Showing posts with label Puff Pastry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Puff Pastry. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Parmesan Puff Twists

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So, after the "12 Days of Baking" we thought we'd give you a savory recipe!
These twists are so delicious, your guests will think you slaved away for hours to make them! They are so easy to make and are VERY good! The dough is buttery and flakey, you get tangyness from the sauce, and saltyness from the cheese!
These twists are perfect for partys. People can hold their drink in one hand and have their other hand open to eat these delicious twists. With New Years Eve tomorrow, these twists would be just perfect for your guests to munch on!
This is what you'll need:
2 sheets of puff pastry dough, thawed
8oz can pizza sauce 3\4 cup of grated parmesan cheese, divided
2 tps dried oregano
1 egg to spread on top
Directions 1. Preheat an oven to 350 F (176 C). 2. On a floured surface roll out one of the pastry sheets into a rectangle shape.
3. Spread the pizza sauce over the surface. 4. Sprinkle with 1\2 cup of parmesan cheese.
5. Roll out the second pastry sheet and place in on top of the first sheet covered with sauce and cheese.
6. Sprinkle the top with the oregano.
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7. Cut into strips about 1 1\4 inches wide. You should get 10.
8. Twist the strips. 9. Place them on a baking sheet, pressing down the ends.

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10. Brush the pastries with the egg mixture and sprinkle with the remaining 1\4 cup of parmesan cheese.

11. Bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown. 12.Remove the pastries from the baking sheet and let cool on a wire rack.

Enjoy!

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

TWD: Parisian Apple Tartlet

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The Tuesdays with Dorie pick for this week was Parisian Apple Tartlet chosen by Jessica of My Baking Heart. This was recipe was so simple and only four ingredients were needed to make it!
Don't you just love recipes like that?! Dorie suggested that you use an all butter puff pastry dough. In the past, we've only used Pepperidge Farm's frozen puff pastry dough. We learned about Dufour puff pastry dough. We found some at Whole Foods. It's quite expensive. $11.99 per container! We were excited to work with this dough. It got rave reviews online!
The only thing we changed from this recipe was its shape. We couldn't find any of our round cookie cutters. Actually, we were just to lazy to look for them! =) We just made them into rectangles.
We made two versions: some with apples and some with peaches and blueberries. Lisa's boyfriend, Rinaldo, made his own apple version along with a cherry and blueberry one. He's a pretty good cook but he can't compete with our baking! ;)
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Sorry that the photos aren't too great! Maria was out yesterday so I, Lisa, had to take the pictures and of course Maria had the camera in her car! I had to use to regular camera and it's not the greatest! =( Oh well!
We liked this recipe a lot! We really recommend the Dufour puff pastry dough, but we just wish is was cheaper! You can find the recipe here!