How to Make Puff Pastry Pizza Pies
Many people enjoy puff pastry pizza pies because they have a delightful light texture. The good news is that they are quite easy to make and you can change the toppings of these pies to suit your taste. If you are considering making puff pastry pizza pies, then this article will show you the simple steps that can help you get impressive results.
What are puff pastry pizza pies
Before going ahead with how to make puff pastry pizza pies, you need to understand the terms pastry and puff pastry. The pastry is simply a dough composed of water, flour, and shortening which are solid fats such as butter. Simply put, pastries can refer to different types of baked products produced from ingredients like sugar, milk, flour, baking powder, shortening, and eggs.
Most people usually roll out the pastry dough and use it as a base for their baked products. Some of the common pastry meals include pies, croissants, and quiches. The best pastry should be light, airy, and fatty while firm enough to hold the weight of the filling.
The puff pastry means that the pastry has several layers that puff or expand when you bake it. You can make puff pastry by using butter, salt, flour, and water. When water and fats expand to transform into steam, the pastry rises. As a result, pastries will appear flaky, light, and tender when you take it out of the oven.
Making puff pastry pizza pies
As mentioned earlier, it’s pretty easy to make puff pastry pizza pies. You see, you can make these pies with ready-rolled puff pastry. Here is how you can make them. Simply take them out of the fridge in about 20 minutes before you use them. Then you can use either a small bowl or a cup to cut circles out of the puff pastry.
Once you are done with making the circles, spread on it a sprinkle of dried oregano, pizza sauce or tomato puree, slices of cherry tomato, and slices of fresh mozzarella. Lastly, you can choose to add pizza toppings of your choice.
You can also make mini Margarita puff pizza pies in just under 30 minutes. The good thing about these pies is that children can also make them and they are delicious to eat when you serve them with salad. Below are the steps you can follow to make Margarita puff pizza pies:
Ingredients
To make Margarita puff pizza pies, you will require 320g of ready rolled puff pastry, 4 to 5 tablespoons of tomato puree, 125 g of sliced vegan mozzarella or mozzarella, 4 sliced salad tomatoes or 8 cherry tomatoes, and 1 teaspoon of dried oregano.
Here are the steps:
- Take the puff pastry from its box and lay it on a plate for 15 minutes before you start making puff pastry pizza pies.
- Preheat your oven to about 200c and adjust the fan to 180c. Then unroll the pastry and use a small bowl or cup to cut circles from the pastry.
- Place the pastry circles onto the baking trays and top each one with tomato puree and slices of tomato and a slice of mozzarella.
- Lastly, bake the pizza pies for around 15 minutes until you see the pastry getting a golden appearance and the cheese melts. You can serve the puff pastry pizza pies with garlic bread and salad.
