finished croissants a little.
Sprinkle with powder if desired.

Puff pastry is an excellent base for making pizza. Let's prepare a world-famous Italian dish with mushrooms, sausage, vegetables and cheese. In general, choose the filling to your taste. Sausage can be replaced with boiled meat, bacon, ham, or omitted 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 use 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.

A delicious delicacy made from simple ingredients - 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 prepare 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 dough:
Choose the right 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 of fresh fruit with honey.

This dough can also be used to make pies with savory fillings. For example, minced meat or 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.

This is a wonderful dough, just a lifesaver. Cooking it is simple, probably 10 minutes is a lot... and the result is incredible, soft and at the same time crispy, flaky and tasty. You don’t need to layer or roll anything out, you don’t need a lot of movements. I just mixed everything one by one and put it in the refrigerator. If you are going to cook something for several days, it will be perfectly preserved in a bag in the refrigerator; if you are preparing for future use, you can put it in the freezer. Another advantage of it is that the ingredients are approximate, we can easily replace sour cream with kefir or yogurt, add flour if it sticks a little to our hands. We also use any fat or combine it, you can take margarine, butter, lard, whatever. Rolling out is very easy as the dough is soft and elastic. From this norm you will get puff tongues with a caramel crust, 4 baking sheets. My friend prepared kurnik from this dough and said that she would never cook with store-bought dough again, it turned out much tastier. The recipe is from my mother’s culinary notebook, for which I thank her very much.

Puff pastry is a lifesaver for modern busy housewives. With its help, you can quickly cook pies, bake pizza and prepare a variety of snacks. In this article we will talk about holiday and everyday dishes made from puff pastry. Recipes with photos will help you choose and prepare the most popular and delicious dishes.

Puff pastry pie with chicken and mushrooms

This delicious pastry can be prepared not only for a family dinner, but also served on a holiday table. Like all dishes made from puff pastry without yeast, this pie is prepared very quickly, so you can save a lot of time. The recipe for making it is very simple:

Puff pastry dish "Shepherd's Purses"

These original knots stuffed with chicken and mushrooms are sure to win the hearts of your family and friends. To prepare unusual baked goods, follow these directions:

Finely chop 250 grams of chicken fillet and 250 grams of mushrooms, and then fry them separately until golden brown.
Boil two potatoes without removing the skins, then cool, peel and cut into small cubes.
Grate 150 grams of hard cheese on a fine grater.
Finely chop four cloves of garlic and a bunch of fresh herbs.
Combine all ingredients, season them with salt, pepper and mayonnaise. Mix thoroughly.
Roll out the puff pastry thinly on a table sprinkled with flour and cut into small equal squares.
Place the filling in the center of each piece, gather the edges, giving the pies the appearance of a bag. Tie the resulting knot with a green onion feather and straighten the edges.

Place the pies on a baking sheet or baking dish and then place in the preheated oven for 20 minutes.

Puff pastries with different fillings. Dishes made from puff pastry without yeast with photos

If you want to please your family on Saturday or Sunday morning, then prepare delicious pies with various fillings for them. Recipes for dishes made from puff pastry without yeast:

Grate 100 grams of any hard cheese on a fine grater, chop 100 grams of ham with a knife and mix the products with chopped herbs. Roll out the dough, cut into long strips and place the filling at the end of each. Roll the blanks into a roll and place on a baking sheet covered with parchment.
Mix 100 grams of cottage cheese with chopped garlic, salt and herbs. Cut the rolled out dough into squares, place the filling in the center, fold the pieces into triangles and pinch the edges. Place the pies on a baking sheet.
Grind the smoked chicken breast, mix it with boiled eggs and grated cheese. Season the filling with salt and mayonnaise mixed with a spoonful of mustard. Form envelopes from puff pastry, place one spoon of filling inside, pinch the edges and place the pies on a baking sheet.

Brush all the pieces with beaten egg and bake until golden brown in a preheated oven.

