The best puff pastry is undoubtedly made from the best butter and good dry sifted flour. The most delicious is what you prepared yourself. But very often we prefer to buy puff pastry in the store, quickly defrost it and prepare a pie, rather than stand and chop flour and butter in a bowl.
Of course, ready-made dough is inferior in quality to homemade dough, but now you can buy puff pastry of good quality and save time on making homemade pies. We tell you how to choose puff pastry.
How to choose puff pastry
The most reliable way is to try products from different manufacturers and settle on one. This method will require patience and a good memory, but you will always know what to expect from the test you purchased. How well it will rise, how well it will bake, how many layers it will give, whether it will crunch and crumble or whether it will be slightly damp, like a rag.
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Is the dough appropriate? Which baked goods are the most harmless If you have not yet found your manufacturer or the required dough is simply not in the store, it is important to study the composition. The dough must contain butter. Very often it is replaced with margarine or vegetable oils. It is advisable that the words “butter” still appear on the label. And they walked in front of the plant ones. Of course, puff pastry made with butter alone will be difficult to find, or it will be very expensive.
Yeast or yeast-free. Our recommendation is better yeast-free. Puff pastry - frozen. Yeast does not work well after defrosting. Most often, when leaving the oven, dough samples with yeast produce a more flaccid and limp product, do not crisp and rise poorly. But yeast-free options, which rise due to water vapor during baking, give much better results.
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The dough for pizza is different, yeast-free with kefir, so definitely pies. In general, what reviews are needed, the dough is like dough, flour, water and yeast.
I made pizza yesterday. It turned out delicious
I make pizza, or buns with cheese and onions: I roll out the dough on top with mayonnaise and ketchup, grate the cheese, cut the onion, roll it and cut it into 2 cm discs, press the bottom but you can do this, put it on a baking sheet with baking paper and put it in the oven. tasty but high in calories)
The dough for pizza is different, yeast-free with kefir, so definitely pies. In general, what reviews are needed, the dough is like dough, flour, water and yeast.
The dough for pizza is different, yeast-free with kefir, so definitely pies. In general, what reviews are needed, the dough is like dough, flour, water and yeast.
I make pizza, or buns with cheese and onions: I roll out the dough on top with mayonnaise and ketchup, grate the cheese, cut the onion, roll it and cut it into 2 cm discs, press the bottom but you can do this, put it on a baking sheet with baking paper and put it in the oven. tasty but high in calories)
Working with ready-made dough
Very important: ready-made store-bought dough cannot be re-frozen. That is, if you took it out of the freezer, you will have to bake the pie. You can't change your mind if the dough has already started to defrost. If you brought slightly defrosted dough from the store, it is better to use it.
Therefore, try not to wander around the store for a long time with a cart where the dough is, but take it straight home.
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The dough needs to be defrosted gently, slowly. You can’t throw it into water directly in the package so that it quickly defrosts. It is better to take out the package, open it, separate the layers of dough, cover them with cling film and put them in the refrigerator or in a cool place in the kitchen (not near the radiator or stove).
Then the dough will defrost calmly, will not lose too much moisture and will be able to rise well when baking.
Most often, the dough is sold in packages of 500 grams, each package contains 2 square pieces of dough. Sometimes puff pastry is sold in rectangular sheets rolled into a roll.
You can cut the plates into any pieces. But molding two plates into one whole will be problematic. You need to take this into account when planning your baking and expect that you will have two equal cake layers.
You need to roll out the dough after it is completely defrosted; it rolls out well on silicone mats; you can use parchment.
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The agony of choice. What to bake pies and pancakes from. Puff pastry is baked at a temperature of 200-220 degrees. At high temperatures the dough will flake better.
To prevent the dough from bursting and tearing during baking, it is better to prick it with a fork in several places to allow air to escape.
Methods for cutting puff pastry and shaping products
What to cook from puff pastry? Croissants, puff pastries, baskets, envelopes, pies with all kinds of fillings... There are a lot of options. Choose!
Snail
1. Roll out the dough. Please note that if you take a whole layer, the snails will turn out to be quite large. In this case, we used half the layer.
2. Brush the entire area with egg wash. You can apply your favorite cream.
3. Add Myasnov BUFET raisins - dark or light, to your taste, chocolate drops or other filling to your taste.
4. Gently roll the dough.
5. You should end up with a roll like in the photo.
6. Cut the roll into portions. Separate the snails from each other, turn them over, place them on a baking sheet and bake.
Curl
1, 2. The first two stages repeat the initial stages of preparing the snail. The only difference is that in this case we used jam for lubrication. Myasnov BUFET craft jelly marmalade is perfect - with orange, cranberry or lime and ginger root.
