Single-Crust Sweet Pastry Pie Shell
May 12, 2008
Peach season just wouldn't be the same without peach pie. Serve with Bourbon Brown Sugar Ice Cream.
Inside this rough puff pastry lies an abundance of pears and pine nuts. Rough puff pastry is a quick version of classic puff pastry and is very doable — even for pastry novices. Make sure that your butter is cold for best results. Serve with vanilla ice cream.
Puff pastry is available in the freezer section of the supermarket. We recommend all-butter puff pastry sold boxed in rolls.
Profiteroles, or cream puffs, are light, egg-rich French pastries that puff up beautifully in the oven. Use large piping bags to pipe the pastry and the cream.
Dried currants and cinnamon add sweetness to the spicy lamb filling wrapped in crisp pastry. If you like, slip a mint leaf under the pastry when rolling up the rolls.
One of the pleasures of the cooking traditions of the British Isles is seafood pie, with its bounty of northern seafood in a creamy sauce topped with flaky pastry. You can make the pie a day ahead and refrigerate it or freeze it. If you prefer, use pie pastry (one double-crust recipe) instead of puff pastry.
These dainty pastries are made with a pastry-novice-friendly cream cheese dough and a delectable ground pork filling. Best of all, you can prepare them in several stages and even freeze them.
