Interesting ideas from puff pastry. Sweet pastries made from puff pastry (10 recipes). Cake "Friendly House"

Puff pastry is a unique product that allows you to prepare varied, tasty, and impressively presented dishes. It is used as a basis for preparing various types of meat, fish, vegetables, salty pastries, sweet desserts with cream, fruit, berry, chocolate, cheese and curd fillings. Thin, crispy, melt-in-your-mouth puff pastry is an indispensable ingredient in almost all national cuisines, and the exquisite culinary masterpieces created with its help decorate receptions and festive events.

It is quite difficult to knead puff pastry on your own; it is a long and labor-intensive procedure. The ideal solution to the problem would be ready-made frozen puff pastry from the store, which is in no way inferior to classic homemade dough. The product is already formed into portioned plates, packaged in special packaging and stored at temperatures up to -20° during 5-60 days. When purchasing it, you need to pay attention to the date of manufacture.

1. Defrost gradually, on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator or at room temperature;
2. Begin work when the product still retains its elasticity;
3. Roll out thinly, in one direction only;
4. Cut with a very sharp knife;
5. Place on parchment soaked in oil;
6. Bake at a temperature of 180-220°.

Puff pastry dishes - simple and tasty

Cooking dishes from puff pastry is a pleasant and aesthetic process that opens up wide opportunities for creativity and imagination. The collection on the website contains photos of various dishes and step-by-step recipes for making them.

What you can cook:

• confectionery products - cookies, pastries, cakes, croissants;
• snacks - pies, corners, tongues, puff pastries;
• dishes with national flavor - khachapuri, quiche, pasties;
• holiday and everyday food - meat and vegetable rolls, salads, soups.

Little secrets:

• the more layers, the tastier the baked goods will be;
• to obtain a beautiful, golden crust, the baking surface must be greased with egg;
• 100 g of product contains approximately 360 kcal; to maintain your figure, you should use it in moderation.

We wish you pleasant gastronomic travels!

My friends!

Our temperature has dropped to 29, tomorrow they promise rain, which means we can turn on the oven for a while. Just a little bit. And at the same time do not make any unnecessary movements. Ready-made puff pastry purchased. Toppings are on hand. And sweet pastries made from puff pastry await us: the most delicious selected recipes to my humble but seasoned eye and taste.

I've compiled a list of both quick and easy baking recipes and more complex holiday desserts. And since there are a lot of recipes waiting for us, we’ll dispense with my favorite introductions on abstract topics and get straight to the point.

Yeast and yeast-free puff pastry

I can only say in theory (since I recently found out that not everyone is aware) that puff pastry tends to be yeast-free And yeast.

1. Yeast-free puff pastry It is prepared from unleavened dough (flour, water and salt) with the addition of a large amount of butter, which is “beaten” into the dough by repeated folding and rolling. Puff pastries, cookies, cakes, and strudels are made from yeast-free puff pastry. By the way, the famous Napoleon cake in its French original is also made from such puff pastry without yeast.
2. Yeast puff pastry prepared in the same way, but from yeast dough. You can make croissants, buns and a variety of so-called Viennese pastries from yeast puff pastry.

So, if you once again wondered “What kind of sweet and tasty thing can I make from store-bought puff pastry?”, listen carefully and remember!

Recipes for yeast-free puff pastry

Let's start with the basic and fastest...

1. Puff rolls with chocolate filling

Grocery list:

• cocoa powder - 2 tbsp.
• sugar, brown or white - 2 tbsp.

Preparation:

1. Defrost the puff pastry and preheat the oven to 200ºC. Line a baking tray with baking paper.
2. Sift cocoa powder onto the dough and spread it over the entire surface of the layer, leaving about a 0.5 cm gap at the edges.
3. Sprinkle granulated sugar on top and roll the roll along the narrow side.
4. Using a sharp knife, cut the roll into rolls about 1 cm thick and place on a baking sheet.
5. Bake puff rolls in a preheated oven for 15 minutes until golden brown.

If the dough is too soft and cannot be cut into rolls, place it in the refrigerator for 10-15 minutes.

2. Puff rolls with apple and nuts

In a similar way, you can prepare rolls with apple and nut filling. For them we will need the following products.

