Puff pastry baking: forming puffs. Puff pastry envelopes - a delicious variety

Sometimes you really want to taste something delicious, but there is no time to prepare an intricate cake or pastries. This situation often occurs. A good housewife always has frozen puff pastry in store for such cases, which will allow you to quickly prepare some kind of pastry. Most housewives buy it in the store, and some do it themselves.

However, the cooking process requires a lot of effort, so most often women prefer the first option, although they realize that homemade dough is much healthier than its purchased counterpart. It allows you to cook various pastries: sweet and savory. Every housewife has a similar recipe in stock.

In stores, you can find two types of puff pastry: with or without yeast. The first type is best used for sweet muffins (croissants, puffs, envelopes), the second - for savory pastries (sausages in dough, pies, kurniks, pies).

Their taste qualities are not much different, but the first type rises more and has a characteristic sour smell during baking. The yeast-free dough has more layers and they are more clearly defined.

Puff pastry with apples

Cooking:

Defrost the dough, leaving it for a while in the room. Cut it into squares of the same size;
Wash the apples, remove the core from them and peel. Cut fruit into small flat pieces. It is important that the apple pieces are smaller than the base in order to securely close the edges and form envelopes;
Roll each piece of apple in sugar and place on the base. Fold the envelopes, for which fasten the sides opposite each other diagonally;
Lubricate the envelopes with cold water and transfer to a baking sheet. Bake twenty minutes.

After baking, pastries can be decorated with powdered sugar, confectionery sprinkles or icing. To prepare the glaze, you need to take a few tablespoons of milk and sugar. Mix everything, place on the burner until the sugar melts. When the icing has cooled, you can coat the pastries with it.

Traditional envelopes with cottage cheese

Yeast frozen semi-finished product - 1 pack;
Cottage cheese - 200 grams;
Semolina - 25 grams;
Granulated sugar - 25 grams.

How to cook:

Mix cottage cheese, semolina, sugar well;
Defrost and cut the dough into squares of the same size, each side should be equal to ten centimeters. Spread the filling and interlock the corners of the squares in the form of an envelope;
The baking process should last twenty minutes, the oven should be preheated to 200 degrees.

Before laying baking on a baking sheet, grease it with vegetable oil. Another option involves using baking parchment.

Sweet pastries with jam

Yeast puff pastry - 200 grams;
Flour - 30 grams;
Jam - 300 grams.

Cooking:

Defrost and roll out the dough, cut it into equal squares. Their size should be ten by ten centimeters. Pre-sprinkle the table with flour so that the envelopes do not stick;
Place one teaspoon of jam in the middle and roll up, fastening opposite corners together;
Grease a baking sheet with vegetable oil, put the envelopes there and keep in the oven for twenty minutes.

If the jam for the filling is liquid, then it must first be mixed with flour or starch. If this is not done, then during baking, the liquid filling will leak out, and the pastries will be spoiled.

Tender chicken wraps

Yeast-free frozen semi-finished product - 1 pack;
Chicken fillet - 400 grams;
Carrots - 1 piece;
Onion - 2 pieces;
Apple cider vinegar - 10 grams;
Salt and pepper.

How to cook:

1. While the dough is defrosting, you should start preparing the filling;

1. Cut chicken fillet and onion into small cubes. Grate carrots. Mix everything thoroughly, adding salt, pepper, apple cider vinegar;
2. Roll out the dough and cut it into squares. Put the filling in the center of each square, pinch the opposite edges;

Preheat the oven to 200 degrees and place the envelopes there for thirty minutes.

You can experiment with the filling and add other ingredients, such as champignons, porcini mushrooms, tomatoes or sweet peppers. Chicken can be replaced with fish.

Hearty envelopes with minced meat

Yeast-free puff pastry - 450 grams;
Minced meat from pork and beef - 300 grams;
Onion - 2 pieces;
Vegetable oil;
Salt and pepper;
Flour.

Cooking:

While the dough is defrosting, chop the onion into small pieces and fry in a pan in vegetable oil;
Mix minced meat and fried onions. Salt and pepper the filling;
Sprinkle the table with flour, otherwise the dough may stick. Roll out and cut out squares. Place the filling on it and connect the opposite edges;
Preheat the oven, line a baking sheet with parchment, lay out the envelopes and bake for twenty minutes.

