Homemade instant dough. How to make puff pastry at home: culinary secrets

Puff pastry is a godsend for those who love baking, but don’t like to spend a long time fiddling with it. It makes excellent pies, bagels, pizzas, hot dogs and even pasties. We'll tell you how to prepare all this later.

Classic puff pastry is quite difficult to prepare. It’s easier to buy ready-made and take it out when you want to bake something. But, if you are a supporter of everything homemade, look on the Internet for simplified ways to prepare puff pastry. The recipes below assume you already have it.

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Ingredients:

• 200–300 g puff pastry;
• chicken eggs;
• bacon slices;
• Parmesan;
• salt, pepper and herbs (parsley, dill, basil).

Preparation

Roll out the dough and cut it into squares 7–10 centimeters wide. Place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Make borders about 1 centimeter high along the edges of the squares.

Break one egg into each of the resulting squares and lay out a few slices of bacon. Salt, pepper and sprinkle with chopped herbs and grated Parmesan (can be replaced with other cheese).

Preheat the oven to 200°C. Bake the puff pastries for 10–15 minutes. The dough should turn golden brown. But you can remove the puff pastry early if you want the egg to remain runny.

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Ingredients:

• 400 g puff pastry;
• 200 g sausage;
• 200 g cheddar;
• 4 eggs;
• 1 tablespoon ranch sauce;
• 3 tablespoons salsa;
• Parmesan.

Preparation

Roll out the dough to form a circle about 30 centimeters in diameter. Place a glass in the center of this circle and cut out another circle. Cut the resulting ring into triangular wedges. It should look something like a flower.

You can also cut the dough into triangles and shape into a ring as shown.

Spread ranch dressing on the ring. If you don’t have it, then simply mix sour cream and mayonnaise in equal proportions with various spices (dried parsley, dried dill, salt, pepper, garlic powder, and so on).

Slice the sausage and lightly fry. Then crack the eggs into the pan and fry, stirring constantly. Finally, add three tablespoons of salsa.

Arrange the filling around the ring so that it is convenient to bend the “petals” later, and after cooking, cut the puff pastry. Close the ring by bending all the “petals” and sprinkle it with grated Parmesan. Bake the puff pastry in the oven for 10–15 minutes at 200°C. Serve hot for breakfast.

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Ingredients:

• 400 g yeast-free puff pastry;
• 250 g cream cheese;
• 150 g sugar + 2–3 tablespoons for sprinkling;
• 80 g butter;
• 1 teaspoon vanilla sugar.

Preparation

Roll out the dough into two large layers. Place one of them on a round or rectangular baking dish. Beat cream cheese, butter, sugar and vanilla until smooth. Pour the mixture into the mold.

Place the second layer of dough on top. Seal the edges. If desired, you can use the leftover dough to make braids or a lattice and decorate the cheesecake with them. Sprinkle sugar on top of the pie. If you like cinnamon, you can sprinkle it on as well.

Bake the cheesecake for half an hour in an oven preheated to 180°C until golden brown. When it has cooled, place it in the refrigerator for a couple of hours, then cut and serve.

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Ingredients:

• 500 g puff pastry;
• 130 g butter;
• 1 small fork of cabbage;
• 7 eggs;
• 3 teaspoons salt.

Preparation

Finely chop the cabbage and sprinkle with salt. Leave it for 15-20 minutes so that it produces juice. Boil the eggs and chop finely too.

Squeeze the cabbage and combine with the eggs. Melt the butter and pour into the filling.

Roll out the dough to the size of the baking sheet. You should have two identical layers. Line a baking sheet with one of them and add the filling. Place the second layer of dough on top. Seal the edges. Brush the surface of the pie with beaten egg and place in the oven to bake for 30–40 minutes at 180°C.

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Ingredients:

• 100 g puff pastry;
• 100 g cream cheese;
• 2 tablespoons sugar;
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice;
• 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest;
• fresh or frozen berries.

For the glaze:

• 1 cup powdered sugar;
• 1–2 tablespoons of milk.

Preparation

Using a mixer, mix cream cheese, sugar, lemon juice and zest until smooth. Roll out the dough and brush it with the cream mixture. Place berries on top and roll up. Cut it into small pieces and place them on a round baking sheet.

