Puff Pastry Appetizers
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Puff Pastry Appetizers
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Taste Test Puff pastry is so hard and time consuming to make yourself. There is really no need to do it since there are very good pastry doughs available in the stores these days. On this show we tested two different frozen puff pastry doughs. We tested Pepperidge Farms and DuFours which was twice the price. Pepperidge Farms was much easier to work with. The DuFours was stickier and more difficult. BUT, although the Pepperidge Farms tasted just fine, the DuFours was much flakier in texture and more buttery in flavor. The secret - DuFours only uses butter for their shortening and shortening is the main ingredient in puff pastry after all! Pepperidge Farms is full of partially hydrogenated oils. Easy to work with but less flavorful. So you choose !!! ( I use Pepperidge Farms a lot - especially when the pastry is just the base for an hors d'oeuvre with lots of other flavorful ingredients.) We made three different recipes with the dough on this show. Cheese Straws are easy to make. Simply thaw the pastry for about a half hour. Brush the pastry sheet with an egg wash (1 egg beaten with a bit of water) and sprinkle with parmesan cheese. We put some fresh herbs on too. Slice the pastry into 1/2 inch strips and twist each strip. Place on parchment paper on a cookie sheet and bake at 400 degrees for about 10 minutes or until golden. |
