One of the easiest things you can make to make your meal look more complicated than it really is, is the use of the puff pastry. Best known for use in a cream puff, it can also be a great appetizer or side dish shell.
Guys, this is why I wanted you to have the recipe: You can fill that pastry with anything. Chocolate mousse, whipped cream, chicken salad, salmon or crab mousse, ice cream or sorbet, seafood salad, vanilla pudding, flavored hummus, Baba ganoush, cream cheese and veggies, broccoli and cheese, smoked Gouda and ham, you name it. Get creative!
I've served a tuna salad filled puff over a salad as a meal and received wonderful compliments. It took me 10 minutes to throw together, because I already had made a batch of puff pastries for something else. I needed something fast, and it worked.
So, you decide what you want to put in these bad boys, but here's how you make the pastry:
Ingredients:
1 cup water
1/2 cup butter
1 cup flour
4 eggs
Boil the water and butter. Remove from heat, and whisk in the flour, beating until you get a nice dough ball. Let that cool. Then, beat in the eggs, one at a time, until you get a smooth consistency. Use a teaspoon to drop the dough onto a greased cookie sheet. Bake at 400 degrees for 45 minutes.
After they cool, you'll have nice, little, hollow, pastries for you to do whatever your imagination leads you to. Cheers.
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