Grocery list:

• puff pastry without yeast - 400 gr.
• apples - 2 pcs.
• chopped walnuts - ½ cup
• butter - 1 tbsp.
• cinnamon - ½ tsp.
• nutmeg - ¼ tsp.
• sugar - 1.5 tbsp.
• a pinch of salt

Preparation:

1. Defrost the puff pastry and preheat the oven to 200º. Line a baking tray with baking paper.
2. Peel and core the apples and cut into small cubes.
3. Melt butter in a frying pan over moderate heat, add apples, cinnamon, nutmeg, 1 tablespoon of sugar and a pinch of salt.
4. Fry apples with butter and spices for 5 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat and let the apples cool completely.
5. Sprinkle the defrosted dough layer with the remaining ½ tablespoon of sugar and chopped nuts, leaving a gap of about 0.5 cm from the edges of the dough.
6. Then lay out the cooled apples and distribute them over the entire layer of dough.
7. Along the narrow edge, roll the dough into a roll and cut into rolls about 1 cm thick with a sharp knife.
8. Transfer the rolls to a baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown.

3. Open puff pastry puffs with apples

Grocery list:

• puff pastry without yeast - 300 gr.
• apples, green - 2 pcs.
• peach or apricot jam - 70 gr.
• water - 30 gr.
• egg yolk - 1 pc.

Preparation:

1. Pre-defrost the puff pastry according to the instructions on the package.
2. Preheat the oven to 180-190º and cover a baking sheet with parchment.
3. Peel the apples, cut them in half and remove the core. Cut into very thin slices (about 4 mm).
   

   To prevent the apples from darkening, you can fill them with cold water and a spoonful of lemon juice.

4. Place the jam and water in a small saucepan and heat over low heat, stirring, for 2 minutes. Pass the resulting jam through a sieve.
5. Lightly roll out the dough on a floured work surface and cut out 4 identical rectangles measuring approximately 10x15cm.
6. Transfer the dough to the prepared baking sheet. Place 6-7 apple slices in the center of each rectangle, placing one on top of the other. Leave a margin of 1-1.5 cm from the edges.
7. Using a brush, brush the apples with half the jam. Grease the empty edges of the rectangles with yolk mixed with a couple of tablespoons of water.
8. Bake for 10-12 minutes until the puff pastries are golden brown. Remove the finished puff pastries from the oven, brush with the remaining jam and let cool.

4. Sweet pie made from puff pastry filled with cottage cheese and jam

Grocery list:

• puff pastry without yeast - 400 gr.
• cottage cheese - 300 gr
• powdered sugar - 2 tbsp.
• egg - 1 pc.
• fruits or berries from any jam (without syrup) - 100 gr.
• grated zest of 1 lemon or orange
• chopped dark chocolate - 50 gr. (optional)
• almond petals - 2 tbsp.

For lubrication:

• egg yolk - 1 pc.
• milk - 2 tbsp.
• sugar - 1 tbsp.

Preparation:

1. Thaw the puff pastry and lightly roll it out on a floured work surface.
2. Preheat the oven to 200º and line a baking tray with baking paper.
3. In a bowl, mash the cottage cheese with a fork and mix thoroughly with powdered sugar and a lightly beaten egg.
4. Add the berries from the jam (if we use fruit jam, they need to be finely chopped), grated zest and, if desired, chocolate, and mix again.
5. Place the layer of puff pastry on a baking sheet lined with baking paper and place the curd filling in the center, leaving a space of 3-4 cm from the edges.
6. We wrap the free edges and pinch at the corners. It should look like an envelope, open in the middle.
7. In a bowl, beat the yolk, milk and sugar, and use a brush to brush the edges of the pie.
8. If desired, sprinkle the filling with almond petals and press lightly with your palms.
9. Bake in a preheated oven for 10 minutes, then reduce the temperature to 170º and bake for another 20 minutes until golden brown.
10. After cooling, sprinkle the finished cake with powdered sugar.

5. Cinnamon Puff Pastry Spirals

Grocery list:

• puff pastry without yeast - 250 gr.
• butter, melted - 1 tbsp.
• brown sugar - 2 tbsp.
• chopped nuts - ½ cup
• cinnamon - ½ tsp.