Cheese buns just melt in your mouth

Yeast-free puff pastry - 1 pack;
Cheese - 200 grams;
Egg for lubrication;
Salt, pepper, herbs.

How to cook:

Cut the dough into squares measuring ten by ten centimeters. Cut the cheese into small cubes;
Put the cheese on the squares, sprinkle it with salt, spices at your discretion. Blind the corners of the envelopes together;
Heat up the oven. Lubricate the pastry with yolk and bake for twenty minutes.

Often, in addition to cheese, pine nuts, pistachios or hazelnuts are added to the filling. Sometimes ordinary cheese is replaced with soft cheese. So the filling will turn out more tender, airy.

Note: homemade puff pastry recipe

All of the above recipes were based on store-bought puff pastry. But you can make it yourself if you have time or if you don’t want to buy a finished product in a store.

Flour - 1 kilogram;
Butter - 800 grams;
Chicken egg - 2 pieces;
Salt - 10 grams;
Vinegar 2-7% - 20 grams;
Cold water - 300 milliliters.

How to knead:

Cooking should begin with the liquid part, for which eggs, vinegar, salt should be mixed;
Add cold water to the resulting mixture. Mix thoroughly and place in the refrigerator;
Sift flour and pour on the table. Grate the chilled butter on a grater. It is important to constantly roll the butter in flour. Mix flour and butter;
Form a small hill, make a hole in the center of it, pour the liquid prepared in advance into it. It is impossible to knead the mass for a long time. It is necessary to collect it in small portions and stack it on top of each other in layers;
Put the dough in a bag and place in the refrigerator. Refrigerate for two to ten hours, the longer the better.

Homemade puff pastry, like store-bought, is best stored in the freezer. If the dough needs to be defrosted, it is better to place it in the main compartment of the refrigerator, and not in the room. The shelf life in the freezer can be up to several months, in the main compartment - several days.

Puff pastry is suitable for making a variety of pastries: pies, kurniki, pies, envelopes, puffs, rolls, croissants. The Napoleon cake, beloved by many Russians, is also made from it.

Filling options depend on the products available, desire. The hostess can show culinary imagination, regularly delight her household with delicious instant pastries.

However, one should not forget about the high calorie content of this product, since a lot of butter is required for its preparation. Therefore, people who monitor weight should use puff pastries with great care.

Calories: Not specified
Time for preparing: Not specified

Required products:

For test:

- wheat flour - 350 - 400 gr.,
- vegetable oil - 2 tablespoons,
- vinegar (6%) - 2 tablespoons,
- cold water - 180 ml.,
- salt - 1/2 tsp,
- margarine (80%) - 350 gr.

For filling:

- champignons - 300-400 gr.,
- onions - 1-2 pcs.,
- potatoes - 1-2 pcs.,
- salt, black pepper - to taste,
- vegetable oil,
- chicken egg for lubrication.

Recipe with photo step by step:

1. For puff pastry, mix wheat flour (not all), cold water and vinegar in a bowl.

2. Add salt and vegetable oil.

3. Knead an elastic soft dough that does not stick to your hands. You can add a little more flour if needed. Roll into a ball. Tip: the amount of flour in each case may vary. It depends on its quality, gluten content.

4. Roll out the resulting dough on a floured work surface into a rectangular layer. Lubricate its entire surface with margarine (half serving) at room temperature.

5. Bend one edge of the layer to the center, then cover it with the second edge.

6. Collect the resulting blank with an “envelope” - wrap one side to the central part, then cover it with the second side. Place in bag and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

7. Roll out the dough again into a layer and brush with the rest of the margarine.

8. Then repeat the "envelope" assembly process. Place back in the refrigerator, wrapped in a bag. The dough can lie in the refrigerator for a day, and in the freezer for a longer period - up to a month. Tip: Frozen dough must be thawed in the refrigerator before use.

9. For the filling, cut the onion into cubes, after cleaning it and washing it. Heat up some vegetable oil in a frying pan. Transfer the chopped onion to the skillet. Fry until light golden.

