Do you love puff pastry? We sure do! Here are our 12 favorite recipes with puff pastry that we know you'll enjoy.
Puff Pastry Recipes
This leek and onion puff pastry tart is a wonderful, subtle recipe that highlights the complex flavors of the leeks and Camembert cheese.
These zucchini tartlets with microgreens and goat cheese are a delicious appetizer or a great addition to a brunch menu.
Puff Pastry Breakfast Tarts are the ultimate easy-yet-elegant breakfast. You can make this breakfast with just mere minutes of active preparation time, and only 15 minutes of bake time.
This delicata squash tart is the coziest recipe - perfect for chilly nights when you want a flavorful veggie dish.
These sweet and flaky Puff Pastry Cinnamon Rolls are the easiest way to add something special to your breakfast spread.
This savory tarte tatin with sautéed shallots and mushrooms is topped with burrata and arugula for an absolutely gorgeous meal.
Delicious tender-crisp asparagus on a flaky, buttery puff pastry crust with plenty of cheese and Dijon mustard, this easy Asparagus Tart is casually elegant and perfect for brunches, Mother’s Day, showers & parties, and more.
Flaky puff pastry with Dijon mustard, ham, swiss, caramelized onions, and a garlic-herb egg wash. This Ham and Cheese Puff Pastry Slab Pie is great for Game Day, a casual brunch, or using leftover holiday ham.
This recipe combines blackberry and apple with puff pastry for a delicious, single-serving treat.
These mini puff pastry tarts with goat's cheese, radishes, and microgreens are delicious, peppery, and delightfully rich.
Juicy summer peaches set atop slightly sweet almond filling make these peach tarts a welcome treat at the end of any meal. Store-bought puff pastry makes quick work of this simple, rustic dessert!
This tomato and mustard puff pastry tart has delicious flavors. It's a perfect light dinner or brunch recipe!
These delightful strawberry tartlets are made with fresh berries and puff pastry.
What is puff pastry?
Puff pastry is flaky pastry dough made from combining flour and a solid fat (usually butter) through lamination (folding to create layers).
Good puff pastry is known for it's flaky, clearly defined layers that puff up while baking.
Tips for using puff pastry
When working with puff pastry it's important to keep it as cool as possible (without being frozen). If you buy your pastry frozen, make sure to defrost it according to package directions, but don't remove it from the refrigerator until it's time to use it.
Warm dough leads to soggy puff pastry.
If a recipe calls for pricking the puff pastry with a fork, this is to help create layers while baking - allow the pastry to vent and create a flaky crust.
What's the best puff pastry to buy?
We highly (HIGHLY) recommend using Dufour Puff Pastry sheets for tarts, tatins, and other pastry items. Their all-butter pastry is the best we've found.
Is puff pastry vegan?
Many brands of puff pastry are vegan. The puff pastry brand we recommend above, Dufour, is not, but other brands that use shortening instead of butter are vegan.
You can also make your own vegan puff pastry.
Are puff pastry and phyllo do the same?
Puff pastry and phyllo dough are not the same thing, but you can think of them as cousins.
The main difference is that phyllo does not have fat - it's just water and flour and gets much crispier when it bakes.
What are your favorite recipes with puff pastry? Let us know in the comments below.
