We're all familiar with the question often asked before heading out to a party: what can we bring? Usually the answer is "just yourselves" and you grab a bottle of wine on the way out the door. But for times when you're asked to bring a quick dessert, puff pastry is your new best friend.
We talked about puff pastry a few weeks ago on The Kitchn and how wonderful it can be as a quick solution to appetizers. You essentially thaw it, slice it, fill it and bake it. The same can really be said about using it for desserts. A simple tart is as quick as rolling the pastry out, topping it with fruit, brushing it with a little glaze and baking it in the oven. Here are a few of our favorite quick puff pastry dessert recipes:
• Spring Dessert: Rhubarb Tart with Orange Glaze - The Kitchn Archives
• Quick and Easy Apple Tart: The Pioneer Woman
• Puff Pastry Tart with Pears - Grand Central Baking Co.
• Puff Pastry Pinwheel Cookies with Jam - Epicurious
• Puff Pastry with Sabayon Custard and Strawberries - Foodie Crush
• Meyer Lemon Pastry - Martha Stewart
• Apple Turnovers - Simply Recipes
• Mixed Berry Tart in Puff Pastry Heart - Oprah
• Chocolate Custard Tartletts - La Mia Vita Dolce
• Nutella Puff Pastry (as pictured) - A Sweet Spoonful
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love this! thanks!
has anybody tried making croissants using puff pastry?
@IVY PHANITAC I make croissants all the time with puff-pastry! Just slice int to long, thin triangles - add a square of chocolate if you like, then roll and bend. I like to brush them with a little milk and sprinkle with large sugar crystals before baking to give them a little color.
Also, I don't know if there is a name of the dessert I make with them, but I cut them into squares and fold the edges up (a little like the nutella one pictured) then fill with "crema pasticcera" (Italian Pastry cream), top with half an apricot and, again brush the edges with milk and pop in the oven! When apricots are not in season, I get the ones from a large vase supplied by my mother-in-law. They are tangy and not sweet and is such a delicious dessert!!
Ciao,
L
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You MUST try these. http://littleacorn.typepad.com/little_acorn/2009/08/david-calls-them-grownup-poptarts.html
@IVY PHANITAC - these have the same taste and feel to me as a chocolate croissant. It's not exactly the same, but it gives you the same delicious taste. These are SO easy! They freeze beautifully and make a wonderful quick dessert when friends come over. Bake from frozen and your friends will love you forever.
I want to try them with nutella as the filling. Can you imagine?!?!?