10. Peel the mushrooms and cut into small pieces. Combine with onions and cook until soft.

11. At the end of cooking, salt and pepper to your liking.

12. Boil potatoes in salted water and cool. Grate on a medium grater and combine with mushroom filling. Mix everything thoroughly.

13. Cut the chilled dough into 6-8 pieces. Roll each of them into a square layer. Cut into 4 equal pieces.

14. In the middle of each blank, put 1-2 tablespoons of the filling.

15. Alternately fasten opposite corners together. Carefully secure the gluing points so that the filling does not come out. Similarly, prepare the rest of the puff pastry envelopes with filling.

16. Transfer all blanks to a baking sheet and brush with a loose egg. Bake in preheated oven at 1800C until cooked through, about 25-30 minutes. They turn out incredibly delicious.

17. Serve the stuffed puff pastry envelopes either warm or cold. Of course, warm envelopes are much tastier and they are very crispy.

Enjoy your meal!

It is always convenient for me to buy puff pastry in the supermarket and when I come home in a matter of minutes I can cook a large variety of dishes from it. It happens that I cook pizza with different types of toppings from such a dough, bake, strudel. Also, my favorite dish, or rather an appetizer, are envelopes with ham and puff pastry cheese. I definitely cook them on puff pastry. It is worth noting that puff pastry is quite inexpensive in stores, so you can easily feed your family with all sorts of goodies. Envelopes with ham cheese are quick to cook and quick to bake. I usually do this: when I come home from work, I immediately turn on the oven at 200 degrees. That is, the oven should be well warmed up. Then, while the oven is warming up, I begin to prepare the dough. It is advisable to defrost it quickly. If I have a frozen pack of dough at home, then I just ask my husband to get it 30-40 minutes before my arrival. In this case, I can cook the envelopes even faster. I also want to say that I cook such envelopes not only for dinner. I can cook them for the arrival of my friends, if they are going to watch football with my husband, I can bake them and take them with them to nature. I just wrap them in foil and put them in a thermal bag. In nature, such envelopes are still warm, and they are eaten instantly. The main thing is that everyone is full and happy, and I spent a minimum of effort on preparing such a dish, but what's the use!

Required products:
- 500 grams of puff pastry,
- 300 grams of ham,
- 200 grams of cheese,
- chicken yolk for lubrication.

How to cook with a photo step by step

I put the defrosted puff pastry on a floured board, lightly roll it out with a rolling pin, then cut it into rectangles to fit the ham and cheese. Each rectangle is approximately 14x9 cm in size. This size is needed so that the filling fits, and also so that there are edges for pinching.

I put a piece of ham on one edge of the dough, and I place pieces of cheese on top.

I wrap the envelope, cover it with the remaining dough and pinch the edges first with my hands, and then, for reliability, press down with a fork.

I shift the envelopes onto a baking sheet covered with baking paper.

Lubricate the envelopes with whipped yolk. I only grease the top.

I put it in the preheated oven and bake for 15 minutes. It turns out beautiful and very appetizing envelopes.

Wait until the envelopes are not scalding, and then serve.

This is what they look like in cross section. And if time permits, then you can cook

Home baking always smells of warmth. Unfortunately, modern housewives do not have enough time to prepare delicious sweets. This problem is easy to solve: just buy ready-made puff pastry. Puff pastry envelopes with apples will appeal to everyone without exception.

Rules for working with puff pastry

As practice shows, it is rather difficult to prepare puff pastry with or without the addition of yeast. Not all housewives can make the dough of the desired consistency so that when baking it turns out to be layered and porous. Fortunately, the modern food industry offers a wide variety of ready-made puff pastry.

The most popular among the sweet tooth are puff pastry with apples. Such pastries will please even the most fastidious gourmet. For the filling, you can choose any variety of apples. But unfortunately, apples are a seasonal product. In winter, they can be replaced with jam or marmalade.

