Sometimes you want to diversify your usual family menu or surprise guests with a new snack. Puff pastry boats are fine anyway. Easy to prepare, hearty and delicious, they will become your family's favorite meal.
Puff pastry boats are a very tasty and satisfying independent dish that does not require a side dish or sauce. During its preparation, harmful ingredients are not used, even mayonnaise, which means that it is suitable even for young children, and its taste will not leave anyone indifferent.
Puff pastry boats can be served both on the festive table and for an ordinary family dinner. And if you use ready-made puff pastry, then the active cooking time will be only 15 minutes (excluding the time for defrosting the dough and baking ready-made stuffed boats).
To prepare boats, we need:
- Puff yeast-free dough - 500 g (defrosted)
- Fillet of beef, chicken or pork (according to your taste) - 300 g
- Any hard cheese - 50 g (optional)
- Large onions - 1 pc.
- Potatoes - 3-4 pcs.
- Egg - 1 pc.
- Butter - 100 g
- Pickled cucumber - 1 large or 3-4 gherkins
- Salt, pepper, herbs - to taste
Cooking stuffed boats:
- Roll out the dough and cut the layers into rectangles. There will be about 12 of them.
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In each, make two longitudinal cuts along the long sides.
image - For the filling: boil the potatoes and rub on a coarse grater. Mix with butter (30 g) and finely chopped cucumber. Fry the minced meat in the remaining oil, season with salt and pepper to taste. Add chopped onion and simmer for 7 minutes, covered. Then remove the lid and fry until all moisture has evaporated. Cool down. Chop the herbs finely. Grate the cheese on a coarse grater.
- Layer on each rectangle: potatoes (1 tbsp), fried minced meat (0.5 tbsp) and pickles (1 tbsp).
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Wrap the dough so that the cuts are on top, one on top of the other.
image - Pinch the edges, giving the shape of a boat and put on a baking sheet.
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Brush the stuffed puff pastry boats with an egg and sprinkle with cheese (optional).
image - Put in an oven preheated to 200 degrees for 15-20 minutes until browning.
Puff pastry boats are ready.
May be served warm or as a cold snack.