Preparation:

1. Defrost the puff pastry and preheat the oven to 180º. Line a baking tray with baking paper.
2. Brush the defrosted dough with melted butter.
3. Mix sugar, nuts and cinnamon in a bowl and sprinkle the surface of the dough with this mixture.
4. Cut the dough in half crosswise and turn one half over so the nuts are facing down.
5. We cover this half with the other half with the nuts facing up, that is, the two layers of dough should touch with clean sides, the nuts should be on top and bottom.
6. We cut this resulting layer crosswise into several equal strips 1 cm wide.
7. We take each strip by its two ends and twist it into a spiral.
8. Place the resulting spirals on a prepared baking sheet at a distance from each other.
9. Bake for 15 minutes until golden brown.
10. Remove the finished spirals from the oven and transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

6. Puff pastry wreaths with blueberry jam

Grocery list:

• puff pastry - 400 gr.
• flour - for dusting
• blueberry jam - 4-6 tbsp.

Preparation:

7. Garibaldi puff pastry with raisins

Grocery list:

• puff pastry - 500 gr.
• raisins - 200 gr.
• egg white - 1 pc.
• sugar - 100 gr.
• flour - for dusting

Preparation:

1. Defrost the puff pastry and preheat the oven to 200º.
2. Wash the raisins and dry them well on a paper towel.
3. Roll out the defrosted dough on a floured surface until the layers have doubled in size. The thickness of the dough should be 2-3 mm, no more.
4. Place raisins on one sheet of dough and cover with a second sheet and run the rolling pin over the dough again to seal the raisins with the dough.
5. Using a sharp knife, cut cookies into arbitrary shapes and sizes. The top layer can be cut to form a lattice.
6. Place the cookies on a baking tray lined with baking paper, brush with lightly beaten egg yolk and sprinkle with sugar.
7. Bake for 15 minutes until golden brown.

8. Puff pastry roll with semolina cream and jam

This recipe can be prepared with either yeast or yeast-free puff pastry.

Grocery list:

• puff pastry (yeast or yeast-free) - 400 gr.
• plum or any other sour jam - 250 gr.

For cream:

• semolina - 150 gr.
• grated zest of 1 lemon
• eggs - 6 pcs.
• sugar - 100 gr.
• milk - 1250 ml
• butter - 50 gr.

Preparation:

1. Defrost the puff pastry according to the instructions on the package and first prepare the semolina cream.
2. In a saucepan, heat the milk and sugar over low heat, stirring occasionally with a whisk.
3. As soon as the milk begins to boil, add semolina in a thin stream while stirring vigorously with a whisk.
4. When the cream begins to thicken, add lemon zest and continue stirring.
5. After the semolina acquires the consistency of custard, remove the saucepan from the heat, add the butter and stir until it is completely dissolved.
6. Preheat the oven to 180º and after the cream has cooled slightly, add the eggs one at a time, thoroughly mixing with a whisk after each egg until a homogeneous, smooth mass is formed.
7. Place a layer of puff pastry into a rectangular oblong cake pan so that one edge protrudes slightly more than the other.
8. Place semolina cream inside, plum jam on top, and distribute along the bottom of the mold.
9. Fold the edges of the dough on all sides to cover the filling. Lightly pinch the edges of the dough where possible to form a roll.
10. Bake the puff pastry roll at 180º for 45 minutes until the dough is golden brown.

Puff pastry recipes

9. Nut buns made from puff pastry

Grocery list:

• puff pastry dough - 500 gr.
• walnuts - 300 gr.
• egg yolks - 2 pcs. + 1 piece - for lubrication
• sugar - 90 gr.
• rum or cognac - 20 ml
• cinnamon - ½ tsp.
• vanilla sugar - 10 gr. (I take sugar with natural vanilla )
• milk - 4 tbsp.

For the glaze:

• powdered sugar - 50 gr.
• cold water - 1 tbsp.

Preparation:

For the glaze:

• Sift the powdered sugar and dilute with cold water. Cover the cooled buns with this glaze.

10. Puff-yeast buns with cream and raisins

Grocery list:

• puff pastry dough - 500 gr.
• — 500 gr.
• raisins - 200 gr.
• egg yolk - 1 pc.
• milk - 2 tbsp.

For the glaze:

• powdered sugar - 50 gr.
• cold water - 1 tbsp.

Preparation:

Here ⇓ auntie shows how to form buns correctly. Be sure to check out:

I think I've given you enough ideas. You can start!

Good luck, love and patience.

Puff pastry is a base product for preparing various baked goods. This component produces products that are crispy and light in structure. Using puff pastries you can create sweet cookies, meat and vegetable pies, and pizza.