3. Roll the dough on one side to about the middle of the layer.
4. Do the same on the other side.
5. The edges should “meet” exactly in the middle, as shown in the photo.
6, 7. Cut the resulting workpiece into portions. Please note that you need to work with a knife carefully so that the curls do not fall apart or lose their shape.
8. Decorate the curls if desired. We sprinkled the products with coconut flakes.
Kare
1. Cut the dough into squares approximately 10*10 cm in size.
2. Each square must be folded into a triangle.
3. Using a knife (we recommend a pizza cutter), make a cut on one side of the triangle, but not all the way through.
4. Turn the triangle back into a square, brush one corner along the edge, where the cuts are, with egg.
5. Take the resulting cut corner and move it to the opposite corner.
6. Seal the edges. This is why we greased them with egg. You have a square-shaped product.
7. Lay out the dough with cottage cheese 5% GOST, cottage cheese 18% GOST or baked milk cottage cheese 9% Myasnov FERMA, smooth the filling over the surface.
8, 9. Decorate the product with chocolate drops for baking and desserts. Get creative and come up with your own decoration.
Cheesecake
1. The cheesecake shape is a slightly more complicated version of the square. First, also cut the dough into squares measuring approximately 10*10 cm.
2. From each resulting square, cut out another smaller square, but pay attention: in two opposite corners, do not cut the dough all the way.
3. Take the opposite top and bottom cut corners of the large square in your hands and criss-cross them. The bottom corner should be at the top, the top corner at the bottom.
4. Secure the edges of the cheesecake with egg.
5.6. Place the cottage cheese and smooth the filling over the surface.
Bow
1. Here we also take a square as a basis.
2. Fold it into a triangle again.
3. Where the triangle has a right angle, make two parallel cuts.
4. Separate the resulting parts as in the photo, and your bow is almost ready. All that remains is to tie a knot.
5. Take the tail and wrap it around the narrow central part of the bow.
6. To prevent the knot from unraveling, you can also use an egg to secure it.
7. Brush the product with egg and sprinkle with cinnamon.
Sweet basket
1. Looking at the photo, it seems that it is very difficult to prepare such a basket. Nothing like this! We can easily and simply make it from the same square blank.
2. Take the dough with both hands, as in the photo, and carefully, so as not to tear the dough, place it in a silicone baking mold.
3. Place so that the corners of the square remain hanging out of the mold. Therefore, before cutting the dough into pieces, consider the size of your ramekins.
4. Straighten the workpiece so that it fits snugly against the walls and bottom of the mold.
5. Straighten the triangular “ears” so that the finished basket turns out neat and beautiful.
6. Now we fill our future basket with filling. We used cottage cheese 5% GOST Myasnov FERMA, pre-mixed with reservoir sour cream 15% GOST Myasnov FERMA and sugar Myasnov BUFET.
7, 8. Then added strawberry slices (large berries were cut into 4 parts, medium ones - into two). Instead of strawberries, you can use pieces of your favorite berries or fruit.
Unsweetened basket
This pastry differs from the previous one only in the filling. Therefore, we repeat the steps of preparing the basket itself and begin filling it.
5. You will need pre-diced Mozzarella Myasnov FERMA cheese, cherry tomatoes - you can put them whole or cut them in half.
6. First add a couple of mozzarella cubes.
7. Add a couple of tomato slices. If the basket is not yet full, repeat.
8. Decorate the basket with herbs or herbs to taste. We used fresh thyme sprigs. Show your imagination and experiment with the filling!
Flower
1. This pastry stuffed with boiled Myasnov sausage is round in shape, but first we need our square piece.
2. Place a circle of sausage on the workpiece.
3. Top with another square of dough of the same size.
4. Cut a circle of dough along the contour of the sausage circle.
5. Make eight cuts as shown in the photo. The middle of our future flower should remain untouched.
6. Take the petal and turn it counterclockwise.
7. It is necessary to turn the petal over so that it twists 900 at the base.
8. Carry out this manipulation with each of the petals. Your hearty, tasty and beautiful breakfast is almost ready! You just need to bake it.
Croissant
1. As a base, we will need a triangle, which can be obtained from a square piece by cutting it diagonally. Please note that one corner of the triangle should be very sharp.
2. Make a small cross-section at the base of the triangle.
3. Slightly push the resulting parts apart. This is necessary so that we subsequently receive a croissant of the correct shape.
4. Place a piece of butter, for example Traditional Myasnov FERMA, in the center of the workpiece. Butter with different flavors is perfect - Strawberry Myasnov VKUSNYASHKA, Chocolate, Almond Myasnov FERMA. You can also use craft jelly marmalade Myasnov FERMA, jam, chocolate spread, pieces of your favorite fruit or berries as filling.
5. Roll the workpiece into a “roll”.
6. The corner must be attached with an egg so that the product does not unfold during baking.
7. Give the “roll” a croissant shape by slightly bending the “tails” inward. The same cut that we talked about in step 2 will help you get the desired shape.
