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Puff Pastry

Puff pastry builds a layered structure that can carry sweet or savory ingredients. Rough puff and other dough preparations sit alongside cheese twists in this collection of pastry recipes.

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  • Rough Puff Pastry 

    Rough Puff Pastry 

    Rough puff pastry is remarkably flaky, but can be made much easier and faster than full puff pastry. It’s made more like pie dough. I like to use…

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  • Fast and Easy Puff Pastry

    Wonderfully flaky, buttery, tender pastries, turnovers, cheese straws, elephant ears (palmiers), shells for savory fillings, and more can be yours with a minimum of effort. Since this pastry…

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  • Puff Pastry Cheese Twists

    Puff Pastry Cheese Twists

    Ingredients 1 sheet frozen puff pastry, 1/2 (17.3-ounce) package 1/3 cup grated Parmesan 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 2 teaspoons minced garlic 1 teaspoon dried oregano 1/2 teaspoon…

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  • Cheesy Pastry Twists

    Cheesy Pastry Twists

    Ingredients 2 sheets ready-rolled puff pastry, thawed 1 egg yolk, beaten lightly 1 cup (100g) pizza cheese, coarsely grated 1/2 cup ( 40g) parmesan cheese, finely grated Preparation…

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  • Parmesan Cheese Twists

    ½ of a 17.3-ounce package Pepperidge Farm® Puff Pastry Sheets (1 sheet), thawed 1 egg 1 tablespoon water ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley…

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  • Food Processor Quick Puff Pastry

    Leave the frozen stuff on the shelf — chef Nick Malgieri’s fresh puff pastry pastry recipe is tasty and easy to make in your food processor. It appears…

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  • Quick Puff Pastry

    Use pastry chef Nick Malgieri’s easy puff pastry recipe  from his cookbook “Bake! Essential Techniques for Perfect Baking.” 1¼ cups (2½ sticks) unsalted butter, chilled 2 cups all-purpose…

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  • Rough Puff Pastry

    Use this great recipe for rough puff pastry to make Olive Straws. 1 pound 2 ounces all-purpose flour, plus more for work surface 1 pound 2 ounces very…

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  • Fast and Easy Puff Pastry

    Wonderfully flaky, buttery, tender pastries, turnovers, cheese straws, elephant ears (palmiers), shells for savory fillings, and more can be yours with a minimum of effort. 1½ cups King…

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  • Classic Puff Pastry Pate Feuilletee

    The French call it “pate feuilletee,” which means “pastry made leaf-like.” In fact, it has so many “leaves” that it is also called “millefeuille,” meaning a thousand leaves.…

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