Puff pastry recipe ideas

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I bought some puff pastry to use in a particular recipe but for various reasons now can't use it for that and I want to try something new. Can be sweet or savoury, ideally quite simple and not using too many ingredients. Any ideas?

Roll out the pastry and cut about 2cm in from the edge (but not all the way through), use a fork to prick the inner bit. Cook in the oven for about 10 mins. Remove from oven and push down the inner bit and spread pesto on it. Add sliced tomatoes. Put pack in oven until tomatoes cooked. Tastes lovely.

Cook some spinach, mix in feta cheese, add nutmeg if you have it. Cut the pastry into squares. Add a bit of filling and fold diagonally. Wash with egg. Bake.

Make cheese & mustard twists to have with drinks, as a change from cheese straws. Alternative fillings are anchovy paste, any variety of pesto, tomato puree and cheese.

Sausagemeat plait would make an easy substantial meal, serve hot or cold, so useful for a lunch box.

I saw this on Jamie's one pan wonders and it looks delicious! Recipe here: thehappyfoodie.co.uk/recipes/jamie-olivers-chicken-and-mushroom-puff-pie/
And there's a video online (or you can watch on all4)

We have tart about once every two weeks, usually leek, pancetta/bacon and pea.

Roll out pastry (if it's already rolled, keep it on its paper and transfer to baking tray), score an edge about 2cm round and then prick the centre with a fork. Cook for 10 minutes at about 180.

Meanwhile, saute leeks in a bit of oil/butter until soft. Remove and set aside then fry slices of pancetta until almost browned (they'll cook more in the oven).

In a bowl, mix a tub of cream cheese, a generous teaspoon of dijon mustard, one egg yolk, a generous grating of parmesan cheese and some chopped or dried herbs of your choice - I usually use thyme and oregano as that's what I have lying around but chives and dill would be nice I think. Salt and pepper.

Bash down the centre of the pastry and roughly spread the cream cheese mixture. Top with the leeks and pancetta and scatter defrosted frozen peas. Grate some more parmesan over the top.

Back in the oven for about 10 minutes or so.

Usually we have that with salad.

The pesto/tomato option someone mentioned above is great too. Variation is to do it with red pesto rather than green. Sprinkle the tomatoes with dried oregano for a little italian hit.

I've also used goats cheese and tomato.

Bosh do a cheat's version of toad in the hole.

Lay out your puff pastry sheet, arrange veggie sausages, score each side of the sausages with a knife and bake in the oven.

Ok now my problem is too much choice These all sound delicious, thank you so much for the inspiration!

Nutella twists

mix some sausage meat with sage and onion stuffing and make a plait of the pastry like a big sausage roll delish

Buy M&S chicken and mushroom in a tin and make a pie.

sausage meat and make sausage rolls.

Definitely cheese straws. Takes 2 mins. Push grated cheese into the pastry sheet. Cut into 2.5 ish cm lengths and twist. Bake. So good!

I make this for parties, but with chopped garlic added to the layers of herbs and honey.

www.supergoldenbakes.com/baked-camembert-puff-pastry-recipe/

Sweet option:

Lay out pastry sheet and score edge
Peel, core and chopped 4-5 apples, any kind, and put in a bowl
Beat an egg with about double its volume of cream, add 2 tbsp sugar and a slug of vanilla extract
Pour over apples and mix
Pile on pastry, sprinkle cinnamon and demerara sugar
Bake, serve with cream or ice cream

Eccles Cakes. You don't need to posh sugar for the top. Granulated works.

Argh, just took the pastry out to start cooking, and it's covered in tiny black spots. Never had that before so googled it and found that it was subject to a recall due to salmonella risk. The black spots may be a coincidence but I can't bring myself to eat it now!

Ick. Have you been keeping it in the fridge? I think it's got a fairly limited shelf life. But totally agree, I would not be eating that! Next time!