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Before we look at the recipes for puff pastry envelopes, let's learn a few pastry tips:

Choose fresh puff pastry. In the culinary departments, this product is sold with or without yeast. The taste of the finished baking differs insignificantly.
Before preparing the dough, take it out of the freezer in advance.
You need to defrost the dough in a natural way, and only then proceed to roll it out.
In order for the baking to turn out magnificent, all components, including the filling, must have the same temperature threshold.
Roll out the dough on a work surface sprinkled with sifted high-grade flour.
Layers of dough should be as thin as possible.
Classic envelopes are cut with a knife into squares measuring 10x10 cm.
We wash the apples, dry them with a paper towel. Peel the skin if necessary.
Chopped apples can be boiled over moderate heat with the addition of sugar or laid out fresh in envelopes.
During the baking process, the apple filling will soften and become juicy.
To give baked goods an exquisite aroma and taste, add a little cinnamon powder or nutmeg.
The edges of the envelope must be well fixed. If the dough doesn't stick together, dampen your fingers a little with water.
It is better to bake puffs with apple filling in an oven at a temperature mark of 180 °.
Be sure to cover the bottom of the baking sheet with baking paper.
In order for the puffs to acquire a fragrant and crispy golden crust, grease the surface of each blank with a whipped yolk mass.
Bake puff pastry envelopes for no more than 25 minutes.
To prevent the dough from rising too much, you can make cuts on the surface of the puffs or leave gaps.

We spoil the sweet tooth with fragrant pastries

Many homemakers don't know how to combine puff pastry with apples. A recipe with a photo will help you prepare fragrant envelopes with juicy filling. This cake is ready in minutes. You no longer need to spend time kneading the dough. It is enough to buy high-quality fresh puff pastry in the nearest culinary department. By the way, cinnamon powder, vanilla and nutmeg can not be added. It all depends on personal taste preferences. Do not grind the apples to a puree consistency, as this filling will be too liquid and may leak out during the heat treatment.

Compound:

1 chicken egg;
0.7 kg of apples;
100 g of granulated sugar;
10 g cinnamon powder;
0.5 kg of puff pastry without the addition of yeast.

Cooking:

We first remove the dough from the freezer and defrost in a natural way.
In the meantime, thoroughly wash the apples, dry them. We clean the peel, remove the seeds and the stalk.

The resulting mass is transferred to a separate bowl. There is no need to sprinkle apples with sugar.

When we have prepared the filling, and the dough is completely defrosted, we begin the process of forming envelopes directly.
Sift the high-grade flour and sprinkle it on the work surface.

As a rule, store-bought puff pastry consists of two sheets. First, lay out one sheet and begin to roll it thinly with a rolling pin.

In order for all the envelopes to be the same, we need to arm ourselves with a ruler.
From the edge of the rolled out sheet of dough, we begin to measure 10 cm in length and width.

To cut an even square, it is best to use a pizza cutter.

As soon as all the dough has been processed and the blanks have been made, you can start laying out the filling.
In the middle of each blank, lay out about 1 tbsp. l. crushed apples.

Sprinkle sugar on top of apples. You need to add about ½ tsp. Sugar can be replaced with fructose.

Sprinkle apples with cinnamon powder on top to give baked goods an exquisite aroma and an unusual taste.

Let's start making envelopes. First, take two opposite edges of the workpiece and carefully fasten them.

By analogy, we fix the remaining two opposite edges of the dough.

Now carefully fix all the gaps. You can leave them if you wish.

We cover the bottom of a baking sheet or heat-resistant form with baking paper.
We spread all the blanks of the envelopes on a baking sheet. Be sure to leave some space between them as the puffs will expand slightly during baking.
In a separate bowl, break the egg, separate the yolk.

Using a brush, you can also use your hands to grease the surface of each prepared puff with the yolk mass.

We send a baking sheet with envelopes to the oven, heated to a temperature threshold of 180 °.
Bake them for 25 minutes.
Cool the finished envelopes with fragrant apple filling, and then sprinkle with sifted powdered sugar on top.

When guests suddenly appear on the doorstep, puff pastry will come to the rescue. From it you can create great desserts without much effort. Now on the shelves of stores you can find yeast and yeast-free dough from different manufacturers. You can always buy the required amount of the finished product and make delicious pastries from it. Puff pastry envelopes are the best option for breakfast and any feast.

Puff envelopes with chocolate

This recipe will not go unnoticed by the sweet tooth. Chocolate puff pastry wrappers are very easy to make. To do this, take 500 grams of the finished base, one egg, a large spoonful of flour and 200 grams of chocolate (black, bitter). Defrost the dough and roll out to a thickness of one centimeter. Then we divide it into squares so that the filling fits on them and it is possible to roll up the envelopes.