Bake the rolls for 15–20 minutes at 180°C. While they bake, prepare the glaze. To do this, mix a glass of powdered sugar with 1-2 tablespoons of milk. Let the mixture sit for a while until the powder is completely dissolved. If the glaze is too thick, add another spoonful of milk. If desired, you can also add a pinch of vanilla.

Remove the rolls from the oven and spoon the glaze over them. Can be served both hot and cold.

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Ingredients:

• 1 kg puff pastry without yeast;
• 500 g minced pork or beef;
• 50 g butter;
• 2 onions;
• 5 cloves of garlic;
• salt, pepper, spices to taste;
• vegetable oil for frying.

Preparation

Grind the onion using a blender or meat grinder, mix it with the minced meat. Salt, pepper, add chopped garlic and spices that you like.

Cut the dough into small balls and roll each of them out. Place a couple of spoons of minced meat and a small piece of butter on one half of the circle. Cover the minced meat with the second half of the dough and seal it.

Fry the pasties in hot vegetable oil until golden brown on both sides. After frying, place the pasties on paper towels to remove excess fat.

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Ingredients:

• 200 g puff pastry;
• 2 bananas;
• "Nutella";
• sugar;
• cinnamon.

Preparation

Roll out the dough and cut into triangles. Spread the base of each with Nutella (about half a tablespoon per triangle). How to make this chocolate spread at home, see.

Peel the bananas and cut into four parts. Arrange the banana pieces into triangles. Roll the puff pastry into a roll, pinching the open edges so that the filling is not visible. It should look something like pies. Roll each of them first in sugar and then in cinnamon. Place on a baking sheet lined with parchment.

Bake the puff pastries for 10–15 minutes at 190°C. It’s better to eat it hot so that the Nutella flows out like hot chocolate.

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Ingredients:

• 220 g puff pastry;
• 100 g mozzarella;
• 1 teaspoon chopped parsley;
• 1 clove of garlic.

Preparation

Roll out the dough and cut it into triangles. Place a piece of cheese (if you don't have mozzarella, use any other soft variety) at the base of each triangle and wrap the bagels. Brush them with a mixture of melted butter and chopped garlic and parsley.

Preheat the oven to 190°C, line a baking sheet with parchment. Bake the bagels for 10 minutes.

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Ingredients:

• 500 g puff pastry;
• a can of canned pineapples (in rings);
• powdered sugar.

Preparation

Remove the pineapples from the jar and dry on a paper towel. Cut the rolled out dough into strips 2-3 centimeters wide. Wrap each pineapple ring with a strip of dough (much like we did with bacon) and place on a baking sheet (don't forget the baking paper).

Bake the puff pastries in the oven at 180°C for 15–20 minutes. Sprinkle the finished baked goods with powdered sugar. You can also use sesame or poppy seeds as a topping.

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Ingredients:

• 250 g puff pastry;
• 200 g feta cheese;
• 200 g frozen spinach;
• 4 tablespoons olive oil;
• 2 chicken eggs;
• 1 onion;
• 1 clove of garlic;
• parsley, dill and green onions to taste.

Preparation

Spanakotiropita is a traditional Greek spinach and feta pie. To prepare portioned spanakotiropita, defrost, dry and chop the spinach. Fry the onion in olive oil (two tablespoons) until golden brown. In a separate bowl, beat the eggs and combine them with the feta. Mix everything thoroughly until smooth. Add the fried onion, remaining olive oil, finely chopped herbs and garlic.

Roll out the dough thinly and cut into squares 10–12 centimeters wide. Place two tablespoons of filling on each of them. Wrap the pies in triangles. Place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

Bake the pies in an oven preheated to 180°C for 20–25 minutes.

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Ingredients:

• 250 g puff pastry;
• 100 g powdered sugar;
• 100 g fresh strawberries;
• 3 tablespoons sour cream;
• 4 tablespoons strawberry jam;
• 2 bananas;
• 1 apple;
• 1 kiwi.

Preparation

Roll out the dough into a layer about 0.5 centimeters thick. You can make small sides around the edge.

Spread the dough first with sour cream (it’s better to use thick cream), and then with strawberry jam. If you don’t have strawberry, you can take any other of your choice. Place thinly sliced ​​fruit on top. Use your imagination to make it not only tasty, but also beautiful.

Place the dish in the oven preheated to 200°C for 15–20 minutes. Sprinkle the finished galette with powdered sugar.

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Ingredients:

• 400 g puff pastry;
• 200 g ham;
• 150 g hard cheese;
• 1–2 tablespoons of mayonnaise;
• 1 clove of garlic;
• greens (dill, parsley, basil).

