Easy and delicious salty puff pastry recipes

Puff pastry nests with egg and pepper

· The nests. Divide a sheet of chilled puff pastry into 4 rectangles; Make a shallow cut 1 cm from the edge, all the way around, and prick the inside with a fork.

· The filling. Fill the center of the puff pastry with sauteed strips of pepper, zucchini and onion, trying to leave a gap in the middle, and bake for 10 minutes in the oven preheated to 200º. After this time, crack an egg inside each one, season and bake for 10 more minutes.

Asparagus rolled with puff pastry

·Preparation. Roll out a sheet of puff pastry and cut it into 8 squares of the same size. Make rolls with a piece of bacon and 3 asparagus. Wrap them and close them by pressing the ends of the puff pastry, salt and pepper and bake for 15 min in the preheated oven at 220º C, until the puff pastry turns golden brown. And ready. It is such an easy dish that it solves a dinner without being canned.

· Clara trick. To make them more golden, brush the puff pastry with beaten egg before baking.

Vegetable Quiche

·Ingredients. 1 sheet of puff pastry, 1 carrot, 1 zucchini, 5 cherry tomatoes, 2 eggs, 2 dl of cream, 250 g of mascarpone cheese, parsley, olive oil, pepper and salt.

· The filling. Scrape the carrots and trim the zucchini; wash and cut into thin slices. Blanch both vegetables, separately, in salted water, 1 minute the carrots and ½ minute the zucchini. Drain them and let them cool. Wash and dry the tomatoes and parsley. Cut the first in half and chop the second.

· The quiche. Line a round mold with the puff pastry sheet. Preheat the oven to 180º. Beat the eggs, mix them with the cheese, cream, salt and pepper and pour over the puff pastry. Form rolls with the carrot and zucchini slices, add them with the tomatoes, and bake for 30 minutes. Sprinkle with the parsley and serve.

Fojadre baskets with salad

· How to make the baskets. Roll out 1 sheet of puff pastry and cut 4 equal squares. Put them in a mold for muffins giving them the shape of a basket and brush them with the beaten egg. In the oven preheated to 200º, cook them for about 13 minutes, until the dough is golden brown. Remove, let cool and unmold the baskets.

·For the filling. You can make a tomato and Iberian ham mince, season it with oil, vinegar, salt, oregano and rosemary, for example. And let it marinate a little so that it takes more flavor.

· Clara trick. You can also use these baskets to make Christmas canapes or other appetizers, filling them with Russian salad or a sprinkling of crab sticks.

Puff pastry coca with sardines and peppers

·Ingredients. 1 chilled puff pastry, 8 cleaned and filleted sardines, 1 red onion, 12 cherry tomatoes, 1 green pepper, olive oil, salt and chopped parsley.

·Preparation. Roll out the puff pastry and cut it in half into two rectangles. Prick them several times with a fork and place them on the plate lined with parchment paper. Bake them for 15 minutes at 200º. Wash the pepper, clean it and cut it into strips. Also wash the tomatoes and cut them in half. Peel the onion and cut it into julienne. Sauté it with the pepper in 2 tablespoons of oil for a few minutes and season. Spread the onion, bell pepper and tomato slices over the puff pastry. Place the washed and dried sardine fillets on top, sprinkle with a thread of oil, bake 5 more minutes and serve with parsley on top.

· Clara trick. If you want you can use canned sardines, even canned are very healthy, and thus you save a little more time.

Ham and cheese puff pastry roses

·Ingredients. 1 sheet of puff pastry, 200 g of sliced cooked ham, 4 slices of cheddar cheese and 1 egg.

· How to make the roses. Spread the puff pastry. Cut 8 long strips about 3 cm wide. Cut the ham slices into 4 cm strips and place them on top of the puff pastry, leaving a small space between them. Top with a piece of cheese the same width as the puff pastry. Roll each strip on itself to form a flower. Repeat with the rest of the strips.

· Bake them. Preheat the oven to 180º. Crack and beat the egg. Brush the dough with it. Place the flowers in a muffin tin or flan. Bake for 20 minutes, remove from the oven and let cool for a few minutes before removing them from the mold. So that the ham does not dry out too much, place a piece of greaseproof paper on top of each flower.

Turkey and Green Bean Pie

You need: 250 g of green beans, 200 g of sliced turkey cold cuts, 3 eggs, 150 ml of milk, 150 g of fresh cheese, 1 sheet of puff pastry, 80 g of tomato sauce, butter, salt, 50 g of grated cheese, and a pinch of nutmeg.

· Preparation: Clean the beans, cut them in half and lengthwise, and wash them. Steam them for 8 minutes. Beat the eggs with salt and the fresh cheese. Add the milk, tomato sauce, and nutmeg, and stir. Butter a 24 cm diameter round mold and line the bottom and sides with the puff pastry. Pour a little of the previous mixture and add a layer of beans and another of turkey. Repeat the process until the ingredients are exhausted and sprinkle with the grated cheese. Bake the cake in the oven, preheated to 180º, for 40 minutes.