Balls with meat

Puff pastry dishes, recipes for which you can find on this page, are quite simple to prepare. This recipe will not be an exception, but the way the original pies are served will certainly interest you. You simply cannot resist and will definitely try to repeat the method of preparing them:

To begin, prepare 300 grams of minced chicken, add one chopped onion, salt, pepper and any seasonings to taste.
Thaw the finished dough, roll it out and cut into thin strips.
Form a small meatball from the minced meat and roll the dough piece onto it. Do the same with the remaining ingredients.

Brush the unusual pies with egg and bake them in the oven until done.

Puff pastry appetizers with salami

This simple crispy pastry disappears from the table instantly, so it’s better to make it in larger quantities. Don't be surprised if your friends ask you for more. How to cook puff pastry dishes (recipes):

Thaw the finished dough, roll it out and cut it to the size of the mini salami sausages prepared in advance.
Beat the chicken egg and brush the dough with it. Place the sausages on half the layer, leaving a distance of one centimeter between them. Cover the workpiece with the second part of the dough sheet.
Press lightly into the gaps between the filling, and then cut the workpiece crosswise into thin sticks.
Spread the second layer of dough with mustard and sprinkle with grated cheese. Place the bacon on top, cut the dough into strips and twist them into a spiral.

Bake puff pastry dishes in the oven until ready, then cool and serve.

Puff pastries in a sandwich maker

Usually, dishes made from puff pastry are recommended to be cooked in the oven and much less often in a frying pan. However, there is another great way to surprise your family by preparing them cheese puffs for breakfast in an electric sandwich maker:

Place the puff pastry in the refrigerator overnight and roll it out on a floured work surface in the morning.
Cut the hard cheese into triangles or grate it.
Cut the dough into squares the size of the sandwich maker, place the cheese on the first piece, and place the second on top. Prepare another sandwich in the same way.
Place the puff pastries into the sandwich maker and close the lid. The puff pastry dish is cooked in the appliance for ten minutes.

When the required time has passed, take out the puff pastries, separate them along the break line and serve with a cup of tea or coffee.

Chicken drumsticks in dough

If you decide to learn how to cook dishes from puff pastry dough, then don’t limit yourself to desserts and pastries. In fact, with its help you can prepare a delicious dinner for the whole family or a holiday lunch. Recipe for drumsticks in dough:

Strudel

This popular dessert is loved by adults and children. Each experienced housewife prepares it in her own way, experimenting with fillings and dough. We also suggest you try making a quick strudel with apples and nuts. Carefully read the recipe for a puff pastry dish (with photo) and cook with us:

Peel and core green apples and then cut them into small cubes. Place the fillings in a large bowl, sprinkle them with sugar and stir together with the lemon juice. After this, put the apples in the refrigerator for twenty minutes.
Grind the nuts in a coffee grinder.
Thaw the finished dough and roll it out with a rolling pin. Carefully transfer the layer to a kitchen towel, which should be spread on the table. Grease the dough with vegetable oil (use a special silicone brush for this).
Mix nuts with apples. Place the filling in a mound on the edge of the layer and press the apples tightly with your hands. Using a towel, roll the dough into a roll, carefully transfer the strudel to a baking sheet (it should be covered with parchment in advance) and grease the surface with vegetable oil.

Bake the puff pastry dish in the oven until it is lightly browned. After this, take out the strudel, cool, sprinkle with powdered sugar and cut into portions. It can be served with hot tea or for dessert with a scoop of ice cream.

Layer pie with vegetables

This summer dish will especially appeal to those who have hand-grown vegetables ripening in their garden. To prepare a delicious puff pastry dish, you will need to do the following.

Peel zucchini and eggplant and cut into rings. Salt and pepper the preparations and fry in a heated frying pan on both sides. Cut the tomatoes into slices.
Grate the hard cheese and then mix with basil and chopped garlic.
Roll out the puff pastry and place on a baking sheet covered with paper.
Sprinkle cheese over the entire surface of the layer, and place vegetables on it in rows. Top with processed eggplants, then zucchini and finally tomatoes. Season the pie with salt and pepper and then bake in the oven for ten minutes.

We will be glad if you liked the puff pastry dishes. Recipes with photos will help you not only diversify your usual menu, but also prepare a wonderful treat for the holiday table.