Preparation

Roll out the dough into a rectangle measuring approximately 30 x 45 centimeters. Cut ham into thin slices (you can use doctor's sausage and any other sausage of your choice) and cheese.

Chop the greens and garlic, mix them with mayonnaise and spread it on the dough layer, retreating 3-5 centimeters from the edge. Scatter the ham and cheese evenly over the dough. Leave the ungreased edge free. Roll the roll so that this strip of dough is on the outside. It can be moistened with water to seal the roll tightly.

Cut the roll into pieces 4–6 centimeters wide. Place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. The top of the roll can be greased with yolk and sprinkled with poppy seeds or sesame seeds. Bake the rolls in the oven at 180°C for 20–25 minutes.

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Ingredients:

• 6 sausages;
• 100–150 g hard cheese;
• 1 egg;
• sesame seeds, sauce and spices to taste.

Preparation

Roll out the dough and cut into strips 3-4 centimeters wide. Grease each of them with your favorite sauce, sprinkle with spices and finely grated cheese. Wrap the hot dogs in strips of dough and place the hot dogs on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Brush top with beaten egg and sprinkle with sesame seeds (optional).

Bake the sausages in the dough for 20 minutes at 180°C.

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Ingredients:

• 200 g puff pastry;
• 200 g chocolate;
• 50 g powdered sugar;
• 1 chicken egg.

Preparation

Roll out the dough to a thickness of no more than 0.5 centimeters and cut into triangles. Place 1-2 pieces of chocolate at the base of the triangles. Roll the triangles into a roll, place on a baking sheet lined with parchment and brush with beaten egg.

Bake the croissants in the oven for 20 minutes at 220°C.

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Ingredients:

• 300 g yeast-free puff pastry;
• 300 g smoked chicken breast;
• 200 g hard cheese;
• 1 egg.

Preparation

Roll out and cut the puff pastry into strips about 2 centimeters wide. Take one strip and place finely chopped chicken breast and grated cheese on it. Cover with another strip, fasten them together at the bases. Gently twist the puff pastry into a spiral. Repeat the same with all remaining strips.

Place the finished braids on a baking sheet (don't forget about baking paper!) and place in the oven preheated to 200°C for 15 minutes.

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Ingredients:

• 250 g puff pastry;
• 2–3 apples;
• 5 tablespoons cane sugar;
• 3 tablespoons regular sugar;
• 2 tablespoons butter;
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon;

For the glaze:

• ½ cup powdered sugar;
• 2–3 teaspoons milk;
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract.

Preparation

Apple pie made from puff pastry is popular in Denmark. We suggest you make a variation of it in the form of braids.

To do this, apples need to be peeled, cored and cut into cubes. They then need to be caramelized over low heat: simmer them in a saucepan along with the cane sugar, vanilla extract and a teaspoon of cinnamon for 5 minutes.

Roll out the dough, brush it with melted butter, sprinkle with regular sugar and the remaining cinnamon. Place the apples and cover with another layer of dough on top. Then cut it into strips, place on a baking sheet with parchment and carefully twist each of them in a spiral.

Bake the braids for 10–15 minutes in the oven at 180°C. While they are baking, make the frosting. Combine powdered sugar, milk and vanilla extract. You can adjust the thickness of the glaze by adding either powder or milk.

Drizzle glaze over finished braids and serve.

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Ingredients:

• 400 g puff pastry;
• 100 g hard cheese;
• 100 g salami;
• 1 tomato;
• 1 egg;
• olives;
• spices to taste.

Preparation

If you are a fan, then you will definitely love these pies. Their filling goes well with foam. Salami, cheese, tomato and olives need to be finely chopped and combined with the egg. If you want, you can add your favorite spices and herbs to the filling.

Roll out the dough, cut into squares and spread out the filling. Make the pies. Bake at 180°C until golden brown.

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Ingredients:

• 500 g yeast-free puff pastry;
• 400 g cottage cheese;
• a glass of sugar;
• 3 eggs.

Preparation

Using a mixer, beat two eggs with half a glass of sugar and cottage cheese. When the mass becomes homogeneous, add the remaining sugar and beat again.

Roll out the dough and cut into circles or squares. Place 1-2 tablespoons of curd mixture on each of them. Fold the edges of the cheesecake like a pie. Place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment and brush with beaten egg.