Eggplant quiche

·Ingredients. You need 1 sheet of puff pastry, 1 large eggplant, 250 g of cottage cheese, 1 egg, 150 ml of liquid cream, 3 tablespoons of pine nuts, 1 sprig of thyme, olive oil, pepper and salt.

·Step by Step. Preheat the oven to 210º. Wash the eggplant, cut it into slices, and fry in batches (a couple of minutes per side). Remove and let drain. Line a mold with the dough, puncture the base and bake for 10 minutes. Beat the cottage cheese with the egg, cream, salt and pepper. Pour the previous preparation into the mold, arrange the aubergine slices on top and water with a line of oil. Add the chopped pine nuts and sprinkle with the washed and chopped thyme. Bake for 30 minutes and ready to taste.

Puff pastry squares with cheese and onion

· Preparation: Preheat the oven to 200 °. Cut the puff pastry into equal squares. Arrange them on the baking sheet lined with parchment paper and bake for 15 minutes. While baking, sauté onion over low heat with a little sugar and wine to caramelize it. Spread the caramelised onion over the puff pastry and top with slices of cheese. Gratin them until the cheese begins to melt. And serve with washed cranberries on top and some thyme leaves.

· Clara trick. For the puff pastry to be well cut, you must handle it just out of the fridge.

Puff pastry cake with ham, cheese and vegetables

·Ingredients. You need 1 sheet of puff pastry, ham shavings, cheese blocks and vegetables to taste.

·Step by Step. Preheat the oven to 180º. Spread a sheet of puff pastry on the plate lined with parchment paper. Fold the edge of the dough in, about 1 cm, and brush the edge with the whipped yolk. Then poke the center several times with a fork. Put it in the oven and cook it for 10 minutes. Remove and let it temper. Top with ham shavings, cheese cubes and vegetables (tomatoes, roasted vegetables or even pieces of fruit). Bake again for 5 more minutes at the same temperature, remove, let it rest for about 5 minutes and serve.

Salmon, prawn and spinach puff pastry

·Ingredients. 1 sheet of puff pastry, 150 g of spinach, 100 g of prawns, two loins of salmon, grated cheese.

·How to do it. Peel 100 g of prawns and sauté them. In the same oil, sauté 150 g of washed and chopped spinach. Make a bechamel. Mix the prawns with half of the bechamel sauce and the spinach with the other half and 20 g of grated cheese. Preheat the oven to 190 degrees. Line the plate with parchment paper and spread 1 sheet of puff pastry. Top with two salmon fillets, salt and pepper and cover with the spinach mixture and then with the prawn mixture. Put another sheet of puff pastry on top. Trim the excess, paint the edges with whipped egg yolk and press. Then brush the surface with more yolk and bake for 15 to 20 min. It is one of the easy recipes to surprise your guests at Christmas dinner.

Asparagus cake, tomatoes and cottage cheese

·Ingredients. 1 sheet of puff pastry, leeks, asparagus, tomatoes, cottage cheese, olive oil and aromatic herbs.

· Way to go. While the oven is preheating to 200 °, line a 20 cm pie tin with a chilled puff pastry disc. Top with sautéed leek, sautéed asparagus and some tomatoes cut in half. Salt and pepper, spread the cottage cheese or another cheese cut into small cubes on top, pour a thread of oil and bake for about 25 minutes, until the puff pastry is golden. Garnish with aromatic herbs and serve. It's one of our easy and irresistible dinner ideas.

As you have seen, there are countless recipes with puff pastry. But if you are mad at having to always throw away the puff pastry that they sell pre-cooked (and you dare to prepare it yourself), here are all the steps to make the dough at home.

How to make homemade puff pastry step by step

According to the best pastry chefs, the secret so that the puff pastry comes out perfect and then becomes very crispy is to use strong flour and good quality butter, turn the dough as necessary, and bake it cold.

Form a volcano with ½ kg of strength flour and leave a large hole in the center to dump the rest of the ingredients.
Add 60 g of butter, 12 g of salt and ¼ l of water. Mix little by little and knead until you get a ball. Make 2 deep cross cuts, cover with plastic wrap (so it doesn't dry out) and leave in the fridge for 30 minutes.
While it cools, work with your hands 350 g butter until it looks like a cream (neither liquid nor hard); so the dough will not have lumps. Then, shape it into a block and leave it in the fridge.
Roll the dough into a cross shape with a heavy rolling pin (this way it stretches earlier and better), but leaves the center thicker than the sides. Now, arrange the butter that you had worked in the center. If it's too cold, give it a little heat with your hands.
Fold the ends, covering the butter and making a bundle. Hit it with the roller (use a heavy one so as not to apply too much force) until it is 3 cm thick. Sprinkle the dough with flour and roll it out to a rectangle 1 cm thick.
Fold the dough into 3 parts. Stretch it again into a rectangle shape until it is 1 cm thick. Repeat this process 5 or 6 times. Between one and the other, leave the dough covered for a few minutes in the fridge. And then stretch it out, roll it up, and store it in the fridge until you're ready to use it.