Puff Pastry

There are so many ways you can bake with puff pastry. And for those who are beginners like me, you can get the ready made ones from your local supermarket. Of course if you can make them yourself, so much the better. You can keep few packs of these puff pastry for usage in case you need to whip up a quick snack or light lunch. I would like to share few easy way to bake using puff pastry.

                          Crispy Tuna Pie
6 pieces Puff Pastry, thawed
2 hardboiled egg, cut into quarter
1 can Tuna in olive oil, drained and mashed coarsely
1/2 cup grated cheddar cheese
1/2 cup grated mozarella cheese
1/2 cup PREGO pasta sauce
Extra mozarella cheese

1) Lightly grease muffin pan and line with thawed pastry (shape like a cup)
2) Mix tuna with grated cheddar & mozarella cheese and PREGO pasta sauce.
3) Fill each pastry with quartered egg and tuna filling.
4) Sprinkle top with some extra mozarella cheese.
5) Bake in preheated oven 180 degree C for 20-25 mins until pastry is golden & crispy.
6) Serve hot.

                                 Hot Dog Roll

4 pieces Puff Pastry, thawed
4 sausages
4 slices Cheddar cheese
1 egg yolk, lightly beaten



1) Spread 1 piece of sliced cheddar cheese on top of puff pastry.
2) Put 1 sausage on top of the cheese and roll it up tightly. Brush with water at the seams to seal them.
3) Brush the top part with egg yolk.
4) Bake in prehated oven for 20-25 mins until they puff up and golden brown.



Apple Wraps (No pictures)
2 sheets puff pastry                                     
4-6 apples                                                
1/3 cup sugar                                                   .
1/2 tsp cinnamon                                       
3/4 cup water                                               

1) Peel and chop apples to bite size pieces.
2) Place apples, cinnamon and sugar into a saucepan & cover with water.
3) Cook for 10 mins. Take off heat and starin excess juice into a bowl.
4) Place a large spoonful of apple onto each puff pastry. Take one corner of pastry and pinch it together with the diagonal corner.
5) Repeat with opposite corners. Make sure the pastry is pressed together firmly.
6) Glaze with strained apple juice.
7) Bake in preheated oven 180 degree C for 15 mins.

* There are various types of filling sold in your local bakery store including apple if you do not wish to make it but I would encourage you to try out this simple apple pie filling.