Bake for 30–40 minutes at 180°C.

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Ingredients:

• 400 g yeast puff pastry;
• 200 g mozzarella;
• 3 tomatoes;
• 2 tablespoons of tomato sauce;
• 2 tablespoons olive oil;
• herbs and seasonings to taste;
• salt and pepper.

Preparation

Roll out the dough and make edges around the edges. If desired, you can make portioned mini-pizzas. Brush the dough with olive oil and tomato paste and sprinkle with seasonings to suit your taste.

Spread out the filling. For a pizza a la Margherita, thinly sliced ​​tomatoes and mozzarella are enough, but you can use any and all toppings (bacon, mushrooms, olives, etc.).

Sprinkle fresh herbs on top of the pizza and bake for 20–25 minutes at 200°C.

Tarte Tatin

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Ingredients:

• 250 g yeast puff pastry;
• 150 g butter;
• 150 g cane sugar;
• 6 sweet and sour apples;
• a pinch of cinnamon.

Preparation

Tarte Tatin is a French apple pie with the filling on top. Let's make a reservation right away: instead of apples, you can use pears, mangoes, peaches or pineapples.

Grease the baking dish well with butter and sprinkle with sugar. Peel the apples, remove the core and cut into slices. Place them in a baking dish and sprinkle with cinnamon. Cover the apples with a layer of rolled out puff pastry.

Bake the pie for half an hour at 180°C. Once the tart has cooled slightly, invert the pan onto a plate or tray so that the apples are on top. Serve warm. Maybe with ice cream.

If you have your own signature puff pastry recipes, then welcome in the comments. Let's share culinary secrets with each other!

To make homemade puff pastry really tasty, use premium flour. Be sure to sift it before you put it to work. Flour saturated with oxygen produces fluffier products.

The liquid component of the dough is milk or water. Milk makes baked goods sweeter, while water gives elasticity to the dough. If you prefer a compromise, use a mixture of water and milk in equal proportions.

You can replace milk and water with egg yolks: they will make the dough fluffy. 1 glass of water or milk is equal to ½ glass of beaten yolks.

The peculiarity of puff pastry is that to create it you need a lot of butter or margarine (choose to your taste). These ingredients should be at room temperature. If you take them straight from the refrigerator, the dough may break.

Moreover, the fattier the butter or margarine, the more tender the baked goods.

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This type of dough is ideal for desserts: buns, rolls, etc. Baking with yeast turns out soft, tender and very light. Attention: according to sensations, not calorie content!

Ingredients

• 1 ½ teaspoons dry yeast;
• 2 tablespoons sugar;
• 1 ½ cups warm milk;
• 1 egg;
• 4 cups flour;
• 2 tablespoons of milk powder;
• 4 tablespoons of vegetable oil;
• 100 g butter.

If you wish, you can replace the milk with water or egg yolks, and the butter with margarine.

Preparation

Remove the butter from the refrigerator. Dissolve yeast and ½ teaspoon of sugar in a glass of milk. Wait 10 minutes until foam appears. Add the remaining sugar and beat in the egg. Mix thoroughly and leave at room temperature for 10-15 minutes.

Pour the flour into a bowl and make a well. Pour dry milk into this cavity, pour in vegetable oil, yeast mixture and remaining milk. Knead the dough well and cover it with a towel. Leave in a warm place for 90 minutes, then knead again and let sit for another hour.

Roll out the dough into a layer 5–8 mm thick. Place soft butter, warmed to room temperature, in the center.

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Fold the edges of the layer so that the oil is inside.

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Roll out the dough to a thickness of 5–8 mm, pressing evenly on the rolling pin. The oil should be distributed evenly.

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Refold the dough into a pocket and roll out again. Repeat the procedure 5-6 times, or even more. The more layers, the more tender the dough.

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Yeast-free (unleavened) dough cooks much faster. It is suitable for hot appetizers, vegetable, meat and fish pies, pasties, pizzas. You can also make a dessert from it, but remember that such a product will turn out flat, thin, and very crumbly.

If you need to whip up delicious pastries, prepare instant puff pastry at home. Just 15 minutes and you can select the recipe. I offer three options - the simplest, with butter, the richer one with sour cream, and thin layers of yeast dough. The dough turns out light and airy. Suitable for baking cakes, including the famous Napoleon, samsa, tongues, puff pastries with filling, savory pies. And many other delicious things.

