On 01/09/2012 12:11 PM, z z wrote:
> What do you know about puff pastry? Do you buy it? Do you make it
> yourself? How often in a year do you use it?
>
> Expensive item-Aldi's once around Christmas time sold an off brand very
> cheap. Buy up and freeze when you can get a good price.
>
> Usually I simply (lazily) slice it into small rectangles, spread with
> lemon curd, and bake.
>
> Have you ever seen those 3inch high pastry pillows? Do they call them
> Neopolitans? I am guessing they stacked multiple layers of sheets
> together before baking?
>
> I have a love for cream horns. You know, every grocery store sells them
> in a plastic wrapped package of 4 filled with a godawful Twinkie filling
> :-)
>
I have posted before about pattie shells, which seem not to be available
in the US, but they are rounds of puff pastry with the tops cut out. We
can get them frozen and bake them to be served hot out of the oven.
They are great with creamed salmon or chicken. Any leftovers can be
filled with ice cream and drizzled with chocolate sauce or a fruit topping.