Cooking process

The procedure for making this test is not particularly complicated, but it does require a lot of time. Let's look at the most popular recipe that allows you to get fluffy, soft preparations.

Ingredients used:

1. Milk - a glass.
2. Plain flour - a couple of glasses.
3. Sugar - a tablespoon.
4. Rock salt - teaspoon.
5. Dry yeast - a teaspoon (3-4 grams).
6. Egg.
7. Butter (200 grams).

It is necessary to mix the yeast with heated milk. After waiting until the dry grains swell, add sugar, flour, and salt. Mix, send the composition to a warm place for 45-55 minutes. After that, add the rest of the ingredients, knead the dough and let it rise.

Next you need to roll out the resulting product into a rectangle. Grease the surface with melted butter and fold it into an envelope. Let's roll out again. This process must be repeated many times. 30 layers are considered optimal. To do this, you need to repeat the rolling procedure 9 times.

Cooking goodies

The housewife can prepare various dishes from puff pastry dough. This needs to be done in the oven. The most popular dishes are:

• pies,
• sweet buns,
• salty pies,
• croissants,
• khachapuri,
• cakes,
• pizza,
• rolls.

Photos of such dishes will not leave every culinary enthusiast indifferent.

Puff pastry is a base product for preparing various baked goods. This component produces products that are crispy and light in structure. Using puff pastries you can create sweet cookies, meat and vegetable pies, and pizza.

Cooking process

The procedure for making this test is not particularly complicated, but it does require a lot of time. Let's look at the most popular recipe that allows you to get fluffy, soft preparations.

Ingredients used:

1. Milk - a glass.
2. Plain flour - a couple of glasses.
3. Sugar - a tablespoon.
4. Rock salt - teaspoon.
5. Dry yeast - a teaspoon (3-4 grams).
6. Egg.
7. Butter (200 grams).

It is necessary to mix the yeast with heated milk. After waiting until the dry grains swell, add sugar, flour, and salt. Mix, send the composition to a warm place for 45-55 minutes. After that, add the rest of the ingredients, knead the dough and let it rise.

Next you need to roll out the resulting product into a rectangle. Grease the surface with melted butter and fold it into an envelope. Let's roll out again. This process must be repeated many times. 30 layers are considered optimal. To do this, you need to repeat the rolling procedure 9 times.

Cooking goodies

The housewife can prepare various dishes from puff pastry dough. This needs to be done in the oven. The most popular dishes are:

• pies,
• sweet buns,
• salty pies,
• croissants,
• khachapuri,
• cakes,
• pizza,
• rolls.

Photos of such dishes will not leave every culinary enthusiast indifferent.

Alexander Gushchin

I can’t vouch for the taste, but it will be hot :)

Content

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:

1. Pre-defrost the dough in the microwave or leave it on the counter 2-3 hours before cooking.
2. After thawing, yeast dough should be kept warm for at least 1 hour.
3. Before you cook anything, you need to carefully roll out the dough into a thin layer.
4. 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.
5. Products can be filled with any ingredients, both sweet and salty.
6. 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.
7. 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:

1. Unroll the roll and flatten it slightly with a rolling pin.
2. Peel the apples and chop.
3. Mix with half the powdered sugar and cinnamon.
4. Place the apples in the middle of the layer, carefully roll them into a roll, pinch the edges.
5. Cut into portions and place on a baking sheet.
6. 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:

1. Roll out the dough (yeast or non-yeast) into a layer 5 mm thick.
2. Finely chop the greens and onions, mix with minced meat and spices.
3. Place the dough into a round pan and form sides.
4. Place the minced meat on top, sprinkle with grated cheese.
5. Cover with a second layer on top, carefully pinch the edges.
6. Allow the oven to warm up to 180-200 degrees.
7. 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:

1. Roll out the dough to 3 mm.
2. Melt the butter, grease the layer.
3. Roll the dough into a tight roll, pinch the edge.
4. Cut into portions 8-10 cm long.
5. Make a slit in the middle of each piece with a knife so that it does not reach the edge.
6. Unfold the slit to make a “heart”.
7. Place the buns on parchment paper.
8. Grease with yolk, sprinkle with powder.
9. 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:

1. Unfold the roll, roll the layer with a rolling pin to a thickness of 5 mm.
2. Cut into small pieces with a knife, round the edges of the dough strips.
3. Sprinkle sugar on top.
4. Place on a baking sheet and place in the oven.
5. 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.