The layered structure of the dough is given by chopped butter and flour. The fact is that no matter how hard you try, it is impossible to evenly distribute the fat. Due to this cooking technology, layers are obtained.

Attention! The appearance of citric acid or vinegar in recipes should not confuse you. An acidic environment improves layering. If you don’t report it, the separation will decrease and instead of the desired product you will get shortbread dough. There is enough acid in the recipe with sour cream.

Instant puff pastry

The easiest recipe for quick lazy homemade cooking with butter or margarine. 10-15 minutes, and you have the preparation for any delicious dough dish in your hands.

Take:

• Flour – 500 gr.
• Butter – 400 gr.
• Water – 200 ml.
• Salt – ½ small spoon.
• Lemon juice - a tablespoon (can be replaced with a teaspoon of table vinegar).

Recipe with photo

The first important step is to put the water in the freezer for a while, it should be very cold, almost ice cold. Then pour into a bowl. At the same time, place the butter in the freezer.

Beat in the egg, add salt and add lemon juice.

Whisk well and place on the refrigerator shelf. Do everything quickly so that the contents do not have time to warm up.

Sprinkle flour onto your work surface. Remove the butter from the freezer. We freeze the butter for one purpose - it is much easier to grate without smearing on the grater.

Start grating the butter with shavings on the large cells of a grater. Constantly sprinkle the grater with flour to prevent the butter from sticking. For the same purpose, constantly dip the piece in flour.

Grate in small portions, immediately mixing the shavings with flour. When the oil runs out, both components should be completely mixed.

Gather the crumbs into a pile and make a hole. Pour in the now cooled egg mixture.

Add eggs gradually while stirring.

When the mass is finished, all that remains is to take the last step - gather the dough into a ball.

There is no need to knead the dough, just form it into a ball.

Transfer it to a plate, cover with cling film and refrigerate for 2-3 hours. After a given time, you can bake delicious pastries from the finished puff pastry.

Quick homemade yeast-free puff pastry with sour cream

A very tasty homemade butter dough is made with kefir or sour cream. Suitable for baking quick baked goods.

You will need:

• Flour – 500 gr.
• Margarine for baking – 200 gr.
• Yolk of one egg.
• Sour cream (yogurt, full-fat kefir) – 100 ml.
• Salt – a pinch.

How to cook:

1. Freeze the margarine, then chop it into crumbs with a knife, or grate it.
2. Place in a bowl, add yolk and sour cream. Use only chilled sour cream.
3. Add flour in portions while mixing the ingredients.
4. Knead the dough, roll it into a ball, and refrigerate for a couple of hours.

A quick recipe for yeast puff pastry at home

For sweet pies, cakes, it is better to whip up puff pastry with yeast. The recipe is used in the preparation of Napoleon.

• Flour – 550 gr. + for powder.
• Butter – 200 gr.
• Egg.
• Dry yeast – 7 gr.
• Milk – 130 ml.
• Salt - a teaspoon.
• Granulated sugar - 3 small spoons.
• Water – 85 ml.

How to knead the dough:

1. Heat the water, add yeast and sugar, stir. Place in a warm place to dissolve and rise for 10 minutes.
2. Separately, pour the milk into a bowl and beat in the egg. Stir quickly and pour in the dough. Return to a warm place.
3. Pour flour onto a work surface, add a couple of tablespoons of sugar and one of salt. Stir.
4. Cut the butter directly into the flour into small pieces. Chop with a knife or grate and immediately sprinkle them with flour.
5. There is no need to knead the dough, just stir. Finally, collect them into a pile.
6. Slowly start adding the sponge mixture. Pour a little, stir. Then add a little more and mix again.
7. Remember the test ball a little, but don't try too hard, it needs to be shaped into a ball. Do everything quickly so that the butter does not melt.
8. Wrap the ball in film and put it in the refrigerator for 1.5-2 hours.

Quick dough in 15 minutes - video with step-by-step preparation

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 the 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 thin 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 crispy and tastier 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 table 2-3 hours before starting 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 language. 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 beer snack.

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.

Ingredients:

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

Cooking method:

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

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Do you also buy ready-made puff pastry in the store? Do you want to know how to make homemade puff pastry? The same thing from which the correct “Napoleon”, tubes and puff bows from Soviet cooking are made?

