We answer the question about what can be prepared from a puff pastry

Today, more often in supermarkets and on street bins with pastries you can see frozen puff pastry on sale. Many people buy it. But more often we just do not know what can be cooked from puff pastry, and we pass by. But it can become the basis for delicious baking as sweet, and not. It's about what and how you can cook from this variety of dough, and we'll tell you today.

Features of puff pastry

For the preparation of the dough layers are used the simplest products: salt, butter (or margarine), eggs, flour and water. Sugar is not added, which is why there are a lot of options that can be prepared from a puff pastry, starting with pizza and sweet pies and ending with a snack for beer in the form of wicker with salt and sunflower seeds or sesame seeds.

Despite the simplicity of the ingredients, the cooking process itself is very long and does not suit every hostess, as it requires a lot of patience and skill. However, after cooking it once, you can freeze it and always have a small piece of baking dough in the freezer. It is for these two reasons that it is prepared on an industrial scale and sold to us already ready.

Recipes

Each housewife periodically asks herself a question about what can be cooked. Puff pastry in this case is a wonderful helper and friend of any woman. If it comes to full-fledged dishes, then the first thing that comes to mind is, of course, pizza. It's very simple: after thawing the dough is rolled into a thin layer and laid out on a baking tray, oiled. The filling can be any: ham, chicken, mushrooms, balyk, vegetables, olives, tomatoes and, of course, cheese. Everything is baked in preheated to 200-250 degrees oven for 20 minutes. Do not forget also that the time and temperature at which you will cook depends on the nature of your oven and may vary slightly in both large and small directions.

But this is not all, there are many recipes for what can be cooked from puff pastry to tea. In itself, it has a completely neutral taste, and this is its huge plus, since the filling can be absolutely anything: jam, boiled condensed milk, chocolate, berries. If you want, you can make unsweetened pastries, for example croissants with ham and cheese or chicken with mushrooms. The recipe is very simple. The test sheet should be rolled as thinly as possible (about 4 millimeters). Then cut it into triangles of the same size. You can lay out the filling of your choice. Correctly fold the croissants, starting from a wide edge, and do not forget to give the resulting tubules a crescent shape. In order for the finished pastry to have a pleasant golden hue, grease it with a whipped yolk from the top before baking begins. Croissants are cooked in the oven for 20 minutes at a temperature of 200-220 degrees. Please note that each oven is individual. Therefore, the cooking time can vary slightly, as well as the temperature.

Pastry from puff pastry with cottage cheese

Sweet rolls are very caloric and do not benefit children, and in fact so it would be desirable them to indulge. Here, the universal puff pastry will come to the aid again, which will become an excellent basis for tasty and not very harmful baking.

The recipe for the envelopes with cottage cheese for children is as follows: for the filling, whip with a blender (or mix with a mixer) cottage cheese (250 grams), sour cream (2 tablespoons) and a little sugar to taste. 500 grams of thawed dough rolled into a thin sheet and divide into the same size rectangles. In the middle of each of them place the filling and wrap the future envelopes, connecting the loose ends. Top with a beaten yolk, so that your products are of a beautiful golden color, and bake at 200 degrees for about 15 minutes. Delicious and healthy dessert is ready, pleasant appetite!

In general, there is still a huge number of recipes for what can be prepared from a puff pastry: just puffs with sugar and poppy seeds or croissants with a complex filling. You can bake delicious cakes for a cake and soak them with your favorite cream. Everything depends only on your imagination and courage.