8. Brush the croissant with egg to get a crispy crust.
Triangle
1. We again use a triangle as a basis.
2. Make a small longitudinal cut closer to the base of the triangle.
3. Place the filling in the center. Here we used cottage cheese and strawberries.
4. Take the workpiece by the sharp corner and roll it.
5, 6, 7. Thread the corner into the cut you made so that it comes out on the back side.
8. Attach the corner to the product with an egg.
Pigtail
1. Cut the dough into rectangles measuring approximately 15x4 cm.
2, 3. Make a cut in the middle, almost along the entire length, but without cutting the workpiece completely into two parts.
4, 5. Take one edge of the strip and thread it inside the cut.
5. Pull it back towards you on the other side.
6, 7. Repeat the manipulation several times, moving towards the opposite end.
8. Brush the resulting braid with egg and sprinkle with Myasnov BUFET sesame seeds.
What to cook
Of course, pies and puff pastries. With completely different fillings, both sweet and savory. Pies with cabbage, fish, chicken, and mushrooms turn out great. You can make pies with cherries and strawberries from puff pastry. Only for products that will yield juice will you need to use a little starch to thicken the filling.
Make cheesecakes with cottage cheese from puff pastry and wrap grated cheese in it. It is convenient to make lids for pots from puff pastry; when you bake meat in the oven, you can make a lid for a saucepan with cabbage soup or other rich soup.
Puff pastry can be used to wrap a piece of meat in it and bake it that way. There are many options for using such a test.
It defrosts quickly and bakes too, so a pack of dough in the refrigerator is a great option for feeding unexpected guests: while you brew the tea, the pie will already be baked.
We present several interesting, and most importantly, very quick recipes using store-bought puff pastry.
How to fry store-bought pancakes
I would also like to say about pancakes and pancakes. But the dough for them is made liquid and on the shelves, I personally have not seen it. But nevertheless, pancakes exist in the form of semi-finished products. And with a rich assortment of fillings that make these pancakes tastier and more satisfying. Just reheat or fry them in a frying pan and your Sunday breakfast is ready. Don't forget to serve the pancakes with sour cream, syrup or jam, and in some cases, ketchup. It takes little time, very convenient for beginners, or when you need to cook something quickly, like any preparation of a semi-finished product. One minus is that you can’t play with taste. But for this we will learn how to make both pancake dough and filling.
Sausages in dough
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- 4 sausages
- ¼ pack of puff pastry
- butter
- 1 yolk
Step 1 . Defrost the dough. Roll out a little and cut into 4 strips 2 cm wide.
Step 2 . Grease the sausages with a little butter and wrap each with a strip of puff pastry.
Step 3 . Bake at 180 degrees for 15 minutes.
Step 4 . 5 minutes before ready, brush the dough with beaten yolk.
Step 5 . Before serving, brush with butter.
Breakfast croissants
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- 1 package puff pastry
- a few squares of chocolate
- cinnamon
- sugar
- melted butter
Step 1 . Cut the defrosted dough into long diamonds or triangles. Roll them out.
Step 2 . Brush each piece with melted butter.
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For chocolate croissants, sprinkle the dough with pieces of dark chocolate, you can grate it. Step 4 . For cinnamon croissants, sprinkle the dough with sugar and cinnamon.
Step 5 . We make rolls from the rolled out pieces.
Step 6 . Bake in a hot oven at 220 degrees for 15 minutes (if you made very small croissants, you need to reduce the time).
Step 7 . Serve warm, you can sprinkle with powdered sugar.
Lazy apple pie
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- 3-4 Antonov apples
- 2 tbsp. l. honey
- cinnamon
- 1 sheet of prepared puff pastry
Step 1 . Wash the apples, peel them, remove the core, cut into slices, fry in a frying pan with honey and cinnamon.
Step 2 . Place the apples, skin-side, into a greased pan.
Step 3 . Thaw the dough at room temperature, roll it into a thin layer and cut out a circle shape according to the diameter of the frying pan.
Step 4 . Cover the apples with a circle of puff pastry and place the pan in the oven for 15 minutes, preheated to 200°C.
Step 5 . When the pie is baked, place it on a plate, turning it upside down. You can sprinkle a little cinnamon or ground cardamom on top. You can serve the pie warm with a scoop of ice cream.
Baking from store-bought dough
In cooking, as in any skill, there are levels of difficulty. Cooking gurus agree that baking is one of the highest gastronomic peaks. This is due to some unpredictability of the dough: will it rise or not, will it get soggy, will it dry out, will it bake?
In this case, the homogeneity and quality of the dough itself plays a huge role. The editors of “With Taste” decided to simplify the task as much as possible for all lovers of tasty, original and beautiful baked goods . Believe me, it really doesn’t get any easier, but it doesn’t even smell like banality here.