This recipe for homemade puff pastry is real, the most classic! - from the 1955 Soviet book “How to prepare confectionery at home.” From this old cookbook I learned a lot of interesting things - for example, a recipe for custard eclairs, butter cream - and now, a recipe for homemade puff pastry.

It's a pleasure to work with him! The dough turns out to be very soft, tender, manageable, and when you knead the butter with your hands, you get an unexpected bonus - the skin of your hands also becomes soft and tender, where are all kinds of creams. 🙂 So I recommend it. Although the recipe is not the simplest, it is interesting, and you will get a lot of pleasure by first preparing the dough and then enjoying the flaky pastries from it.

I first came across this recipe about 10 years ago, when I was just learning housekeeping. The process of making puff pastry stuck with me for a long time - not because it was very difficult - in fact, there were no difficulties - but it took sooo long! Because homemade puff pastry dough needs to be folded, rolled out, folded again several times and placed in the cold for a long time.

If the preface hasn't scared you off, let's get started! :))) Making puff pastry at home is a long process, but not difficult. But it will be real, flaky, tasty, and without expired margarine, which is used to replace butter in production.

Ingredients:

Glass 200 ml. In 1 glass there are 130 g of flour without top, 200 ml of water).

• 3.5 cups flour;
• 400 g butter (not margarine, not spread, but high-quality, real butter);
• ¾ glass of water;
• 2 eggs;
• 5-6 drops of vinegar or citric acid;
• 1/3 teaspoon salt.

How to prepare puff pastry for Napoleon, puff pastries, pies, pastries at home:

Sift 3 cups of flour onto the table (or better yet onto confectionery parchment). It looks like a volcano, the kids said. 🙂

The book says only 3 cups of flour, sift 2.5 - but then it turned out that the dough was sticky, so I added an additional half cup. It turned out, you need 3.5 in total, sift through 3.

Add salt, vinegar, eggs to the flour, pour in water and knead the dough. Before starting kneading, I poured everything from the parchment into a bowl. It seemed to me more convenient than washing the table later.

The dough turned out soft, it still slightly stuck to my hands, but I didn’t add more flour - and so, compared to the recipe, it turned out to be half a cup too much. And if you dust the table with flour while rolling, the dough does not stick and generally behaves perfectly. After kneading the dough, cover it with a clean towel and leave for 10-15 minutes.

Meanwhile, knead another half a glass of flour with butter.

Sprinkle the table with flour and roll out the dough into a layer 1 cm thick. The dough turned out very nice, tender, soft!

Distribute the butter in the middle of the rolled out dough.

And roll the dough into an “envelope”. First, fold the two sides towards the middle and pinch the edges.

Then we fold the top and bottom edges towards the middle and also pinch them.

To make it more clear, here is a photo from the book of how this is done. You can fold the dough into thirds and repeat rolling and folding 4 times, or you can fold it into quarters and repeat the procedure 3 times.

Carefully, so as not to tear, roll out the envelope evenly into a strip 1 cm thick and 25 cm wide.

Fold the strip 4 times: first the right and left edges to the middle, then both edges to the middle, according to the principle of a book.

Place the dough on a floured board and refrigerate for 30-40 minutes. When I prepared the dough for the first time, it was winter, and it was on the balcony, but now it’s in the refrigerator.

Then we roll out the chilled dough again, fold it again and put it in the cold. And so only 3 times.

Repeat the rolling and folding procedure a total of three times.

Homemade puff pastry is ready. You can roll it out and form puff pastries, cake layers, bows, tongues, and so on. And it turns out tastier and more flaky than store-bought!

If you roll out the dough to a thickness of 2-3 mm, the cakes will bake for 15-20 minutes. Increase the baking temperature. The book indicates a baking temperature of 240-260C for a 1.5 cm thick cake. For a thin crust, I think 220-230C is enough.

Another nuance: the dough is tender, and it is better to roll out the cakes thinly not on the table, but on a sheet of parchment dusted with flour, and then immediately transfer the cake together with the parchment to a baking sheet.

What can you bake from homemade puff pastry?

Oh, a lot of delicious things! 🙂 First of all - a real Napoleon cake and cakes of the same name, a variety of puff pastries - for example, with raisins or seeds; layered tongues, corners and bows! And you and I will slowly try all this! 🙂

Cake Napoleon

There is also a recipe for lean puff pastry on the site. It is not so luxuriously flaky, but tasty, very crumbly, more economical, quick and easy to prepare.