Baking is a weakness for many. And sometimes it is easier to give up a cake and chocolate than a fragrant hot cake. We share several options for delicious pies and cheese.
Recipe content:
- How to choose quality frozen dough
- Puff pastry recipe
- Puff pastry pie with cheese and ham
- Puff pastry pie with Adyghe cheese
- Puff pastry pie with cheese and mushrooms
- Cream Cheese Puff Pastry Pie
- Video recipes
Light, crispy and tasty puff pastry, loved by many. It is used for making cakes, pies, pastries, cookies, and both with sweet and salty fillings. If a pack of puff pastry is lying around in the freezer, then a delicious treat will not keep you waiting long! And the simplest solution is a puff pastry with cheese. Such an appetizer on any festive table will go first.
Many housewives love store-bought puff pastry - products made from it are very airy and tasty, and at the same time you do not need to spend time on its preparation. This gives a huge scope for the imagination of cooks. Among the variety of delicious products that can be made from purchased puff pastry are pies that can be made with a wide variety of fillings. Today we will talk about their most unusual ones with interesting fillings.
How to choose quality frozen dough?
Arriving at the supermarket, pay attention to the set temperature regime of the chamber where the dough is stored. It should not be below -18 ° C. Under these conditions, the dough can be stored for up to a year. If the temperature fluctuates, then this negatively affects the quality of the product, and if the dough is re-frozen, then you can forget about the "splendor" of the product.
Packaging should be plastic, transparent, hermetically sealed. The slightest ingress of moisture will be destructive. Take the package in your hands and run your hand over it. The dough sheets must be firm and not deformed. If swelling and changes in shape are felt, it means that the product has been thawed and re-frozen. The dough in the package should roll from place to place and not stick to the corners of the package.
Quality dough plates have a rough surface, light gray or light yellow color. The presence of dark spots indicates the spoilage of the product.
Puff pastry is yeast-free and yeast-free. The easiest to prepare is yeast. It is softer and softer. Conscientious manufacturers write on the packaging how to prepare and properly handle the dough, in which products it can be prepared.
Pay attention to the composition of the yeast dough. It should contain premium wheat flour, margarine, water, salt and citric food acid. It is good if milk and egg powder are present. Should not be in a quality product: artificial colors, flavors, additives with an E index.
The baked goods with the greatest number of layers in the dough are tastier. On the packaging of the semi-finished product, find the inscription with the number of layers. A good lamination index for yeast-free dough is 256, yeast dough - 48.
Re-freezing the puff pastry is not recommended. The product does not roll out additionally. For baked goods to be fluffy, the product must be properly defrosted. First in the refrigerator, and after 30-40 minutes at room temperature. The whole process takes about 2 hours. If this is done in the microwave, the baked goods will not rise.
You do not need to grease the baking tray for frozen puff pastry, otherwise the cakes will come out too greasy.
Puff pastry recipe
Puff pastry is a capricious material, however, done correctly and from high-quality products, it can raise the simplest homemade pastries to the highest solid level.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 239 kcal.
- Servings Per Container - 1 Pie
- Cooking time - 1.5 hours
Ingredients:
- Margarine - 200 g
- Flour - 2/3 tbsp.
Step by step cooking:
- Remove the margarine from the refrigerator and cut into slices.
- Pour flour into a bowl and add the chopped margarine pieces.
- Use a knife to chop the margarine and flour until crumbled.
- Do this until you get a lump of dough. You don't need to knead it with your hands.
- Blind the resulting dough into a ball, wrap with cling film and put in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
Puff pastry pie with cheese and ham
Cooking this cake will take you literally a few minutes, and then it will be baked. Baking is good both warm and cold.
Ingredients:
- Puff yeast-free dough - 2 layers
- Ham - 200 g
- Cheese - 200 g
- Granular mustard - 1 tablespoon
- Greens - a bunch
- Eggs - 1 pc.
Step by step cooking:
- Defrost the dough and roll it out to the diameter of the mold.
- Put one layer in a mold with sides.
- Grease the bottom of the dough with mustard and sprinkle with finely chopped herbs.
- Cut the ham into strips or cubes and place on the dough.
- Cut the cheese into thin slices and lay out in the last layer.
- Sprinkle with your favorite spices to taste.
- Cover the top with a second rolled layer of dough and pin the edges along the sides.
- Beat the egg and brush over the cake.
- Send the product into an oven heated to 190 ° C for half an hour until a beautiful, crispy color is formed.
Puff pastry pie with Adyghe cheese
Cheese with herbs and fresh tomatoes on a crispy crust - delicious! The filling is tender, slightly curd and cheese. Since the cheese is a little bland, the filling can be flavored and flavorful with any spices and herbs.
Ingredients:
- Puff pastry - 500 g
- Adyghe cheese - 400 g
- Tomatoes - 2 pcs.
- Parsley - a bunch
- Sesame - 2 tablespoons
- Refined vegetable oil - 2 tablespoons
- Salt and spices to taste
Step by step cooking:
- Grate the cheese.
- Pierce the sesame seeds in a dry frying pan until golden brown.
- Wash the parsley and chop finely.
- Combine cheese, parsley, salt and spices.
- Wash the tomatoes and cut into rings.
- Roll out the dough and place in a baking dish.
- Place the curd filling and spread the tomato rings on top.
- Cover with a second sheet of dough rolled out and make curly cuts on it so that the filling is slightly visible.
- Brush the cake with vegetable oil and sprinkle with sesame seeds.
- Bake the cake in a preheated oven at 200 ° C for 40 minutes until golden brown.
Puff pastry pie with cheese and mushrooms
Mushrooms give the pie a spicy taste and aroma, cheese - tenderness and ductility, and additional products - juiciness and satiety. Prepare such a cake for a festive table and delight your guests with a delicious snack.
Ingredients:
- Puff pastry - 500 g
- Mushrooms - 300 g
- Hard cheese - 150 g
- Onions - 2 pcs.
- Eggs - 2 pcs.
- Refined vegetable oil - for frying
Step by step cooking:
- Cut the mushrooms into large pieces, peel and chop the onion. In a frying pan in vegetable oil, fry the food until half cooked and lightly golden.
- Grate the cheese.
- Defrost the dough, roll out and spread on a baking sheet.
- Top with fried mushrooms and sprinkle with cheese. Season the filling with any spices if desired.
- Cover the top with the second rolled sheet of the sheet and pinch the edges figuratively.
- On the dough, puncture with a fork to release steam and brush with beaten egg for a golden crust.
- Send the cake to a heated oven at 200 ° C for 20 minutes.
Cream Cheese Puff Pastry Pie
This cheese and onion pie will be a great dinner for the whole family and a great snack on the festive table. In addition, the recipe can be safely attributed to the category of "haste" dishes.
Ingredients:
- Puff pastry - 500 g
- Processed cheese - 200 g
- Eggs - 4 pcs.
- Onions - 3 pcs.
- Tomatoes - 3 pcs.
- Hard cheese - 200 g
- Refined vegetable oil - 3 tablespoons
- Salt to taste
Step by step cooking:
- Peel, chop and sauté onions in a frying pan in vegetable oil until brown.
- Grate melted and hard cheese.
- Beat eggs with salt.
- Defrost the dough, roll out, divide into 2 parts and put one of them in a baking dish.
- Place fried onions at the bottom, and two types of cheese on top.
- Pour the beaten eggs over the filling, leaving a little to grease the pie.
- Cover the cake with a second layer of dough, pinch the edges in a patterned pattern, and brush the top.
- Send the product to bake in an oven heated to 180 ° C for half an hour.
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