From the corner to the middle we make cuts, but not completely. Break the chocolate into pieces and place in the center of each square. Then we fold the puff pastry envelopes, bending each corner to the middle. Place them on a baking sheet and brush the top with egg. The baking time is about 20 minutes and the temperature is 200 degrees. It turns out a delicious and easy-to-prepare dessert.

Envelopes with apples

This dessert is distinguished by accessibility and simplicity. To prepare, take a package of puff pastry, half a glass of brown sugar, 5 medium apples, a small spoonful of cinnamon, two large spoons of butter and 100 grams of raisins (preferably pitted). Defrost the dough, roll it out and cut into squares. Peel apples from seeds and peel and cut into cubes. Heat the butter in a saucepan or frying pan and fry the apples for a few minutes.

Then add raisins, sugar and cinnamon to them. We turn off the fire. In the middle of each square of dough, put the filling and fold the puff pastry envelopes with apples. We bake the dish in the oven, setting the temperature to 200 degrees. After 15 minutes, puff pastry envelopes with apples will be ready. Believe me, they will be appreciated.

delicious treat

Puff pastry envelopes can be prepared with any filling. For cooking, you will need a layer of puff pastry, 180 grams of cottage cheese, a can of canned pineapple, one yolk and a little vanilla sugar (two large spoons). Cut the thawed and rolled dough into squares.

Mix cottage cheese and vanilla sugar. We spread this mixture on each square, and place a circle of pineapple on top (squeeze out excess juice). Fold the puff pastry envelopes with cottage cheese and pineapple and grease with yolk. We place them on a baking sheet and bake in the oven for about 20 minutes at 190 degrees.

Nutritious envelopes

How to cook a dish that will be tasty and nutritious? Chicken puff pastry wrappers are one option. For cooking, take two layers of dough, 300 grams of chicken fillet, one carrot, 2 medium onions, a large spoonful of apple cider vinegar, spices, salt and pepper. Defrost the dough and prepare the filling. To do this, cut the chicken fillet into medium-sized cubes. Grind carrots and onions in any way and mix with spices, chicken and vinegar. Roll out the dough and divide into squares.

We put the filling in the middle of each and wrap the envelopes. We spread them on a baking sheet and bring them to readiness in the oven, heated to 190-200 degrees. Cooking time is 20-25 minutes. To make puff pastry envelopes with chicken more attractive, you can grease them with an egg on top before baking.

Envelopes with cheese and champignons

Delicious, appetizing and nutritious dish in just a few minutes. For cooking, you need to take 500 grams of puff pastry, one medium onion, 300 grams of mushrooms (champignons), spices, vegetable oil and 200 grams of cheese (preferably hard varieties). Take the dough out of the freezer in advance so that it thaws a little.

Mushrooms are cleaned, washed and cut into cubes or plates. Chop the onion and fry in a frying pan with vegetable oil. Then add mushrooms and spices. Fry until the filling is done. We cut the cheese not very finely, into plates. Divide the dough into squares and spread the filling on each. Put a piece of cheese on top. Close the envelopes with puff pastry cheese, spread on a baking sheet and bake for about 20-25 minutes. We set the temperature in the oven to 190-200 degrees.

Envelopes with salmon

This dish can even be called exquisite. A simple but unusual recipe suitable for any feast. Take 300 grams of puff pastry, 200 grams of smoked salmon, 150 grams of cheese (preferably Cheddar), three yolks and a spoonful of milk. We roll out the finished dough with a thickness of about one centimeter and cut into squares. Salmon cut into cubes and mixed with chopped cheese. We add two yolks to the filling (we leave one for greasing the envelopes). Add spices to taste. Put the filling in the middle of each square of dough. Brush the edges of the dough with the egg mixed with milk so that they stick together well. Roll up the envelopes and brush them again with the egg mixture. Put them on a baking sheet, which should be lightly sprinkled with water. We put in the oven for 15 minutes and bake at a temperature of 200 degrees. Buy the dough or make your own. You can use any filling: fresh, salted, smoked fish, any kind of meat, vegetables, chocolate and other products. The main thing is that preparing such dishes is simple and fast.